Wine Clubs and Societies

The Bin Club

Lay and Wheeler Group Ltd

Holton St Mary

Suffolk

CO7 6NN

Tel: 0845 330 4085

Website: www.laywheeler.com

Email: binclub@laywheeler.com

A first-class service for private individuals, The Bin Club today holds approximately half a million bottles of wine on behalf of our 2,000 worldwide Members. Build up a cellar of fine wine at your own financial pace through easy monthly contributions. Friendly, professional advice is always available from your own dedicated Wine Consultant.

Whether you opt for ‘Classic’ membership, where wines are purchased for you, or choose ‘Explorer’ membership, where you make your own selections from our offers, in a surprisingly short time you will create a personal cellar of wines to savour when fully mature.

Our secure and interactive website allows 24 hour access to your portfolio.

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Connoisseur

10 Wedderburn Rd

London

NW3 5QG

Tel: +44 (0)20 73282448

Fax: +44 (0)207 6819905

Website: www.connoisseur.org

Email: margaret@connoisseur.org

We developed our One day Saturday, Introductory, Intermediate and special tastings to broaden your knowledge, boost your confidence, find out your personal wine preferences and make wine friends.

The courses are run in Central London, in small groups of 18 -20. They are relaxed, informal, interactive and fun but at the same time informative.

Experienced, well travelled, professional lecturers are passionate about wine and are currently involved in the wine trade.

We can also organise tailor-made courses or tastings for a group of friends or corporates. You can also purchase gift vouchers for our events.

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Cornwall Wine Tasting Group

Contact: Tim Holway (Secretary)

Email: cornwallwine@tesco.net

Website: www.cornwallwine.org.uk

The CWTG meets each month, usually in the Hall for Cornwall, Truro, to taste wines and talk about them. We’re a long established group with a constantly evolving membership; new members are always welcome. Enthusiasm for wine is important, previous experience of wine tasting is not (although some of our members know a lot). Our annual programme involves themed tastings, occasional outside speakers and visits, social gatherings and more specialised fine wine tastings.

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Delhi Wine Club

Subhash Arora

247, FF, East of Kailash

Sant Nager, Delhi – 65

India

Tel: 9111-51622892

Fax: 9111-26438755

Website: www.delhiwineclub.com

Email: arora@delhiwineclub.com

The club, founded in 2002 to promote wine culture and awareness through education is a premier wine club of India. It has a membership of over 170 carefully selected persons who enjoy wine with the desire to learn. About twenty events are organized yearly.

Traditionally, five different wines are paired with 5-course meals at each dinner. Accent is on different cuisines, wine variety and enjoying wine and learning a little. Cheese and wine evenings and serious wine tastings are organized occasionally. Wine is the only beverage served.

We disseminate information about the wine scenario in India through our website published since the club inception. It is updated regularly with our events and India-centric wine information. We organize trips to vineyards and wine shows in India and overseas. Our credo: Enjoy wine, better wine, different wines.

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International Wine & Food Society

The Secretariat

9 Fitzmaurice Place

Berkley Square

London W1J 5JD

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7495 4191

Fax: +44 (0)20 7495 4172

Website: www.iwfs.org

Email: sec@iwfs.org

Founded in 1933, and with about 140 branches in 30 countries, the IWFS is described by The Oxford Companion to Wine as “The oldest and most cosmopolitan of the gastronomic societies for consumers rather than professionals … Now much imitated.” At the heart of the Society are the frequent activities organized by its branches, of which there are three in London alone. The IWFS holds festivals every year in different parts of the world.

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The Lay & Wheeler Wine Discovery Club

Wine Discovery Club

Lay and Wheeler Group Ltd

Holton St Mary

Suffolk

CO7 6NN

Tel: 0845 330 1855

Website: www.laywheeler.com

Email: discoveryclub@laywheeler.com

Lay & Wheeler Fine Wine Merchants answer to your everyday drinking wine needs. Wines selected by experts from different regions and countries; wines to enjoy with meals or on their own. All wines offering exceptional value for money, with an average bottle price of around £6.

The Lay & Wheeler Wine Discovery Club has been designed especially to meet the requirements of busy people who crave variety and convenience.

Benefits include:

London Wine Meetup

Address/Venue: Changes frequently

Tel: n/a

Email: via the Meetup website

Website: wine.meetup.com/35/

Come share your passion for wine with other wine enthusiasts – old, young, novice or expert, the London Wine Meetup Group is for everyone!

Until otherwise, we meet every second Tuesday at London’s oldest wine bar – Gordon’s.

No agenda, no attitudes, just wine, nibbles and good times.

