Need closure? This is the tasting for you

Cork is a fascinating topic, controversial and conventional in equal measure. On one hand reassuring and utterly traditional; on the other a source of flavour and faults, the bit of tree bark that wine producers have been banging into the tops of our bottles for what seems like time immemorial has fans and detractors.

Sam Caporn MW will seek to separate science from mythology for you. 

Sam has been a Master of Wine for five years after previously working for Majestic Wines. 
Sam now runs a wine tasting, consultancy, The Mistress of Wine, and has been awarded The Madame Bollinger Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practical Paper and is also a wine judge, primarily as a Panel Chair at the International Wine Challenge.
She has been studying cork on the ground in Portugal, both in the dehesa, modern platations and in the labs and factories of cork processors and is in a great position to demystify the subject.

We will taste:

Pol Roger Brut Reserve 

Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve 

2014 Christian Moreau Chablis Vaillon

2013 Guntrum Gewurztraminer Rheinhessen x 2: 1 under cork, 1 under screwcap

2016 Chateau La Roubine Rosé

2000 Domaine Espiers Gigondas Cuvee des Blaches 

2014 Foxglove Cabernet Sauvignon, California 

2014 Johann Michel Grain Noir