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Next tasting - Friday 11th July

  • Jun 26
Dan Ruell of Mentzendorff

On July 11th the Grand Union Wine Society will have its annual Mentzendorff portfolio tasting. 


One of the UK's longest-established wine importers, Mentzendorff has a stellar collection of producers offering some of the finest wines available. 


This year a few of the Grand Union committee were able to attend the Mentzendorff spiring event in London, and have selected some of the most impressive wines there for our July tasting. We will be tasting wines from France, Iberia and the USA. 


The Mentzendorff tastings at Grand Union are always popular, with the wines being offered at very attractive prices. I do hope that you will be able to be there. 


Please make your payment to attend in the usual way, as per the standard instructions attached. Your prompt attention is helpful to us, please pay by the end Friday 5th of July. We will be glad if you will consider inviting guests to the tasting.


As always, our tastings are posted on our site at https://guws.co.uk and on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GUWSLeicester




What we tasted in June 2025

  • Jun 14

In June Oliver March visited us from Evington's Wine Merchants. He is a local distributor, following in the footsteps of his father, with a much-loved and well-curated wine shop. He gave us a tasting of great wines, mostly from western Europe, including a number of highly desirable classics. The tasting was well attended and was a great success.


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The wines tasted were:

  1. 2023 Villa Bianchi Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Classico Italy

  2. 2023 Deux Grives Marsanne Viognier IGP Pays d'Oc France

  3. 2017 Stonier Chardonnay Mornington Penninsular Australia

  4. 2021 Vincent Girardin Les Vieilles Vignes AC Auxey-Duresses Burgundy France

  5. 2021 Famille de Lorgeril 1620 Cabernet Franc IGP Pays d'Oc France

  6. 2022 Consensus Pinot Noir Touriga Nacional Vinho Regional Lisboa Portugal

  7. 2015 Finca Allende Tempranillo DOC Rioja Spain

  8. 2016 Finca Allende Mingortiz Tempranillo DOC Rioja Spain



Oliver March of Evington's Wine Merchants about to start his tasting
Oliver March of Evington's Wine Merchants about to start his tasting

Next tasting - Friday 13th June

  • Jun 2
Olly March of Evington's Wine Merchants

The next tasting of the Grand Union Wine Society will be presented by Olly March of Evington's Wine Merchants on Friday June 13th. 


It will feature classics from the best-known wine-producing regions of western Europe (with a southern hemisphere wine for comparison). This is a carefully curated selection which includes a number of really exceptional wines. 


Olly March says: "I am the 4th generation of the March family to undertake the day to day running of Evington's Wine Merchants, we have traded from the same premises on Evington Road since May 1926 and have gradually expanded and grown - particularly now into the online market. Our philosophy is very simple ... we don't stock anything we haven't sampled and if we like it, we stock it! Our range consists of 550+ wines from £8 to £555 per bottle.


The wines I have selected for the GUWS represent quality production (both in the vineyard and winery), interesting grape varieties / blends and wines at the peak of their drinking window.”


I do hope that you will be able to attend. 


Please make your payment to attend in the usual way, as per the standard instructions attached. Your prompt attention is helpful to us, please pay by the end of Friday the 6th of June. We will be glad if you will consider inviting guests to the tasting.



The Evington shop front
The Evington shop front

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