28th January 2025: Latest News
The majority of our Wine Club Members have voted for Deer Park Wines as their chosen venue for our 50th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday 19th August 2025.
50th Anniversary
Gotherington Wine Club was formed in 1975 and 2025 is our 50th year. The first AGM of the then Gotherington Wine Makers took place on Thursday 11th November 1976 when 17 members were present. This year we plan to hold our 50th anniversary on August 19th at one of two venues, The Hotel du Vin in Cheltenham or Deer Park Wines in Eckington.
The decision as to which of these venues we will be attending to celebrate our 50th will be chosen by our Wine Club Members.
Meetings
We hold 9 Wine Club meetings in the Village Hall on the third Tuesday of the month (doors open from 19.30), picnic in the park in July, summer outing in August and Christmas party in December.
Membership Fees
Membership fees for 2025 remain at £25.00 per person and entrance fees are £5.00 for members and £10.00 for guests. After two guest visits we feel that on the third visit the visitor should become a member. The membership fee will be calculated depending on the time of year joining.
Once a member, you pay just £5 entrance fee on the night which includes wine tasting of 6 wines, a light Ploughman’s Supper and a raffle ticket for a bottle of wine!
It’s a great starting place to meet other people in the Village so we would highly recommend our Wine Club to newcomers.
For more information contact:
Chair: Howard Samuels 07707 467736 hsamuels@btinternet.com
Secretary: Jane Nicolson ……. jane.nicolson598@btinternet.com
Treasurer: Ray Chase …….. ray.chase@btinternet.com
Committee Members:
Linda George, Julie Brown, Cora Patel, Gary Thompson, John Key
For more information please contact the Secretary or anyone on the committee
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PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR 2025
February 18th True or Bluff (Presented by Ken Potter)
March 18th Eastern European Wines (Presented by Solaris)
April 15th A Cruise down the Rhone (Miles Morgan)
May 20th Argentinian Wines ( with Ruta 40)
June 17th “In the Pink” Rose Wines (Presented by Gary Thompson)
July 15th Our Annual “Picnic in the Park”
August 19th 50th Anniversary Celebrations
September 16th Wine Taster of the Year Competition
Our annual members’ wine tasting Competition and award
The last winner presents a blind tasting just to check how much you DON’T know about wine.
Always a lot of fun and in 2024 a member who does not drink wine won the competition by quite a margin by doing a snift test only!
October 21st South African Wines (Preet of Edgmond Wines)
November 18th Wine Tasting (Tracey Bird of Cotswold Wines)
December 16th Christmas Meal & Party
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January 20th AGM – Followed by Chairman’s Choice
As you can see we have an interesting programme of events planned for this year – Once you’ve given us a try, why not join?
2023 Annual Outing – Vintage Bus Tour of the Cotswold
2019 Annual Summer Picnic on Freeman Field…
What a fabulous evening we had, everyone excelled themselves and the food was delicious. It was made even more special by one of our members Ray, who brought along his guitar and some song sheets.
Our 2019 Summer outing to the Black Country Museum..
This years trip to the Black Country Museum was a huge success and great fun. Some people were a little troublesome though and needed a good whack to keep them in order in the Victorian Classroom….Chairman!
Those Mad Hatters again! Always trying it on!
A snippet of previous years events…
Local Wines Presentation 17th April 2018
A successful evening and very much enjoyed by the Wine Club – we do encourage supporting our local Vineyards!
Some of our members have asked for more information regarding the wines we tasted – we are happy to oblige – Click on the links for more information, tasting notes, prices.
Our first tasting was a Sparkling White “Classic Cuvée” purchased direct from Three Choirs Vineyard at Newent. Presented by Howard.
Second was a 2016 white “Bacchus 2016” purchased direct from Woodchester Valley Vineyard at Woodchester, Stroud. Presented by Christine.
Third, was a white “Estate Special Reserve 2015” from Compton Green Vineyard at Newent and also available from Waitrose (£8.99) & Cheltenham Promenade (£8.00) occasionally. Presented by Gary.
Fourth, a Rose “Rosé 2017” from Poulton Hill Estate Poulton, Cirencester. Presented by Alan.
Fifth, a red “Ravens Hill 2015” from Three Choirs Vineyard at Newent. Presented by Cora.
Sixth, “Montpellier Red 2009” from Strawberry Hill Vineyard at Newent. Presented by Gary.
Special thanks to Three Choirs and Woodchester Valley for donating Vineyard Tour vouchers for our Raffle Prizes.
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