Saturday Course & Lunch

INCLUDES SABRAGE DEMONSTRATION!!

11am to 4pm - starting with a decadent Champagne aperitif, including a delicious 2-course lunch, and a tutored tasting of 12 superb wines!

Passionate about wine & want to learn more? Our Saturday Courses are a great way to spend an enjoyable day learning about wine and include a 2 course lunch and Champagne! This event is suitable for anybody who has a keen interest in wine, whatever their starting knowledge.

Course Outline:

• How to taste wines like a professional – aroma, flavours, tannin, acidity, oak
• Major wine producing countries, their grape varieties and the role of climate
• Food and Wine Matching
• Tips on the Storage and Service of Wine 
• How Wine is made and how to understand a wine label
• The use of oak in wine and how it makes wine expensive
• Wine Faults and how to spot them
• Where to get the best wines at affordable prices
• Common wine myths debunked!

In addition, on the day we will be having a two-course lunch at the esteemed 'Thames View' restaurant at the hotel - typical dishes include:

(Please note though this is a sample menu and dishes available at time of booking may differ according to seasonal produce)

Starters:

• Celeriac & Truffle Soup
• Char-grilled asparagus, avocado and sun-blush tomato salad
• Hot smoked Salmon rillettes with fresh horseradish cream and beetroot
• Pressed Guinea fowl, apricot terrine wrapped in bacon with melba toast

Main Courses:

• Braised Shin of Beef with parsley mash, endive carrots and button onions
• Welsh rarebit glazed Pollack fillet on celariac remoulade and basil coulis
• Goat's Cheese, red onion and sun-blush tomato, spinach dressing
• Pan-friend duck in honey on Pak Choi, confit of baby pepper and hoi-sin dressing

Recent Reviews: "Fascinating and fun. Learned a lot and had a great time with a nice group of people. Wines were all fantastic and the cheese was good too. Venue and lunch were lovely and Phil was a knowledgeable and great teacher. Highly recommended." Simon K, via Trip Advisor

COURSE TIMES

• 1100 – 1300: Morning session including Champagne
• 1300 – 1415: 2 course lunch at the Thames View Restaurant
• 1345 – 1600: Afternoon session

Our Saturday Wine Courses also make a great Gift idea for any occasion!