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July 12, 2019

Winemaker's Lunch with Pol Roger 2019

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 12 July 2019 for a very special Champagne Pol Roger lunch, hosted by James Simpson MW, managing director of Pol Roger Portfolio.

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May 30, 2019

Exclusive Spanish Wine tasting

Join our drinks editor, Jonathan Ray, for a very special reader tasting of fine wines from Northern Spain.

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April 10, 2019

An Evening with Glenmorangie

Join us in the Spectator boardroom for a very special evening celebrating Glenmorangie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky and its new Grand Vintage 1991 in the company of Dr Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie’s Director of Distilling, Whisky Creation & Whisky Stocks.

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March 29, 2019

The Spectator Beer Lunch

Join us in the Spectator boardroom for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Rupert Ponsonby, a founder of the Beer Academy.

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November 9, 2018

Winkemaker's Lunch with Domaine de Trévallon

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 9 November 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Ostiane Dürrbach from the legendary Provencal wine estate: Domaine de Trévallon.

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October 12, 2018

Wine Cruise

The Spectator, in association with Private Cellar and Thames Leisure, invites you to join Low Life correspondent Jeremy Clarke and drinks editor Jonathan Ray for a spectacular day of cocktails, claret, clays and cruising on the River Thames on Friday October 12.

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September 26, 2018

The Spectator Wine School 2018

Join us for The Spectator Autumn Wine School, an eight-week introduction to wine and spirits.

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August 10, 2018

Ginmaker's Lunch

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 10 August for a very special distillers’ lunch with Kathy Caton, MD of multi-award-winning Brighton Gin and Amanda Saurin, leading Sussex apothecary and botanical distiller.

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July 27, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with Château Léoube

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 27 July 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Jerome Pernot, overseas sales director of Château Léoube, the Provencal estate famed for its organic red, white, rosé and sparkling wines, and olive oils.

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July 13, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with Ramón Bilbao

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 13th July 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Rodolfo Bastida, the boundary-pushing and highly innovative chief winemaker at Bodegas Ramón Bilbao, producer of famously fine red, white and rosé wines in Rioja and – more recently and very excitingly – in Rueda.

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June 8, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with Bodegas Pinuaga

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 8th June 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Bodegas Pinuaga.

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May 18, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with Springfontein

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 18 May 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Springfontein.

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May 4, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with La Tunella

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 4 May 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with La Tunella.

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April 6, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with Dourthe

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 6 April 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Dourthe. Dourthe is one of the great names of Bordeaux and the company boasts an enviable number of châteaux.

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March 8, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with Hamilton Russell

Join us in the Spectator boardroom for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Anthony Hamilton Russell, producer of South Africa’s most ‘Burgundian’ Pinot Noir and Chardonnay (and arguably its finest ones too) in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Walker Bay.

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January 25, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with The Finest Bubble

Join us in the Spectator boardroom for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Nick Baker, founder and MD of The Finest Bubble, purveyors of fine champagnes and sparkling wines which is celebrated for its same day ‘emergency service’ bicycle deliveries throughout London.

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January 12, 2018

Winemaker's Lunch with Trinity Hill

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Friday 12 January 2018 for the next in our series of Spectator Winemaker Lunches with Warren Gibson, chief winemaker at Trinity Hill, one of New Zealand’s finest wineries, famed for its exceptional Hawkes Bay and Gimblett Gravels wines.

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September 20, 2017

The Spectator Wine School 2017

The Spectator Wine School is a chance to be tutored by the best in the wine business. It is aimed at enthusiastic beginners and anyone who wants to know more about the main wine regions.

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June 28, 2017

Winemaker's dinner with Franciacorta at The Balcon

Join us for a very special Spectator Wine Club dinner at The Balcon, St. James’s, London SW1, featuring the extraordinary sparkling wines of Franciacorta.

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February 9, 2017

Winemaker's Lunch with Le Soula

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Thursday 9 February for the first of the year’s Spectator winemaker lunches with Mark Walford, partner in the leading Roussillon estate, Le Soula.

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December 8, 2016

Festive Wine Club Lunch 2016

On Thursday 8 December, our drinks editor, Jonathan Ray, and business editor, Martin Vander Weyer, hosted an informal wine-laden Christmas lunch in the Spectator boardroom.

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December 2, 2016

Christmas Wine Club Lunch 2016

The Spectator's business editor, Martin Vander Weyer, and our drinks editor, Jonathan Ray, hosted a three-course, wine-laden Christmas lunch courtesy of Forman & Field.

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November 24, 2016

Winemaker's Dinner with Armand De Brignac

Join us for a very special Spectator Wine Club dinner at Dickie Fitz, Fitzrovia.

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October 11, 2016

Winemaker's Lunch with Michiel Eradus

Join us in the Spectator boardroom on Tuesday 11 October for one of our Winemaker Lunches with Michiel Eradus of the boutique New Zealand winery Eradus Wines.

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September 28, 2016

Winemaker’s lunch with Vega Sicilia

Join us in the newly refurbished Spectator boardroom for a Winemaker’s lunch with Vega Sicilia.