Tastings

Below you will find our diary of events for 2026:

Each month we invite a guest speaker and all the educators have either passed the Wines & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Diploma (the trade standard) or have a vast wealth of experience in the trade.

On a few occasions each year we have In-house tastings provided by some of our own members who have taken their hobby on to the next stage and completed the WSET Advanced level 3 or the WSET Diploma level 4 to become Wine Educators themselves and others who have also built up a wealth of experience. As a result, we are able to taste some of the more expensive and finer wines at these events.

Please note our meeting day is a Friday, doors open at 7.45.

2026	Theme	Speaker
Friday 16th January	Wines of Slovakia	With Lucia & Darren from The Naughty Grape
Friday 20th February	Grenache - Garnacha	With Heather Dougherty
Friday 20th March	Wines of Argentina	With Keith Grainger
Friday 17th April	A tasting of Penfold Wines	With Guy Roughley, Penfolds UK Business Manager
Wednesday 20th May	Iconic wines of the Mediterranean Islands	In house with David Cooper
Friday 19th June	Pete's Pick & Mix of his favourite wines	With Peter Foley, Village Wines, Bexley
Friday 17th July	New Wave Chilean wines	With Quentin Sadler
Friday 21st August	Wines of Italy	With Paul Robinson, Hallgarten & Novum Wines
Friday 11th September	Sake wines of Japan	In house with Gary Tritton
Friday 16th October	Wines of Brazil	With Nicholas Corfe
Friday 20th November	Wines of the Loire	In house with Paul Boyle
Saturday 12th December	Our Christmas Do	Farningham Village Hall