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IN SEPTEMBER 2007, WIMBORNE WINE CIRCLE/SOCIETY CELEBRATED IT'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY.
SEPTEMBER 1967 SAW THE BEGINNING OF THE WINE CIRCLE WHEN 13 LOCAL WINEMAKERS MET WITH THE AIM OF KEEPING EACH OTHER INFORMED OF WINEMAKING TECHNIQUES. EVENTUALLY, THE CIRCLE JOINED THE DORSET FEDERATION WHO HAD OVER 20 CIRCLES FROM ALL OVER DORSET AS MEMBERS.
IN RECENT YEARS, HOME WINEMAKING HAS SLUMPED AS VAST VOLUMES OF COMMERCIAL WINES HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE AND THUS WINE CIRCLES HAVE LOST MEMBERSHIP AND MANY HAVE CEASED TO FUNCTION.
WITH THIS IN MIND, WIMBORNE WINE SOCIETY WAS BORN IN OCTOBER 2003. THIS HAS ENABLED THE SOCIETY TO GROW IN MEMBERSHIP WITH THE WIMBORNE BRANCH PROBABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN DORSET.
THE SOCIETY MEMBERS NOW ENJOY EVERY MONTH, EITHER A WINE PRESENTATION/TASTING EVENING OR A PRESENTATION OF ANOTHER SUBJECT OF INTEREST.
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