Wines of the Year
At the end of each meeting, the members of the Club vote for their favourite wine of the evening. The winner is the Wine of the Month. Once a year, at the April meeting, which is also the Club's AGM, the Wines of the Month are tasted again against each other. From the votes of members on the night, the winner is declared the Wine of the Year.
At the April 2011 meeting, the Mar de Frades Albarino 2009 from Galicia in Spain (available from Sommelier's Choice at £9.40) was voted the white wine of the year and the Yalumba FDR1a Barossa 2004 (available from Flagship Wines at £23.99 and from The Wine Society at £20.00) was voted the red wine of the year. However, the dessert wine of the year and Wine of the Year 2010-11 is the Royal Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos Blue Label 2005 from Hungary (available from Laithwaites at £20.00 for 50cl).
The Wine of the Month process was introduced as a trial in 2004. Initially, the Club voted for the best wine of the night then, after the prices were announced, a further vote was held for the best value wine of the night. The best value wine was put forward to our first Wine of the Year tasting in June 2005. After this trial phase, the process was amended, so that the "best" wine of the night was chosen as the Wine of the Month. The first Wine of the Year on the revised basis was chosen at our AGM and Wine of the Year tasting in April 2006.
The table below sets out the Wines of the Year for all years after the trial. For details of the Wines of the Month in each year, see the Archive pages.
Wines of the Year
| Year | Wine of the Year | Region and Country | Supplier | Price |
| 2010-11 | Royal Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos Blue Label 2005 (Furmint, Harslevelu, Muscat de Lunel) | Tokaj-Hegyalja, Hungary | Laithwaites | £20.00 (50cl) |
| 2009-10 | Mitolo "Jester" Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 | McLaren Vale, South Australia | Liberty Wines | £10.99 |
| 2008-09 | Battle of Bosworth Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 | McLaren Vale, South Australia | Flagship Wines | £13.65 |
| 2007-08 | Knappstein Cabernet Merlot Clare Valley 2005 | Clare Valley, South Australia | Flagship Wines | £10.49 |
| 2006-07 | Domaine de Senechaux 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape | Southern Rhone valley, France | Marks & Spencer | £15 |
| 2005-06 | Concha y Toro Terrunyo Carmenere 2002 | Chile |