London Winter Festival 2019: Snapshots of a Fantastic Day!

What a fantastic day it was!!
Last Saturday November 16th, the HAC opened its doors to 900 enthusiastic wine lovers who filled the venue with a marvellous and buzzy atmosphere.

With an unprecedented schedule of exclusive Masterclasses & Pop-Ups and a tremendous selection of wines, spirits & ciders being poured, the hard thing was to choose what to do and what to taste: so much to discover and explore!

Our London Winter Festival 2019 was indeed the perfect way to open the festive season and we could not be more thankful to all those that contributed to make the event such a huge success. From our amazing exhibitors to our cracking team, everyone’s hard work truly paid off.

Take a look below at some snapshots of this memorable day.
We wish you all the best for the festive season and look forward to seeing you again at our 2020 events!

A fantastic and buzzy atmosphere at the HAC. Thank you to all our guests and exhibitors!

So much to taste and discover! Always good to have our comprehensive tasting brochure at hand.

Some of the best Chilean wines being poured at Errazuriz’s stand.

Back by popular demand: Jeremy and his unbelievably delicious Piha Pies!!!

The English Wine Zone was once again one of our winter festival’s focal points.

Our own Joanna Simon and David Williams getting ready for the busy day ahead

Much needed wholesome fuel by Manna Eating: delicious coffee and scrumptious healthy treats (those banana & blueberry muffins….)

Long queues for Aldi’s Champagne cart. The wait was certainly worth it!

Have you tasted Herbert Hall?? Many of our guests hadn’t and absolutely loved it, exhausting Nick Hall’s stock twice!!

Chefs focused on their craft as they prepare the delicious savoury choux for Le Cordon Bleu’s Masterclass

Ian Waghorn and Matthieu Longuère MS of Le Cordon Bleu ahead of their wine & food pairing masterclass

What’s not to like?! A comprehensive masterclass by Le Cordon Bleu that was a true exploration of aromas and flavours

Le Cordon Bleu’s Masterclass in full swing

Stephanie of New Zealand Winegrowers sharing her knowledge and passion for the antipodean pours

Special thanks to Novel Wines who made their way to our festival in London after intense weeks of work to open their new shop! And Congratulations!

The Wine Gang’s Anthony Rose introducing the great Steven Spurrier and his sublime English Wine Masterclass

Quite the line up at Steven Spurrier’s masterclass!….

No bottle is a big enough challenge for Mr. Spurrier!

Paxton & Whitfield’s cheese selection looking as delicious as they actually were.

Jackie Fast passionately introducing her exquisite Rebel Pi ice wine

Another of the event’s highlights (as ever): The Wine Society’s stand with its varied and precise selection

Pouring the great wines from Viñalba, with their distinctively Argentinian style

Never a boring moment with Dawn Davies MW at The Whisky Exchange’s stand

And as popular as the premium spirits being poured, Gareth Croll of The Whisky Exchange

Our kind of fireplace certainly has a few bottles of Nyetimber in front of it. Already thinking of all of their cuvées that we’ll be drinking over Christmas!!

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