Yvonne Lorkin hosts Brockenchack Wines, Barossa
I’m inviting your wonderful wine club members to join me for a very fun and delicious wine dinner at Shed 5, at 6 pm on Tuesday, Sept 6th, with Brockenchack Wines. Brockenwho? Brockenthewhatnow? Well, they’re a tiny, family-owned winery, they’re...
Read MoreRaise Your Glass To The Best Sparkling Wines For The Season Ahead
Jo Burzynska Nov. 6, 2021 | Viva Plus, a handy guide for deciphering your methodes from your Champagnes. Photo / Babiche Martens If the bubbles that have dominated most thoughts of late are the ones we’ve been living in, there’s...
Read MoreThe Wine Show
Editor: I’m taking it that everyone has found The Wine Show on your TV screens now – Prime TV, Thursdays around 7:30 pm. This UK production delves into the history of wine and compares European varieties and vineyards in different...
Read MoreField & Green, mid-winter dinner – July 2022
This was held at Field & Green in the Wellington CBD last month. It was well attended, albeit we did have a couple of last-minute cancellations due to Covid, which meant we did not hit the maximum seating of 48...
Read MoreEsk Valley and Gordon Russell tasting – August 2022
The Committee is excited to present Esk Valley wines with presenter and renowned winemaker Gordon Russell on Wednesday, 10 August 2022. Range An interesting range of wines will be presented, including a rose, three whites and three reds. These include...
Read MoreChina’s third largest wine producer offloads 300 ha of Australian vineyards
Weilong Grape Co, one of the biggest wine producers in China, has announced the sale of 320 hectares of Australian vineyards for AUS$143 million (RMB 660.6 million). Weilong is China's third largest wine producer and the country’s biggest organic winery....
Read MoreCan’t decide on a wine for the night? Now you can choose with emojis
Amberleigh Jack, Stuff | 31 May 2022 MONIQUE FORD/STUFFWine emojis to help you choose a bottle. If you feel lost as to what wine to serve at your Moroccan-inspired dinner party this weekend, one website is on a mission to...
Read MoreTasting – Te Mata w/ Keith Tibble and Brett Newell, June 2022
The Te Mata evening last month was a great success, with Keith Tibble and Brett Newell from EuroVintage filling in for Te Mata’s Reps. They were both informative and interesting about the vintages, the people who own and work the...
Read MoreCellar Club mid-winter dinner at Field & Green
262 Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington European Soul Food 7 pm for 7:30 pm dinner - Wednesday 13th July There will be the usual Club bubbles on arrival. This promises to be a great evening at a very good restaurant....
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While you all hunker down for the upcoming Winter months, why not be creative with your time, while supporting the wine industry.
Read MoreAGM News, May 2022
26 people attended the AGM and enjoyed the supper and selection of the club’s wines that followed. Matter arising from the meeting requiring action post the AGM were: Annual Accounts and President’s Annual Report If you couldn’t make the AGM,...
Read MoreCentral Otago: The New Zealand wine region with vineyards to rival Burgundy
Susy Atkins, Daily Telegraph UK | July 2024 The world’sRead more…