{"id":5174,"date":"2017-03-31T08:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T08:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/?p=5174"},"modified":"2017-03-31T08:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T08:52:04","slug":"march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/current-newsletter-1\/img_0014-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5119\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0014\" width=\"354\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a>February Tasting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the absence of President John Sloggie, Vice President Paul Nicholls welcomed 64 members and guests to the tasting at Restaurant Cumbre in Benitachel.\u00a0\u00a0 Five wines, two white and three red were presented by Thamar assisted by Mathew of Casa del Vino, J\u00e1vea under the title of \u201cWines of the future: wines of 2017\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For a full report on the tasting, go to the web site and recent tastings or click on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/february-16th-restaurante-cumbre-benitachell\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cFebruary Tasting\u201d<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The cost of each wine, where it can be purchased and average score given by members is shown on the web site in the list of wines tasted in 2017, which can also be found by\u00a0clicking on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wines-tasted-in-2016-1\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cWines tasted in 2017\u201d<\/span>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dress Code<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May I remind members that the dress code for men on tasting evenings is jacket with tie preferred, but optional.\u00a0\u00a0 Ladies as appropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>March Tasting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The March tasting will be on 16<sup>th<\/sup> <strong>March<\/strong> <strong>at\u00a0Restaurant Abiss in Calpe and the<\/strong> wines will be presented by Keith Pacey, who was wine taster of the year in 2016 together with Renate Pluis and Ted Floodgate who were runners up \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This is a members only meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anyone wishing to stay overnight at the hotel Sol y Mar can obtain a 20% discount on the room rate by typing in WINESOCIETY (all caps, no gap) in the promotional box when booking online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please remember that the booking deadline is now the\u00a0FRIDAY\u00a0before the tasting.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reservations and choice of main course please to: Penny Floodgate Tel: 965794996 or email\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:pennyfloodgate@gmail.com\">pennyfloodgate@gmail.com<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0Reservations must be received no later than the deadline 12.00 noon on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Friday 10<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0 March<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When you book Penny will\u00a0<strong>ALWAYS<\/strong>\u00a0confirm back to you. If you haven\u2019t had a confirmation, we don\u2019t have your booking! Please contact Penny again.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bookings will close at the stated time. We regret that NO bookings can be accepted after that date\/time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Doors will open at 19.30 and welcome drinks will\u00a0<strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>be available before that time. Please do not arrive before then to allow the committee time to arrange the tables etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Table numbers are always allocated by a draw from the bag. Arriving early will not influence your table number!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As we now collect the money at the tables it would be helpful if you bring the correct amount.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you need to cancel after the Friday deadline you should contact Penny direct. Please\u00a0<strong>DO NOT<\/strong>\u00a0contact the venue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sorry \u2013 but if you have to cancel after the deadline or don\u2019t turn up you will still have to pay.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Menu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ENTRANTES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ensalada de Queso de Cabra rebozada en Polvo de Kikos, acompa\u00f1ada con Lardones de Bacon y Confitura de Tomate<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Croquetas de \u201cBolletus Eludis\u201d con Crema de Queso Manchego<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>PLATO PRINCIPAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Muslo de Pollo \u201cCuk\u201d glaseado en su Jugo con Pur\u00e9 de Tub\u00e9rculos y sus Verduras<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00f3<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lomo de Corvina con Verduras en Jugo de Azafr\u00e1n y Moluscos<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>POSTRE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Brownie de Chocolate con Helado de Chocolate y Salsa de Chocolate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cost 30\u20ac<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Looking forward to seeing you on the 16th<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kind regards,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paul Nicholls<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February Tasting In the absence of President John Sloggie, Vice President Paul Nicholls welcomed 64 members and guests to the tasting at Restaurant Cumbre in Benitachel.\u00a0\u00a0 Five wines, two white and three red were presented by Thamar assisted by Mathew&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/march-2017\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5175,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174\/revisions\/5175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}