There is no formal fee to be a participate in the London Wine Meetup group’s events, but I do ask that a small donation is made to cover the $9/month fee now charged by Meetup.com for the online tools they provide to manage groups.

See you there!

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Mystere Wine Club

Contact: Chris Beech

122 Cefn Road

Rogerstone

Newport, NP10 9EX

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1633 893485

Website: mysite.freeserve.com/Mystere/index.html

Email: chris_beech@ntlworld.com

Mystere Wine Club has been a wine tasting club in the Cardiff area for the past 20 years. It is a grouping of wine enthusiasts and has no commercial connections. We aim to present rare and interesting wines and explore new wine regions. We welcome new members.

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North Hampshire Wine Society

Contact: Derek J Avery

Tel: +44 (0)1256 321794

Website: www.north-hampshire-wine-society.org.uk

Email: derekjavery@btopenworld.com

The North Hampshire Wine Society is a friendly and informal group of wine enthusiasts and is based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. We were formed in 1979 and meet in one of the town’s oldest buildings on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7.45pm for an 8.00pm start. Most evenings a guest speaker, who may be a wine merchant, an enthusiast or one of our own members, extols the virtues of a region, a grape variety, a producer or some other wine related theme. There is no pressure to purchase any wine but a small charge, approx. £12, is made to cover costs; speaker, wines, room, etc. We have a broad range of ages so you won’t feel out of place. If you have an interest in wine and live in the area, why not give us a try? You will be sure of a warm welcome.

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Oxford University Wine Circle

Contact: Thomas Bromwich

Trinity College

Broad Street

Oxford, OX1 3BH

United Kingdom

Website: www.ouwc.co.uk

Email: thomas.bromwich@tri.ox.ac.uk

OUWC is Oxford University’s original and most prestigious wine tasting society and is dedicated to educating its members about the appreciation of fine wine and the art of blind-tasting. We take part in the annual varstiy wine tasting match sponsored by Pol Roger champagne which we have won for the last six years and in July beat Paris’ Science Politique in the first international blind tasting match.

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Oxford University Wine Society

Contact: J.E.F. Fitzgerald

Magdalen College

Oxford

OX1 4AU

Tel:  +44 (0) 7801 480594

Fax: +44 (0) 8701 692097

Website: www.oxfordwinesociety.org

Email: edward.fitzgerald@oxfordwinesociety.org

OUWS is one of the largest and most sociable societies at Oxford. Our

mission is simply to promote the discovery and enjoyment of wine by all.

Through weekly tastings, themed dinners and regular beginner’s classes we

offer members a unique opportunity to learn from world famous wine makers

and visiting experts. From supermarket wines to Grand Cru Classé, we aim

to cater for – and educate – all our members, whatever their level of

interest.

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Penfolds Privilege Club

PO Box 300

Twickenham

Middlesex

TW2 5BJ

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)845 070 3311

Website: www.penfoldsprivilegeclub.com

Email: enquiries@penfoldsprivilegeclub.com

As you may know, Penfolds is an Australian wine company, which is particularly well-known for its Super Premium wines such as the world famous Penfolds Grange. Penfolds Privilege Club is designed specifically for wine lovers. It offers members regular newsletters, invitations to dinners, tastings and other special events plus exclusive access to Penfolds rarely available wines and special bin ends.

If you would like to join Penfolds Privilege Club, please visit www.penfoldsprivilegeclub.com.

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Ribble Valley Wine Club

Badger Gate

Pendle View

Brockhall Village

Blackburn BB6 8AT

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1254 247 496

Fax: +44 (0)1254 247 282

Email: wineman@talk21.com

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Teignbridge Wine Society

Chairman: Brian Williams

New Haven, 22 Gorway

Teignmouth

Devon TQ14 8PX

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 01626 777104

Email: gorway@msn.com

Teignbridge Wine Society meets on the last Thursday of every month to taste, judge and discuss commercial wine. Regular wine tutors attend to increase our knowledge of wines of the world. We also organise vineyard visits and tours. Membership £10 p.a. plus tasting fee.

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The Mercian Wine Circle

75 Grove Lane

Harborne

Birmingham

West Midlands

B17 0QT

Tel: +44 (0)121 427 4646

Email: platpeeps@yahoo.co.uk

The Mercian Wine Circle is a private tasting group, established some 20 years ago, in the Birmingham/West Midlands are, amongst finalists of an annual wine tasting competition held by the Birmingham Post. The chairman (and also founder member) also now happens to be the wine writer for the “Birmingham Post”.

