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Committee Musings, Nov’24

A big thanks

It is great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at meetings and taking the same down at the end. Also, please remember to take your table’s spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen.

PLEASE NOTE: We can’t arrive to do the setting up activities any earlier than 7:30pm as we interrupt the cleaner(s) schedule, the cleaners are in the hall until 7:30pm.

Looking Ahead

  • December – Christmas Dinner, Le Marche –your committee has decided that this evening will have a larger than usual subsidy, plus corkage, with the usual glass of bubbles on arrival to start off the festivities. An order form for the meal, plus payment will be sent out separately.
  • January 2025 – Reminder: Currently, there is no function planned for January.
  • February 2025 – tbc

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Committee Musings Sept ’24

Anne Megget & Wayne Kennedy with 27 bags of wine bottle screwcaps for Kidney Kids

Membership growth

Anne Megget & Wayne Kennedy with 27 bags of wine bottle screwcaps for Kidney Kids
Anne & Wayne, with 27 bags of screwcaps for Kidney Kids, one of the many things the club does.

We are still focusing on growing our member numbers. If you know someone who would like to come out once a month and taste some really great, different, and sometimes otherwise inaccessible wines, please pass on our flyer to them when you mention us.

View and download the flyer.

Thanks Again

It’s great to have everyone helping set up and take down the tables and chairs for our meeting. Thanks.

Also, please support the committee by returning spittoons, water jugs, and cracker plates to the kitchen.

Looking Ahead

  • October – Peregrine, Central Otago
  • November – Bubbles Evening, tbc
  • December – Christmas Dinner, tbc

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Looking Back – Mid-Winter Club Dinner at Featherston Tavern, June ’24

The location in the CBD was easy to get to and easy to get home from. The evening was a success, as usual, with 29 happy diners. Everyone was handed a glass of bubbly from your Club Cellar upon arrival.

Below is a reminder of the menu for the evening:

To start

Prawn fritters
Woodys’ smoked chicken breast with cranberry sauce and toast
Pumpkin & haloumi fritters

Main courses

Honey-roasted ham off the bone with roasted baby potatoes, carrots and a mustard sauce
Prosciutto wrap chicken breast with roasted baby potatoes, spinach & a sage butter sauce
Pan-fried fish with fried new potatoes & salsa verde

Dessert

Deep South vanilla ice cream with Hershey’s chocolate sauce
Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce
White chocolate cheesecake

Whilst the evening was very enjoyable for those in attendance, given the low attendance, Waye is surveying all members who chose not to attend to see if there are any learnings that the committee needs to consider when planning future dinners. Wayne will provide a summary of the findings in a future newsletter.

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Committee Musings May ’24

Winetopia

Happening again, 7-8 June at TSB Arena in Wellington: NZ’s Largest Wine Celebration | Winetopia Events 2024. Go into their website to purchase your tickets if you want to attend.

New Routine

It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at the start of last months’ meeting and taking the same down after the meeting. Also taking the tables contents: spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen. Could we please continue this new routine.

Reminder

We can’t arrive to do the setting up activities any earlier than 7:30pm as we interrupt the cleaner(s) schedule, the cleaners are in the hall until 7:30pm.

Looking ahead

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Looking Back – December Christmas Dinner

The Wellington Club (Te Pou Maruwehi)
The Wellington Club (Te Pou Maruwehi)

This year’s Christmas Dinner was held at the Wellington Club, a special location for our Christmas dinner.

We had 38 attendees, who enjoyed the superb venue and the manner in which we were accommodated in our own dining space.

The meal, service and the wines for the occasion ensured and added to a splendid evening for Club members.

This was a special evening, especially for Club members who had not been to the Wellington Club previously, and some people expressed that it was as good as our evening at Bellamys in previous years.

Thanks to your committee members for all the organising for our final event for 2023.

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Christmas Dinner, The Wellington Club, Dec ’23

Christmas Dinner is being held in the Terrace Room, The Wellington Club, 5th Floor, 88 The Terrace, Wellington, Wednesday 13th December

Please arrive at 6.30 pm for seating at 7.00 pm

The Wellington Club, 88 The Terrace, Wellington
The Wellington Club, 88 The Terrace, Wellington

For those unfamiliar with the establishment, the Wellington Club is similar to Bellamys, and members are asked to adopt a dress code that befits such a prestigious venue.

Getting there

And to repeat Wayne’s original instructions on getting there: If using public transport, get off the bus at the old Kirkcaldies/David Jones building and walk up Woodward Street.

Go through the tunnel under the Terrace and immediately on your right, you will find steps which will take you to the entrance of 88 The Terrace.

The lifts will be unlocked from 6.15 pm to allow you access to the Level 5 Terrace Room where our dinner will take place.

First time for some

Given that some members may attend the dinner for the first time, it is perhaps an opportune time to mention how our dinners operate.

  • You are asked to arrive as close to 6.30 pm as practical
  • When you arrive, you will be greeted with a complementary
    glass of bubbles
  • The meal is BYO wine, and your prepaid cost includes corkage. During the evening, it is customary to share the bottle of wine you have brought with your neighbours
  • We are expecting to finish sometime between 9.00pm and 9.30pm, but this is a guideline only, in case you are arranging transport home. Please try and stay as flexible as possible

Please contact Wayne if you wish to attend this event and have not already contacted him. Cost is $80 per person and must be paid on or before the 1st December, which is the close-off date for this event.

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Committee musings – Oct 23

Hall setup

It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at previous meetings and take them down at the end. Also, take the spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen.

Could we please continue this new routine?

