The 7 word wine review is a Twitter phenomenon created by Vim and partners his blog 12×75.com. It’s an opportunity for anyone, wine connoisseur or happy amateur quaffer like me to review a wine in a serious, silly or quirky way, by cramming it into 7 words on Twitter and sharing it with the world. The London chapter have had regular get togethers for some time, but the first one in Manchester, led by Gordon, happened only this week.
I happily fell into this band of wine drinkers, following both my visit to Three Wine Men and the Bakerie wine tasting organised by Origin Wines – where I met Gordon and several other North West based wine enthusiasts.
The idea of the review dinner is simple: bring a wine you love, ensure it costs under £20, meet with a group of people who are doing the same, talk wine, food, taste new wines and have something fabulous to eat – provided for the first meeting by the Market Street Restaurant.
The ten of us started the evening with a red wine, to accompany the starter pate, and soon the wine flowed, the conversation flowed and we were onto the second bottle.
There were some lovely surprises to the evening, a Chateau Musar from the Lebanon – a real first for me and I am told a marmite type of wine (you either love it or you hate it) and another first, a bottle of Albarino de Fefinanes – bright, light, citrusy, beautiful.
I’m also very relieved to report that my bottle of Villa Wolf Pinot Gris 2011, went down well (available from Booths for around £8) even when compared to it’s more expensive tasting mates. This of course may have something to do with it being the last one to be opened – after we had started the cheese course – but I prefer to think not (I am very fond of it).
We stayed late, purchased some more wine, some of us even wandering on into the night for some more drinks and conversation until it became early morning…
Whether you are a serious wine buff, or gently dabble (I consider myself a long time drinker of wine, but short time taster), you are welcome to join in this regular monthly meeting of people – I would highly recommend both the company, food and drink. Maybe I’ll see you at the next one?
Hi there, I would love to join the next one of these. Am certainly not a wine expert but am a keen drinker and have a thirst for knowledge on the subject. Please let me know if you have any space.
Hi Dianna,
There’s a facebook page for the 7WWR (though it’s still sparsely populated, I’m trying to remember to post there more often.
We’re arranging a tasting for the group with La Vina in October if that would interest you?