This month, 2006 Wynns Cabernet Shiraz Merlot, was won by James Cupit.
Thank you James for organising Wynns, winemaker Luke and Dan. What a great range of wines on the night.
Wanted – Wine consumers
My name is Courtney Tate and I am a marketing Honours student at Victoria University.
As part of my degree we are required to conduct our own research for a dissertation.
For my research I have chose to focus on the New Zealand wine industry and the importance of region of origin across various wine types.
I am from Wanaka, Central Otago, so naturally the wine industry is of great interest to me and I am aware of the growing need for more information on wine consumers. Ultimately I aim to better understand which wine varietals do region of origin matter more, and to whom.
For this research I have created an online survey for which I need a sample of wine consumers. As a wine organisation, you possess ideal participants for this research. I would greatly appreciate any assistance you could offer by completing my survey voluntary and completely anonymous survey.
In return, I offer a detailed summary of my findings that could potentially highlight issues/trends, behaviour patterns and perceptions.
As New Zealand wine industry is young yet rapidly growing, any information on its consumers would be highly valuable in such a fragmented and competitive market.
If you wish to participate please go to my survey.
Complete the survey and go in a draw to win one of six $50 vouchers to a specialty wine store.
Survey closed
July Dinner at Bistro 107, Weltec Petone 2012
The Cellar Club’s July dinner for 2012 is being held at Bistro 107, 11 Kensington Avenue, Weltec Petone on Wednesday 18th July 2012.
The cost for this year, $35 per person. For all payment options download and complete the payment advice for July 2012.
The start time for this year has been brought forward from previous years; 6pm for 6.30pm.
We suggest you arrive from 6pm to enjoy a selection of bubbles put on by the club. We will then sit at 6.30pm whereby entrée and main orders will be taken. Dessert orders will be taken before the presentation and served immediately after.
The reasons for the early start is that students need to be off campus by 9.30pm, and the restaurant is in a residential area.
The following menu has been selected for you by your expert foodies on the committee.
Settlers Menu
Entrees
Carrot and Coriander Soup
Smoked Fish Rillettes with Saffron Aioli
Moroccan Lamb Kofta with Couscous and Salsa Verde
Mains
Pork Piccata with Caper Mash and Milanese Sauce
Eggplant Parmigiana with Rocket Salad
Salmon baked in Filo Pastry with Boiled New Potatoes and a Saffron Sauce
Desserts
Sticky Date Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Chocolate Tart with Chantilly Cream
Pavlova with Fresh Fruit and Berry Coulis
Wine and Technology Humour
NEW WORD, with a meaning! – Ineptocracy
HERE IS A NEW WORD, with a meaning!
New Word: Ineptocracy
I could not find it in the old Webster’s. Goggled it and discovered it is a recently coined word found on a T-shirt on eBay. Getting really close to the bone! Read this one over slowly and absorb the facts that totally are within this sentence!
Ineptocracy; (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
I love this word and believe that it will become a recognized English word. Finally, a single word to describe our current political situation.
Ineptocracy. . . It’s on the internet so it must be true.
Dinner & Theatre Evening Humour
We were dressed and ready to go out for a dinner & theatre evening. We turned on a ‘night light’, turned the answering machine on, covered our pet budgie and put the cat in the backyard.
We phoned the local taxi company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and we opened the front door to leave the house.
As we walked out the door the cat scooted back into the house. We didn’t want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to get at the budgie.
My wife walked out to the taxi while I went back inside to get the cat. The cat ran upstairs with me in hot pursuit.
Waiting in the cab my wife didn’t want the driver to know that the house would be empty for the night. She explained to the taxi driver that I would be out soon. “He’s just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother.”
A few minutes later I got into the cab. “Sorry I took so long,” I said as we drove away. “That stupid bitch was hiding under the bed. I had to poke her in the arse with a coat hanger to get her to come out! She tried to take off so I grabbed her by the neck. Then I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked!
I hauled her fat arse downstairs and threw her out into the back yard! She’d better not shit in the vegetable garden again!”
The silence in the taxi was deafening.
Serenity Prayer – Guru Eduardo
2011 Hutt River Shiraz
For those non-believers out there, here’s proof that Hutt River does indeed make wine.
This 2011 Hutt River Estate Shiraz was sent to our President, Anne Megget, by a friend dining at a BBQ in Australia recently.
The Hutt River label, owned by Cellarmaster Wines Australia, is one of about 80 labels on their books.
For those interested in viewing all Cellarmaster’s wine labels, visit the Australian Intellectual Property report website. To build the report use the following report criteria:
- = +Cellarmaster +Wines +Limited +Street +BONDI +JUNCTION +2022 +AUSTRALIA
- = select Class 33
- select button Update
In Honor – John Revell
It is with regret that one of our founding members, John Revell passed away on Friday 16 December 2011, aged 86. John was still a club member where his last attendance was the dinner in which Graeme Fountain received his Life Membership award. John’s family have asked for a “closed” funeral.
The Cellar Club pass on our condolences to John’s family.
Christmas Dinner 2011
Past event – Cellar Club’s Christmas Dinner
Wednesday 14 December, Arrive 7.30, seat at 8.00pm.
Jackson Cafe & Bistro, 306 Jackson Street, Petone
This is one really not to miss. New but not new if you catch my drift. Adam Lee from Adam’s, last visited by the Club in July 2009, has a new establishment in Petone with something for everyone on the menu.
Starters
- Rosemary Chicken, smoked bacon & tomato creamed soup, served with freshly home baked bread
- Char-grilled Cajun Chicken served on green salad with honey mustard mayonnaise
- Smoked Salmon on vine ripened tomato salad, basil flavoured feta cheese, walnuts balsamic and olive oil reduction
Mains
- 250gm Grain-Fed Aged Sirloin served on sautéed potatoes, bacon and onions with creamy red wine mushroom jus
- Roast Pork Fillet served on honeyed bacon, kumara with apple purée and a port wine jus
- Roast Turkey Fillet with cranberry and lime stuffing served on roast kumara, bacon and a cassis scented jus
- Pan-Fried Fillet of Fish on bacon rosemary potatoes with a capper and lime beurre blanc
Desserts
- Bailey Double Chocolate Tart with chocolate ice cream and a bitter chocolate sauce – a must for choc lovers
- Traditional Christmas Pudding with warm brandy anglaise sauce, served with cream and ice cream
- Tea & Filtered Coffee.
Cost
$50.00 per head.
Bookings
Remember bookings are a must. If you haven’t booked either reply to Wayne Kennedy’s email, sent Tue 22/11/2011, or contact Wayne with your details and payment details; I have already banked my $50 per person payment to the club’s bank account 06 0541 0056031 00 or sorry, but sadly I/we can’t make this dinner.