Inverness Wine Appreciation Society

28/10/2022

IWAS members, remember to book your places for Monday's tasting by tonight!

24/10/2022

Next tasting Mon 31st Oct! Our friend Malcolm Ogilvie will be presenting wines from Chile and Argentina. Set to be a great evening. Non members are very welcome but places need to be booked in advance. Please message this page or email for more details.

02/04/2022

Save the date - next IWAS tasting Mon 25th April. Details to follow soon.

25/03/2022

Today (Fri 25th March) is the final day for booking places for March IWAS tasting on Mon 28th March. Members, please contact the hotel. Guests are very welcome but places must be booked by contacting this page or by email. Please do a lateral flow test on Mon before attending the tasting.

17/03/2022

Next Inverness Wine Appreciation Society tasting will be on Mon 28th March. Mike Stewart from Liberty Wines will be presenting a selection of southern Italian wines at the Craigmonie Hotel, 7.30pm start. Enjoy a taste of sunshine! One course meal after the tasting. Members, please book in usual way by telephoning hotel on 01463 231 649 by Fri 25th March. Non members / guests are very welcome but places need to be booked in advance. Please message IWAS FB page or email for more details.

05/03/2022

IWAS celebrated its (belated) 50th anniversary in November 2021 with members and guests enjoying a superb meal complimented by fine wines chosen by our Cellar Master at Coul House Hotel.
Nicol Manson, our founder member, was unable to join us but a zoom link allowed him to address the gathering on the founding of the Society and the social drinking habits of the time.
After dinner we were entertained by our after dinner speaker Philippe Larue from L’art du Vin.
Our President Christina Cameron assisted by past President’s
Duncan Chisholm and Ormond Smith cut the celebration cake.

24/02/2022

Members, remember to book your places for the Feb tasting by Fri 25th Feb. Guests, please contact this page for more details.

20/09/2021

Inverness Wine Appreciation Society updated their information in their About section.

Inverness Wine Appreciation Society updated their information in their About section.

11/03/2021

Still lots of online wine tastings to keep us happy, inspired an educated in lockdown! Check out Woodwinters, Great Grog, Jackson and Seddon, Wine Uncorked, Strong Water Company, Rose Murray Brown, Wine Education Service and many more. Some merchants are now doing tastings where the ticket price gives you 3 -5 x 100ml measures so you don't have to worry about working your way through 3 or 4 bottles!

28/01/2021

Bargain virtual Wine Uncorked tastings with Carol Brown - see details below and contact Carol at the email below!

10/01/2021

Hopefully you've all got your email about AGM for IWAS members via Zoom on Mon 25th Jan. Clear those diaries, pour yourself a glass of some lovely wine and enjoy the chat from the comfort of your own home. Sadly we don't anticipate tastings in person until the Autumn but in meantime there are lots of great online wine tastings to keep your tasting skills up!

28/11/2020

Should have been the 50th Anniversary Banquet dinner last night. Hope you all still enjoyed a glass of something delicious. Roll on 2021!

01/11/2020

Carol Brown's latest tastings - please email Carol for more info - email in the link below.

01/11/2020

Lots of online tastings happening - will share some links below. Hope you are managing to sample some good wines and keep your tasting skills up!

23/07/2020

Sorry for being quiet....any wine discoveries in lockdown?

15/05/2020

Exel Wines - Great Wines Delivered. Zoom (online) Tastings with producers - May 2020

More Zoom tastings around Scotland hosted by wine merchants who we've loved meeting at IWAS. Let's hope it is not too long before we can all be tasting again together in person but in the meantime plenty of opportunities for pearls of wisdom and top wine suggestions to keep us entertained:

https://www.exelwines.co.uk/exels-zoom-producer-tastings-may-2020

Great Grog - Facebook Live tasting with Richard Meadows - see page.
DATE: 6PM FRIDAY, 22nd MAY – FACEBOOK LIVE.
Order your wines here!

https://www.greatgrog.co.uk/site/index.php/browse/multipacks/facebook-live-tasting-pack-detail

03/05/2020

Lockdown wine ideas #5 - meet winemakers online. Waterkloof Wines in Somerset West near Cape Town organise regular interviews and tastings with their winemaker Nadia Barnard-Langenegge and their farm manager Christiaan Loots. A fascinating winery using biodiversity and biodynamic farming. Amazing insights in to how this works. Tune in live or watch again. Many of their wines can be ordered from Woodwinters if you want to taste along with them! https://www.facebook.com/Waterkloof/

27/04/2020

Lockdown ideas #4 - online wine events. Lots of things happening online - virtual tastings, fascinating behind-the scenes interviews with winemakers, virtual vineyard tours and many more. I will share links as we go along. To get you started here's the link to Richard from Great Grog with short but sweet tastings videos to whet your appetite. - See link below

11/04/2020

Wine in isolation ideas #3 - there are lots of great films out there about wine. Sideways will be top of the list for many people but also Somm, Sour Grapes, Bottleshock….many more. There are a number of websites which list great wine related films and programmes on wine. The in message below may take you to a Decanter article on this subject but may required subscription. For memories of great food and wine in France "Rick Stein's Secret France" is on iplayer. And a little challenge - anyone guess the wine region where this photo was taken?

28/03/2020

Ideas #2 - The Wine Show tonight with Joe Fattorini on youtube - tune in live!

28/03/2020

Let's have some ideas to keep our wine appreciation going during isolation - plenty of useful links, wine merchants to support, films, books, offers etc all to follow. I will keep you updated as and when work allows! Feel free to add your suggestions!

28/03/2020

Top free online wine courses to get you through the lockdown

Ideas to keep our wine appreciation up during social isolation
Number 1 - free wine courses online

https://imbibe.com/news/top-free-online-wine-courses-to-get-you-through-the-lockdown/?fbclid=IwAR3Xw4U9ppbEbBfOCm8bQaS_Gdk37GYixiaXA5boCcZSBuHl9OE7b7zQGyU

Got weeks of lockdown ahead of you and are thirsty for wine knowledge? These free online courses might be the solution to get you through days of isolation.

17/03/2020

Courses, Study Plans & Tutorials

More online wine course options!

There’s a new way of learning at Case Studies Wine School. In order to give students more options and make achieving and studying for a WSET qualification more flexible I have re-designed the way t…

17/03/2020

Following the government announcement yesterday, it was decided with regret at the IWAS committee meeting on Monday evening that the March meeting should be cancelled. It is likely that the April meeting will also be cancelled, although at present this is not confirmed. We will of course keep you updated about future events.

Depending on the virus situation, the committee are considering adding extra tastings in July and August this year, but no further details can be given at this stage as we have no idea how events will unfold.

In the meantime enjoy some wine at home and we'll relish the tastings later in the year.

17/03/2020

Wine and Spirit Education Trust Courses

How about an online wine course if staying close to home in these challenging times?

Wine and Spirit Education Trust Courses

23/02/2020

IWAS Mon 24th Feb meeting is now on the theme of Food and Wine matching - see "Events" page for more details.

23/02/2020

Unfortunately the Riedel glasses tasting had to be cancelled by De Burgh wine merchants. Instead we are having a Food and Wine matching evening. Booking for this event has already closed but if you require further information about this event or future tastings please contact this page.

30/01/2020

Next tasting Mon 24th Feb. This is going to be a very special wine tasting event looking at the impact of wine glass shapes on the taste of wine. Tarquin de Burgh from de Burgh Wines will be leading us through a discovery of Riedel glassware. Format will be slightly different from our usual tastings. Members - please note this has to be booked at least a week in advance. More details will follow and look out for your email from our secretary. Non members - please contact this page for more details.