PLEASE NOTE: We can’t arrive to do the setting up activities any earlier than 7:30 pm as we interrupt the cleaner(s) schedule. The cleaners are in the hall until 7:30 pm.

Looking ahead

  • November – Bubbles Evening, tbc
  • December – Christmas Dinner, tbc
  • January – TBC

Tasting Glasses

This is a friendly reminder that all members are expected to bring their own tasting glasses to our meetings unless otherwise advised.

This said, your club does provide glasses on the night for guests, presenters and for a member who does forget [it does happen].

The Club does have glasses for sale at $18 for 6 if you would like to buy some. Please order from Wayne Kennedy. Or, you can purchase your own from the likes of Moore Wilson’s who stock ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶2̶1̶5̶m̶l̶ ̶X̶L̶  (out of stock) tasting glasses used by most of us. But the choice of glass and glass shape etc is yours.

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Committee Musings – Sept ’23

SGM

The SGM Resolutions were tabled at the committee meeting and will now be included in an updated rules document forwarded to the Incorporated Societies for registration.

Thanks to Richard for his expert knowledge to facilitate these much-needed changes to the Club’s Constitution.

Supporting the committee

It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at previous meetings and take them down at the end. Also, take the spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen. Could we please continue this new routine?

Note: We can’t arrive to do the setting up activities any earlier than 7:30 pm as we interrupt the cleaner(s) schedule, the cleaners are in the hall until 7:30 pm.

Looking Ahead

  • October – Maison Vauron, Auckland
  • November – Bubbles Evening, tbc
  • December – Christmas Dinner, tbc

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Club Mid-Winter Dinner, July 23

1st Floor, Woolstore Building, 262 Thorndon Quay, Wellington

Please arrive at 7 pm, no later than 7:15 pm

Where you will be greeted with a glass of Club bubbles

This is a b.y.o. event, so please bring along your best French wine, or two, from your cellars, plus to enhance the atmosphere for the evening, dress with a little je ne sais quoi in red, white and blue!

Below is a reminder of the menu for the evening, noting that you have previously selected your Main course and sent this to Wayne [he will be emailing all attendees to make sure he has recorded your choice correctly and to advise you of your seating number] :

Entrée

3 mini entrees served to each person
(Quiche Lorraine, one soup, mini goat cheese salad)

Mains

Beef Bourguignon
Monkfish with Saffron Sauce
Chicken Provencal

Dessert

3 mini desserts in the style of petite fours

Public transport

If you would like to catch public transport for the evening, please note:

  • Nearby is the motorway overpass and just south of that is bus stop 5492 which is used by bus routes 1, 19e, 24, 25, 26, 52, 56, 57, 58, 60e and 83.
  • When it comes to going home, you can use bus stop 5024 just north of the  motorway overpass. So again, just a short distance away.

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Committee Musings June ’23

New Committee members

Welcome Tim and Ken.

The newly elected committee met for the first time in May, with Tim and Ken being welcomed on board.

Continue this new routine

It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at the start of last month’s meeting and take the same down after the meeting. Also, take the table contents: spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen. Could we please continue this new routine?

Please note

We can’t arrive to do the setting up activities any earlier than 7:30 pm as we interrupt the cleaner(s) schedule. The cleaners are in the hall until 7:30 pm.

Looking Ahead

  • July – Club Dinner, details TBC
  • August – Babich Wines
  • September – Clearview

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Committee Musings, May ’23

Resignations

While there are two resignations from the present Committee, six people are staying on. Club members have been approached for new positions, and numbers are now back to eight for the new committee.

Member support

It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at the start of last month’s meeting and take the same down after the meeting. Also, take the table’s contents: spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen. Could we please continue this new routine?

Arrival times

We can’t arrive to do the setting up activities any earlier than 7:30 pm as we interrupt the cleaner(s) schedule; the cleaners are in the hall until 7:30 pm.

Looking ahead

  • June – Askerne, Hawkes Bay
  • July – Club Dinner, details tbc
  • August – Babich, details tbc

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Istana Malaysia Restaurant, Xmas dinner

Wednesday 14th December is your Cellar Club’s Christmas dinner
Being held at Istana Malaysia Restaurant
Arrival at 7 pm for seating at 7.30 pm
1-5 Allen Street, Wellington – Directions

Thank you to everyone who let Wayne know whether they would be attending or not. It certainly makes the organising easier, and it is exciting to see that 43 people will attend our final event of the year. This year, as we have shared dishes, there are no meal choices to decide upon. But so there is no confusion on the night, we will still be allocating people to set tables and letting you know your table number before the dinner.

Given there are some members attending the dinner for the first time, it is perhaps an opportune time to mention how our dinners operate.

  • You are asked to arrive as close to 7 pm as practical. Please don’t turn up early, as it can cause confusion at the venue.
  • When you arrive, you will be greeted with a complimentary glass of bubbles.
  • The meal is BYO wine, and your prepaid cost includes corkage. During the evening, it is customary to share the bottle of wine you have brought with your neighbours.
  • We expect to finish sometime between 9.30 pm and 10 pm, but this is a guideline only, in case you arrange transport home. Please try and stay as flexible as possible.

This is the 30th year of operation for Istana Malaysia, with Danny, the owner/chef, still on board. Everything is prepared fresh in the kitchen daily, guaranteeing quality and enjoyment.

If some members are a little weary about the spiciness of the food, please be assured that everything will be catered to milder tastes for the dishes with extra chillies and tofu on the table for people who want to add it to their plate.

A Reminder: We have planned no dessert for the evening, but please bring your favourite dessert wine, as this will complement both the food and finish the evening off nicely.

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