This is the current issue of our newsletter which is circulated to all our members:
The Aston Wine Club April 2008 Newsletter NEXT WINE TASTING Friday 18th April 2008 7.30pm for 8.00pm promptGuest Speaker: James Richards from Vin Neuf, Stratford-upon-Avon, Languedoc-Roussillon Remember your wine tasting glasses!Cost for the Evening:Members: £12Guests: £15 March Function - Our annual dinner was held at a new venue, the Rothschild room at the Rose & Crown Hotel in Tring. In this larger room, we were able to cater for more members and guests and we enjoyed our fare in very elegant surroundings.Our excesses may be viewed on the website which shows a number of us in very relaxed mode! In all a lovely evening helped by an attentive staff and great food. We will certainly look at this venue for next years Club dinner. Wine Offer - Mark Innes of Hallgarten, our regular Christmas presenter, has offered to supply a minimum order of 3 x 12 cases of wine. The wines available with wholesale prices are shown on the website.Please let a committee member know if you would like to place an order, and we will organise it for you.Members Evening Presenters - Members evening will soon be upon us and we would like your entries as soon as possible.It is a great evening and everybody has a giggle including the happy go lucky presenters. Tipple of the Month - Talking Tree Shiraz Petit Verdot, a powerhouse Aussie Shiraz sensation at a bargain price of £3.92 per bottle – still at pre-budget prices from Warehouse Wines! www.warehousewines.co.uk
April Tasting James will present some interesting new wines from the Languedoc-Roussillon area of the south of France, including a Picpoul de Pinet and a tasty new rosé for the warm days ahead. James has been to us before, and we look forward to welcoming once again to our club. Odd Drips - Wine Facts - There are approximately 75 grapes in a cluster and 1 grape cluster will make approximately 1 glass of wine. It will take 4 clusters of grapes to make 1 bottle of wine. Growers can expect some 40 clusters from every vine so 1 vine can produce enough grapes for up to 10 bottles of wine.
It takes approximately 1200 clusters of grapes to fill 1 barrel with wine. 1 barrel is equal to 60 gallons, 60 gallons can fill around 25 cases.
1 acre of planted vines can produce 5 tons of grapes, 5 tons of grapes is enough to fill 332 cases of wine.France annually produces 550 million cases of wine - Italy annually produces 495 million cases - Spain produces 385 million cases - USA produces 245 million cases - Australia produces 110 million - South Africa produces 100 million cases and Chile produces 65 million. There will be a test on these figures at a future meeting…. Mo Dent 1 Kentmere Road Aylesbury, HP21 7HZEmail: maureen.dent@btconnect.com Don’t forget to visit our Info-Packed WEB SITEhttp://astonwineclub.s5.com (no www)
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