Local Wine Company Give us a Lot to Talk About

There is no better way to spend an evening than sipping your way around the world in wines.

Talking Wines, Cirencester's fabulous independent wine merchant offer an array of deliciously tempting wine tastings. They supply many local business and offer a huge selection of specially sourced wines, beers and spirits. They pride themselves in working with some of the best small producers - paying special attention to source wines that are more traditionally made to give them maximum character with minimal intervention.

Simon Thomson, the founder of Talking Wines puts on several wine tasting events a year - including a regular Saturday tasting. The tastings cater for everyone, whether you are a complete novice or fancy yourself as a bit of a sommelier.

We popped along to their Introduction to Wine Tasting evening and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Simon hosted the event and carefully introduced us to his 6 wines of choice. We discussed each wine in turn - from colour and scent then moved on to acidity and taste. From woody oaks to peaches and pears, we explored a variety of flavours through each and every wine. The lovely Katie and Tom, of Talking Wines, were also on hand to help us distinguish our blackberries from our blackcurrants. The evening was well paced and the atmosphere friendly and inviting.

Simon and his team have a wealth of knowledge and were more than happy to share this with us. The evening, company and wine were all exceptional - and we can't wait to impress our friends and family with our newly refined vocabulary.