Meeting #3

So, meeting number 3 is just a few weeks away in the spendour of Kingsbrook Park. Theme is "wine from minor countries". Now, what do we mean by minor? Well, it might be quite straight forward. According to the internet the obvious countries stop at the top 10 volume-wise (except New Zealand - #17), so 11 onwards would be a reasonable list. See below for inspiration (the large number is production in tonnes): 11 Portugal 587,200 12 Russia 500,000 13 Brazil 362,200 14 Greece 303,000 15 Ukraine 238,500 16 Serbia 238,233 17 New Zealand 189,800 18 Austria 176,745 19 Hungary 175,526 20 Bulgaria 145,000 21 Romania 125,450 22 Macedonia 110,700 23 Switzerland 103,094 24 Moldova 99,100 25 Georgia 97,000 26 Japan 90,900 27 Peru 72,700 28 Uruguay 71,300 29 Czech Republic 51,800 30 Croatia 50,000 31 Algerian 17,094 32 Canada 46,851 33 Mexico 37,928 34 Morocco 33,300 35 Slovakia 32,400 36 Turkey 27,950 37 Tunisia 27,600 38 Belarus 25,110 39 Slovenia 24,600 40 Uzbekistan 21,280

Photos

This is an attempt to post a photo from my phone.

Our name

Hmmm. So apparently my Latin is not what I thought it was. And we have missed Cantiburium or whatever it is. Thus:

Viviana - Please confirm the correct declension/ spelling

Jim - Please confirm what is the appropriate adjective/genetive for Canterbury in the Latin.

Thanks!

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Meeting #2 - April 2012

Meeting number two has just occurred. The founding members (Jim, Ruth, Vanessa, Stefano, Viviana, Alessia and Paolo) along with guest - and now new member - Claire!

Ample wine was drunk and some element of insight gained.

The theme this time was Italy and the wines were:
- Fiano Sicilia - Miopasso
- La Cala - Vermentino di Sardegna - 2010
- Moscato d'Asti - Bersano
- Montipulciano d'Abruzzo - Podere - 2010
- Valpolicella Ripasso
- Barolo Ricossa
- Vino Nobile di Montipulciano - Trerose Tenimenti Angelini - 2007
- Montipulciano d'Abruzzo - Riparosso Illuminati

Pairing was with a range of Italian and Mediterranean foods including humus, various cheese, polenta and pasta with vegetables and formagio parmigiana

Thanks to Vanessa for hosting!