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In Tapas restaurant for lunch on last day Joan walking back to hotel from Tapas View from our balcony Coconut Court Hotel and our room Sunset from balcony Tapas restaurant View from our favourite table Barbados from 23 January to 12 February 2017 staying at Coconut Court Hotel on Hastings beach, 2 miles from Bridgetown. .

Toby, Emma, Brionnie and Dan at Brionnie's birthday party

Some of us at the Thursday morning Probus Club of St Albans monthly coffee morning at Verulam Golf Club .

Dan had a couple of day trip tickets to Paris with Eurostar so he and Joan went on 28 December for lunch and a walk around the sights. Joan in Eurostar business class on return trip. Cold meal choice of quiche or salmon. Wine in airline sized bottles, a VdP Merlot, but lounge in Paris has self-pour Champagne

Picture of some of the planned wines, full list actually opened is 27 Dec 2016        2014 Kanonkop Pinotage Estate     2004 Kanonkop Pinotage Estate Boxing Day lunch with Dan, Toby & Emma     N.V. Zonin Prosecco Brut     N.V. Zonin Prosecco Brut Boxing Day dinner with Dan, Toby & Emma, Brionnie & Mick and James, Jess, Josie Mae     N.V. Andre Carpentier Champagne Brut     N.V. Andre Carpentier Champagne Brut     2015 Les Producteurs Réunis Vin de France Baron de Baussac Vieilles Vignes     2015 Les Producteurs Réunis Vin de France Baron de Baussac Vieilles Vignes     2013 Beyerskloof Pinotage Reserve Selection     2013 Beyerskloof Pinotage Reserve Selection     2015 Brown Brothers Orange Muscat & Flora Christmas Day      N.V. Lanson Champagne Brut Black Label   ...

Boxing Day, Monday 26 December 2016 Thanks to M25 incident Brionnie, Mick, James, Jess and Josie-Mae missed lunch but just managed to get to Alban Arena for start of pantomime, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, starring RITA SIMONS (EastEnders),  Dame, BOB GOLDING, Alban Arena favourite, IAN KIRKBY and a top-quality cast. Toby and Emma on way to show Toby, Josie-Mae, Jess and Brionnie Josie-May and Jess James Mick

15 December 2016. To The Wine Society in Stevenage with St Albans U3A Wine Tasting Group 1 to learn about Tuscan wines. The Tuscany Workshop was presented by Sebastian Payne MW . (L to R) Gill, Anthony, Peter, Richard, Mary   Sebastian Payne MW This was the most expensive of the ten wines, the cult 'Super Tuscan' Sa ss icaia. The 2005 vintage currently retails at £210 a bottle. W e finished with this sweet dessert wine, served from half bottles ( £32 half) accompanied by mince pies.  From 18:30 they were very generously pouring an aperitif Prosecco. No price info was given but checking TWS website afterwards it’s listed at £17 a bottle. Upstairs each setting had 8 wine glasses with a good measure, I estimate an eighth of a bottle pour. A 9 th glass would be filled with the final wine, a dessert served with mince pies. 4 of the 9 tasting wines were marked as ‘for tasting only’ and no price was shown. Afterwards I checked winesearcher.com and show the prices below. The 9 win...