A masterclass with former Head Sommelier Terry Kandylis – Wednesday 5th November (non-member)

As part of our ten-year celebrations, we’re thrilled to be welcoming back some former favourites who have played a key role in shaping the Club’s journey over the last decade. And on Wednesday 5th November, Terry Kandylis will be returning to take us on a journey through a flight of his favourites wines, as well as a selection from his own winemaking venture.

Terry was with us at the Club from its opening, latterly as Head Sommelier, before the pandemic brought a change of direction. Back in 2020, in the midst of lockdown, Terry took a trip to Ribera del Duero, where he uncovered a range of plots – often old, abandoned bush vines that were due to be uprooted. The intrepid – and somewhat incredulous – sommelier bought up the sites and set out to preserve and enhance the legacy of the gnarly old vines.

Today, as well as serving as Group Head Sommelier of Noble Rot restaurants, Terry oversees a range of wines for his label Bendito Destino, or Blessed Destiny.

‘67 contributed hugely to my wine knowledge and experience and I will forever be grateful for the time I spent there and the people I met,’ says Terry. ‘I wanted to come back and host a tasting of wines that shaped me through my journey and gave me the inspiration to do what I do now.’

The wines Terry has chosen all reflect this, often via the people behind them, starting with Jean-Marie Guffens, the Belgian maverick who single handedly put Maconnais back on the vinous map by making ‘Montrachet for normal people’. Dujac, meanwhile, is ‘the producer that made me fall in love with Burgundy’, while Tondonia is ‘Rich, textural, complex, a gastronomic wine that confirms why we should be drinking more rosé with character.’

Finally, Terry has selected a Barolo from Roagna – ‘another inspirational producer, which Luca Roagna has taken to a completely new level by looking back at history and learning from the past generations. That’s something I try to do too. “The past is the future” – that’s my motto.’ We are delighted to welcome a pillar of our past back to the Club to present a selection of these favourite personal picks alongside a quartet of his own astonishing wines.

The wines we will be tasting:
2020 Mâcon-Pierreclos, Tri de Chavigne, Domaine Guffens Heynen 2023 Bendito Destino, Abillo Mayor ‘Los Prados’
2012 Viña Tondonia, Rosado
2022 Bendito Destino, Clarete, Navazal
2014 Charmes-Chambertin, Grand Cru, Domaine Dujac
2023 Bendito Destino, La Cabaña
2010 Barolo, Roagna
2022 Bendito Destino, Los Castaños

Wednesday 5th November
St James’s Room
18:30 – Welcome reception
19:00 – Masterclass begins
20:30 – Masterclass ends

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