The Wine Society

We've been members of The Wine Society for over 10 years and have attended their wine tasting events in Birmingham and Leicester. 

It's £40 to become a lifetime member which opens up a huge variety of wines with free delivery on every bottle. There is no requirement to buy a certain quantity to receive lower prices, the wines are the price displayed and even a single bottle is delivered free of charge.

We haven't visited The Wine Society Cellar in Stevenage before although we did visit their beautiful Cellar in Montreuil-sur-mer in France, sadly now closed. They host many tasting and members events at Stevenage so we booked for a drop in tasting, the Premier Inn is just up the road making a perfect weekend away .....until, due to technical maintenance, the tasting was cancelled but as the Cellar shop was still open until lunchtime and our hotel booked we travelled to Stevenage as planned.

The Wine Society is huge, they do offer a warehouse tour which we hope to do one day. I loved the layout and feel of the Cellar with some bottles laid in racks and comfy leather chairs. There was a huge range of French wines, I did spot a white Chateauneuf-du-Pape which of course was added to our order.

There was a huge variety of Champagne and Sparkling Wine which we didn't really look at, I was too absorbed with the lovely Old World selection. Another good reason to visit again and who knows next time we may be allowed 'in the cellar' ... yes I want one! 

The Cellar at The Wine Society has two Enomatic Wine counters which serve a tasting of wine at the push if a button. There was a great selection from all wine countries and a variety if producers. I really liked the Ardèche Viognier and in the red selection The Society's Corbière's and the Lascar Carmenère.

We ordered a selection of wine to be delivered on Wednesday, and they arrived as promised today at the time given by the courier. I ordered my favourite Duo de Deux Mers Sauvignon along with the Chateauneuf-du-Pape. In our red selection we ordered The Society's Cote du Rhone which is produced by Domaine Jaume who we have visited in Vinsobres. 

The Wine Society staff also gave us a bottle of Verdicchio because of the tasting cancellation which was very generous of them. 

Although not our day as expected we really enjoyed our visit to The Wine Society and are now looking forward to trying our wine purchases at home and hopefully visiting Stevenage again.