Davy's Wine Tasting at Bunghole Cellars

A friend and I spent a couple of hours swirling and slurping at a wine tasting evening at a Davy's bar in Holborn last week.

Taking place in one of their private rooms in the basement, it was a great place to spend a couple of hours with some expert tuition.

We were greeted with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux as we waited for the tasting to start. I had tasted the Sauvignon before (Davy's own) and it's a very quoffable reasonable drop at £9.50

Over two hours, the team of two guys took us through 7 wines from around the globe:

• Solitar Riesling Trocken, Prum, Mosel Germany 2015
• Vierkoppen Sauvignon Blanc, Robertston, S. Africa 2015
• Sidewood Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills, Australia 2013
• Saint Sidoine Rose, Cotes de Provence, France 2015
• Mount Brown Pinot Noir, Waipara, New Zealand 2013
• Chateau du Moulin Rouge, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France 2012
• Valserrano Reserva DOC, Rioja, Spain 2010

The lead guy (whose name I didn't get - apologies) was particularly good and went into a fair amount of detail about each of the wines, and I learnt a couple of things that we hadn't covered in WSET level 3. Both members of staff knew their stuff and delivered it in an interesting way, blending between fun learning and facts. The only slight issue was the noise from the bar outside making it slightly hard to hear the quieter of the two presenters.

They also gave us a flavour wheel with aromas and flavours grouped together by colour and similarity -a useful reference point for the future.

In terms of the wines, the best of the evening (in my opinion) were the German Riesling and the Australian Chardonnay - both delivering what you would expect from these regions at these price points.

However with a full wine rack at home, I decided not to purchase any on this occasion, but have made a note to get some with my next delivery...

I spoke to a couple of the guys on the table next to me, and they also said how impressed they were with the tasting and that it was better than others they had been to in London, particularly in terms of the price (£30 per ticket and 25% off food if you wanted to eat in the restaurant afterwards). They had also been to a Davy's Tasting at Vintners' Hall back in March, and recognised me from that (you may remember I went with my dad and of course blogged about it...Another Wine Tasting at Vintner's Hall)

I would recommend a night wine tasting with Davy's as an enjoyable, interesting, educational night of trying out wines you may not normally think of...