Carol threw open the doors to her new home by hosting a Wine Tasting
12 members enjoyed a Come Dine with Me Wine Tasting in January. We tasted 6 wines, 3 white and 3 red. The focus was on the 2 grape varieties from different countries so that we could compare and contrast the differences and decide what we each liked or didn’t! We used a standard wine tasting method of looking at colour, smell and taste. We also identified the difference between ‘old world’ and ‘new world’ taste with a group favouring new world taste which tends to be more fruity and ‘higher in alcohol’!! It was fun deciding if you should drink or spit and I think on balance most decided to drink – are we surprised or not, I think not!!! 
The white grape was Chardonnay from France, California and Australia. The red grape was Malbec from France, Argentina and South Africa. Overall favourite was Kumala Reserve Malbec from South Africa at £7.50 from Tesco.

A thoroughly pleasant evening!