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Annual Summer Garden Party 2025

In-housePast event
Date
Saturday, 26 July 2025
Time
20:30
Theme
Iberian wines — Portuguese selection from Tanners

Thirty-one members and guests gathered at Andy and Vicky Bori's home for the 2025 Summer Garden Party, with an Iberian theme set from the first pour — white port and tonic. Six Portuguese wines from Tanners of Shrewsbury accompanied a generous buffet of paella, rare roast beef, cheeses and pastel de nata, before a tawny port digestif rounded things off late into a finally sunny afternoon.

Annual Summer Garden Party 2025

The wines

What we tasted

  1. 1

    Coração Obra Prima Vinho Verde

    Coração· Loureiro, Trajadura, Arinto· Vinho Verde, Portugal· 2024· % abv

    9.5% ABV. £9.80 from Tanners. Easy-drinking, fresh, floral with zippy sherbet fruit and attractive spritz.

    Tonight £0RRP £0
  2. 2

    Tons de Duorum Douro Branco

    Tons de Duorum· Viosinho, Rabigato, Verdelho, Arinto, Moscatel· Douro, Portugal· 2024· % abv

    12.5% ABV. £12.30 from Tanners. Intense tropical and citrus fruit aromas with floral and mineral notes; long mineral finish.

    Tonight £0RRP £0

    Vivino 3.9/5 · 206 ratings

    Pairs with shellfish, appetizers and snacks, lean fish, cured meat

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  3. 3

    Terra de Lobos Fernão Pires/Sauvignon Blanc

    Casal Branco· Fernão Pires, Sauvignon Blanc· Tejo, Portugal· 2024· % abv

    12% ABV. £11.20 from Tanners. Spicy Muscat-like hint on nose, ripe apricot on palate.

    Tonight £0RRP £0

    Vivino 3.9/5 · 36,293 ratings

    Pairs with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish, appetizers and snacks, lean fish

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  4. 4

    Tanners Douro Red

    Tanners· Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz· Douro, Portugal· 2021· % abv

    14% ABV. £11.90 from Tanners. Juicy black fruit with herbs and peppery hints. Fine example of the Douro.

    Tonight £0RRP £0
  5. 5

    Smart Dog Syrah/Trincadeira

    J P Ramos· Syrah, Trincadeira· Alentejo, Portugal· 2024· % abv

    13.5% ABV. £12.30 from Tanners. Lavender, chocolate and spice box, with fruit-filled palate and ripe tannins.

    Tonight £0RRP £0

    Vivino 3.8/5 · 116,605 ratings

    Vivino avg £12.49 · our RRP £0

    Pairs with beef, lamb, veal, poultry

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  6. 6

    Gandarada Tinto

    Gandarada· Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Roriz· Dão, Portugal· 2022· % abv

    13% ABV. £12.30 from Tanners. Red and blackcurrant fruit with prune and herb hints. Well balanced tannins and good length.

    Tonight £0RRP £0

    Vivino 3.8/5 · 137 ratings

    Pairs with beef, lamb, game (deer, venison), poultry

    View on Vivino

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