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URL:https://starsofstrength.co.uk/members-area/events/wine-tasting-volcani
 c-island-wine/
SUMMARY:Wine Tasting - Volcanic Island Wine
DESCRIPTION:Using some of the best wines available\, here\, on the UK marke
 t\, our head sommelier Eric\, will show how volcanic island wines echo the
  past and point towards the future.\n\nWines from volcanic islands have a 
 story to tell. Being grown on decomposed lava\, not only do they display a
  strong personality and marked mineral character but a purity of style tha
 t got lost with the phylloxera devastation of the late 19th century. Most 
 of them are indeed from vines that remain ungrafted direct producers\, for
  phylloxera cannot thrive in such sandy-like soils. Often introduced to th
 e Atlantic islands during the Age of Discovery on the way to the Indies\, 
 those grapes are now considered native to the canary Islands\, Madeira or 
 the Azores\, for the integrity of their parent vines was compromised in ma
 inland Europe. Santorini in the Cyclades and Pantelleria\, a satellite of 
 Sicily off the coast of Tunisia\, are home to sweet wines that are still m
 ade the way the ancient Greeks and the Phoenicians were making them. Sweet
  wine was the only wine stable enough to be used as currency in the Medite
 rranean trade. Similarly\,  Madeira and the fortified wines of the Atlant
 ic will come to form the core of the international wine trade. Now that th
 ere is a move away from sweet and fortified wines\, a new generation of wi
 nemakers works hard at keeping those grapes alive and at ensuring that Ter
 roir is expressed in wines that they elaborate with minimum intervention.
CATEGORIES:Club Diary Events,Club Event,Featured events,Wine & Other
 Tastings
LOCATION:East India Club\, 16 St James's Square\, London\, SW1Y 4LH\, Unite
 d Kingdom
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