Joelle Thomson – April tasting
Joelle hardly needs an introduction. She is well known through her significant contribution to wine literature in New Zealand. She has featured in many news and other publications as well as being a regular contributor on Radio NZ. Among her...
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Askerne Wines – February 2019
Another great evening with nice wines and an informative presenter. John Loughlin was a pleasure to deal with and kept the meeting running to time. A good level of orders resulted. But that all our tastings were as easy to...
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Future tastings, Little bit late
Future tastings A couple of your committee members have done some great work in sorting out tastings over the next two months. You will note that things have now been settled and we can look forward to two great evenings. ...
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Raymond Chan’s pivotal role will be remembered
by Joelle Thomson February 11, 2019 I wrote this obituary this morning for Raymond Chan, who was my friend, my mentor and a man who played a pivotal role in championing wine and its producers at a formative time in the...
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An international Sauvignon Blanc celebration
NZ Winegrowers – Media Release – January 2019 Visit 2019 Sauvignon NZ website The ‘who’s who’ of the wine world descended on Marlborough for a three-day International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration kicking off on Monday 28 January. “We have over 100...
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Have you heard
A man walks into a bar and ordered a glass of white wine. He took a sip of the wine, then tossed the remainder into the bartender's face. Before the bartender could recover from the surprise, the man began weeping. "I'm...
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Under Negotiation – 13 March 2019
We are negotiating with a very well known wine personality in NZ to present at this meeting. There are still a couple of matters to resolve and consequently, we will not make any announcement at this time. We have other...
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Dinner at Juniper & Jan BBQ
Dinner at Juniper Having the December Dinner on a Saturday night worked well. The food was great and was well received. The committee has received good feedback from people who attended. $65.00 seems to an acceptable price point for dinner...
Read moreComing events, recipes, BBQ
It’s the start of another year with much to look forward to. Coming events Now it may seem like a strange thing to say if you glance ahead to the coming events section, but things are quite well advanced with...
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2018 Portuguese Wine & Food Tasting Recipes
Thanks to those requesting recipes from last November's Portuguese wine & food tasting. Pão frito (fried bread) INGREDIENTS 400 grams (14 ounces) bread cut into slices 100 ml (1/2 cup) olive oil 6 cloves of garlic Pepper (to taste) Coriander...
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Committee celebrate the end of 2018
Another successful Cellar Club year started with a BBQ, several tastings, the AGM, another tasting, then mid-year dinner, followed by several more tastings, then finally a very successful end-of-year dinner. In upholding tradition, and as a way of celebrating the committees'...
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Why amateur wine scores are every bit as good as professionals’
By Mark Schatzker and Richard Bazinet | Updated May 25, 2018 Article summary Few consumer products offer as staggering a range of choice as wine. You can buy a bottle of Dark Horse Big Red Blend for $8. Or for around $500, you can get...
Read moreCentral Otago: The New Zealand wine region with vineyards to rival Burgundy
Susy Atkins, Daily Telegraph UK | July 2024 The world’sRead more…