The group meets monthly throughout the year in members’ homes, and over the past 12 months, we have excelled ourselves with some stunning tastings put on by our members. THese include Vintage Ports, Sherries, Rose Champagne, 1985 clarets, as well as unusual areas such as Portuguese table wines. The requirement for membership is an enthusiasm for wine and a willingness to attend on a regular basis, as our group is limited to 15 persons at any one evening.

Whilst we are all serious about our wine, there is a wide range of knowledge and tasting abilities, newcomers who share this enthusiasm will always be welcome.

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Tulleeho

Vikram Achanta

C-9/9386, Vasant Kunj

New Delhi

India

Tel: : +91 (0)11 26124568

Fax: : +91 (0)11 26138798

Email: tulleeho@tulleeho.com

Website: www.tulleeho.com

Tulleeho offers a variety of training courses around the area of the appreciation of alcoholic beverages for individuals, corporates and food and beverage professionals. Courses offered cover wine appreciation, cocktail making and Scotch and Single Malt appreciation. Our faculty is the best in the country, and includes mixology experts, sommeliers and expert bartenders. We also are pioneers in the field of Wine Tourism offering package tours to Indian wine country.

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Weald Wine Society

Venue: Grange Moor Hotel, St. Michael’s Road, Maidstone, Kent

When: every second Tuesday of the month (other than when outings have been organised)

Email: wealdwinesociety@yahoo.co.uk

The Weald Wine Society was formed 25 years ago. Monthly talks and tastings presented by professionals and knowledgeable amateurs provide enjoyable evenings where the fascinating world of wine is explored. Visits and outings take place throughout the year. We are a friendly group and welcome newcomers.

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Winchester Wine Appreciation Society

Contact: Philip Evins

14 Kerrfield

Winchester

Hants SO22 5EX

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1962 866355

Fax: +44 (0)1962 866318

Website: www.wwas.org.uk

Email: philip@kerrfield.com

The premier wine society in Hampshire, WWAS has been running for over 20 years.

Regular tastings and educational sessions are held in the Hotel du Vin & Bistro, Winchester.

The program speakers include MWs, quality merchants, wine makers and vineyard owners from around the world, plus, dinners and other events.

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The Emilio Lustau Almacenista Sherry Club

Contact: Ann Stewart

The Emilio Lustau Almacenista Sherry Club

UK Office

Tucking Mill

Midford

Bath

BA2 7DB

UK

Tel: +44(0)1225 466872

Fax: +44(0)1225 832424

Website: www.emilio-lustau.com

Email: club@emilio-lustau.com

The Almacenista Club is the brainchild of Luis Caballero, Chairman of the House of Emilio Lustau, the premium sherry producer in Jerez. He wanted to bring together like-minded individuals who shared his love of his very, very fine sherries.

‘Nectar from Jerez, very very well worth seeking’ – Julian Jeffs, Decanter

‘Very special – I think this is to basic sherry what your langoustines are to fish fingers’ – Jancis Robinson

The Emilio Lustau Sherry Club offers a range of benefits to members:

Subsidised visits to the bodegas

Quarterly newsletters

Special events

Subsidised annual trip to Jerez

Opportunity to buy Lustau sherries

Gold membership offers even more – a unique sample pack of 6 half bottles with total benefits of £80 for a membership cost of £50 and the opportunity to buy the most specialist sherries.

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The Wine Society of India

The Wine Society of India

1407 Maker Chambers V

Nariman Point

Mumbai 400 021

India

Tel:  +91 (22) 4345 9100

Website: www.thewinesocietyofindia.com

Email: memberservices@thewinesocietyofindia.com

The Wine Society of India aims to provide information and education about wine and wine appreciation through specialised programmes, the organisation of wine tastings, and the supply of exceptional quality wines at modest prices chosen by our Board of Wine Advisors from all over the world. Wines are sold and supplied directly to home via local licensed retailers to the members of the Four Seasons Wine Discoveries programme, in temperature-controlled conditions.

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Bin Ends

Contact: Clive Platman

Edgbaston

Birmingham, UK

Website: www.birminghamplus.com/binends

Email: info@clives-wines.com

Bin Ends is a fun wine-tasting group, who meet on a monthly basis in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The tasting schedule is varied, and in recent months has included: Bordeaux, South Africa, Italy and Southern France. In addition to monthly tastings the group holds two social events a year – a fine wine dinner in January, and a barbecue in July.

The evenings are presented by the Birmingham Post wine writer Clive Platman, and the cost of entry is set at £10 per head. At present, we have between 15 and 20 regular attendees and new members are always welcome. All that is required is a curiosity and enthusiasm for learning about wine.

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