Improve your expertise

with an eclectic range of tasting events this Autumn from Uncorked. Learn about wine from scratch or immerse yourself in the knowledge, from a seminar on cork, without which so many of our bottles would be empty, to a look at some of the best sherries available and an evening with a dozen bottles of Montalcino's finest. /CW

World of Wine: 8 week introductory course
with Colin Wills, Uncorked educator
Tuesday evenings from 26 September to 14 November 2017
7:30-9:30pm
Bishopsgate shop
Seated
£219 per person inc VAT (8 sessions)

An eight week exploration of the world's prime regions

Lengthening evenings are the perfect motivation to get out more and learn something new. The chance to taste and learn a bit in convivial company is a fine way to achieve self-improvement and spend an evening having fun. So the Educator has arranged an introductory course comprising 8 sessions, each of two hours and with six wines to taste. You receive a course manual with space for your notes together with maps and plenty of useful information. Who should take this course? Anybody who wants to feel more confident when faced with a list of wines, for a start. Then if you enjoy wine and want to discover more about its history and production this is for you.

To book a place email us, or call 020 7638 5998

Cork seminar and wine tasting
with Sam Caporn MW
Thursday 28 September 2017
7-9pm
Bishopsgate shop
Seated
£50 per person inc VAT

Need closure? This is the tasting for you

Cork is a fascinating topic, controversial and conventional in equal measure. On one hand reassuring and utterly traditional; on the other a source of flavour and faults, the bit of tree bark that wine producers have been banging into the tops of our bottles for what seems like time immemorial has fans and detractors.

Sam Caporn MW will seek to separate science from mythology for you.

Sam has been a Master of Wine for five years after previously working for Majestic Wines. Sam now runs a wine tasting, consultancy, The Mistress of Wine, and has been awarded The Madame Bollinger Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practical Paper and is also a wine judge, primarily as a Panel Chair at the International Wine Challenge. She has been studying cork on the ground in Portugal, both in the dehesa, modern plantations and in the labs and factories of cork processors and is in a great position to demystify the subject.

On the tasting:

N.V. Pol Roger Brut Reserve
N.V. Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve
2016 Chateau La Roubine Rosé
2014 Droin Chablis Vaillons
2014 Foxglove Cabernet Sauvignon
2014 Johann Michel Grain Noir
2013 Guntrum Gewurztraminer: under cork and under screwcap
2000 Domaine Espiers Gigondas Cuvee des Blaches

To book a place email us, or call 020 7638 5998

Beautiful Brunello
with Colin Wills, Uncorked educator
Thursday 12 October 2017
7-9pm
Bishopsgate shop
Seated
£80 per person inc VAT

Sangiovese at its most refined

For a small, hilly area that depends on one grape variety, the diversity in Brunello can be remarkable. Stylistic differences abound as a result of microclimates, vineyards and producers. We'll showcase this diversity tonight with with Rosso and Brunello from some of the very best producers.

On the tasting:

2015 Le Potazzine di Gorelli Rosso Montalcino
2014 Salicutti Rosso di Montalcino Sorgente
2014 Salvioni Rosso di Montalcino
2011 Poggio di Sotto Rosso di Montalcino
2012 Castello Romitorio Brunello Montalcino
2012 La Rasina Brunello di Montalcino
2012 Pietroso Brunello di Montalcino
2012 Sesti Brunello di Montalcino
2012 Salvioni Brunello di Montalcino
2011 Lisini Brunello di Montalcino
2010 Colleoni Brunello di Montalcino
2009 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino

To book a place email us, or call 020 7638 5998

Equipo Navazos sherry
with Jesus Barquin, co-founder
Thursday 9 November 2017
7-9pm
Bishopsgate shop
Seated
£55 per person inc VAT

Treasure hunters in the world of sherry

When a couple of friends with intimate knowledge of the world of sherry realised that some very special casks were lying forgotten about in the cellars of Jerez, they took action. Starting with a cask of Amontillado, they bottled the wine for themselves, and quickly found a following of hardcore fans. That was 2005, and what began as a personal passion became an ongoing project, Equipo Navazos.

We're delighted to be welcoming Jesus Barquin, criminologist, sherry aficionado and co-founder of Equipo Navazos to Uncorked for a very special sherry tasting.

On the tasting:

N.V. I Think Manzanilla
N.V. Fino En Rama
N.V. La Bota No.71 Manzanilla
N.V. La Bota No.59 Manzanilla Pasada
N.V. La Bota No.58 Amontillado
N.V. La Bota No.61 Amontillado Bota No
N.V. La Bota No.72 Palo Cortado Pato
N.V. La Bota No.63 Oloroso Muy Viejisima
N.V. La Bota No.56 PX Bota NO

To book a place email us, or call 020 7638 5998

No refunds within 48 hours of tasting events