The Annual James Hocking Wine Big Year End Tasting and Lunch
Sun 15 Dec
|Hotel du Vin Winchester
You asked; we listened! We are delighted to launch our big Christmas Lunch for 2024, this time at Hotel du Vin & Bistro Winchester.


Time & Location
15 Dec 2024, 12:30 – 17:00
Hotel du Vin Winchester, 14 Southgate St, Winchester SO23 9EF, UK
About the Event
We have exclusive use of the Lombard Suite – the best private dining room in the city and now have much more space to relax and savour the food and wine. The tasting will include a full 3-course menu catering for all options including the obligatory Turkey, teas, coffees and mince pies. Menus will be distributed in November, and you will be able to select your choices. We have run a few events there in the past year and can happily confirm the food is delicious, backed by slick service in a beautiful city centre environment.
But the wine...what about the wine? Well, we’ll lead with Champagne as we always do and show one of the rare grower bottlers we love working with so much. We will then take a closer look at Germany and Alsace (purely as they go so well with Christmas cuisine) – Riesling from J J…