Timsbury Wine Circle


Timsbury Wine Circle

Affiliated to WALES AND WEST FEDERATION OF WINE & BEER MAKERS

Secretary : Wendy Treasure                       Chairman : Graham Nicholls                             Treasurer: Ray James


contact by or phone 01761 435890
We meet in the Grove room, Conygre Hall, Timsbury at 8pm on the second Wednesday in the month.
New members are always welcome. Please contact our Secretary Wendy Treasure for any
further information.


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Don't forget our upcoming wine match on March 6th at Conygre Hall.
Tickets from Wendy or Ray are £6.00 and dancing is to 'Tobacco Road'.
Bring your own food & drink.



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On Saturday 16th January with the snow all gone, 19 of us joined Bath and three other wine circles
at Conygre Hall for the annual dinner.













































Three pose as only they know how



Graham loves his cheese & biscuits




When you are doing YMCA with the Village People you have to get it right






All of us do our own thing on the dance floor






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Your committee visited the New Inn at Farmborough for their annual meal in January 2010, at their own expense I may add, missing the worst weather of the month.






























Once again the ingenuity of members was put to the test at our 2009 Christmas Party meeting.
Lots of food, handicraft to test the best of the best and a difficult quiz that caused brows to furrow. Here
are a few photos of the evening.




What a lot of food we got!



and the results of all the hard labour that took place below .





















Brenda, Dave, Wendy & Rita show off their amazing creations.













Graham had to have a helping hand to stop his hat falling off and Dorothy was the winner. Mary had a hat for each occasion although the other Graham was a bit doubtful by the look on his face.






















Mary had a slight design fault with her second hat and Graham is looking like Mr. Spock crossed with a cavalier.







As you can see a good time was had by all.

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December 5th 2009
Our annual Christmas party dance went off well again as you can see by some of the photos below.


























One again the horse racing game brought spectators to the feet.





















Carole gives Helena some good advice but it didn't come to anything






Oz takes time out and so does Ray and Hazel!












and the mess is still there from last year!












Carole and Helena discuss where their tactics went wrong.
















Bath Wine Circle Annual Wine Show. Culverhay School, Rush Hill.

We had some success last Saturday (14th November) at the wine show. Wendy won the Preece
Trophy for her custard tart, and had a third with the dry white made from a kit. Iris won the Millennium Shield for her lemon drizzle cake and the committee members know how good that tastes. Iris's vegetable flan also had a 'commended' card. Ray Dickson also had a third with his beer.
Well done to all three of you. My bread didn't get anywhere neither did Ray's limerick which you
can see below.

In the wine match which Keynsham & Saltford won, we were placed equal fourth with three others.
Our best result in this was a 1st in the sweet white. We will have to pull our socks up for our own wine match.
For some unknown reason the circle's limerick wasn't entered but Ray's was and here it is.

A wine circle member named Frank
Keeps his wine in a ten gallon tank
His day always begins
With two double gins
A glass of Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc.

































At our October meeting Graham & Iris gave a presentation of 'Viva Mexico' during which we
sampled tequila, margaritas, and Mexican food. Three brave volunteers also played
the 'Mexican Hat' game accompanied by lots of laughter and support from the rest of the members..







Several members took part in the 47th Festival of the South Western Counties
Wine and Beermakers weekend at Bowleaze Cove, Weymouth, 9th - 11th October.
Wendy and Paul were successful between them Wendy winning the Vic Winkley Memorial Cup
for her 'Beginners Sweet' and Paul gaining 2nd place with his Table white dry. Wendy also received a highly commended for her drizzle cake. Congratulations to both of you.







On 22nd July 2009 we once again we enjoyed a marvelous barbecue at Greenhill House
hosted by Martin and his merry band of helpers.





















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Our summer trip to the Bristol Food & Wine Fair on Sunday 12 July was a great success
with plenty of tastings and a visit from Isombard Kingdom Brunel.


























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On 4th July we joined with Timsbury Horticultural Society for a trip to 
Wisley Gardens.

















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The 12th June saw us at the Farmborough Inn for the annual meal. As you can see we all enjoyed the eating and drinking.





















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Six of our members had a great and successful time at the Wales & West Federation 
of Wine & Beermakers weekend Friday 22nd May to Monday 25th May held at Sand Bay.
 This was a very special  occasion as it was the 45th anniversary of such a weekend.

We have a winner this year, Paul's Novices, social red got a 1st out of 11 entries and won the Ann Hickey Cup
whilst his table white dry was brought forward with a collar. Congratulations Paul. The club had a 6th in the table white sweet out
of 62 entries, and Bob had a 4th out of 33 with his Table red, dry wine, which was in the Closed wine Classes that had a
great many entries. Wendy had a fifth place with her biscuits out of 29 entries. Well done to those competitiors and to those
who didn't win but supported Timsbury.

Enjoying the sun

A couple of beach babes

Congratulations Paul







Guess who's
 who at the 
masked ball





Ray & Helena have had enough 
and are off home



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