This tasting introduced Roberta Manell Montero from Ellero, one of the six wineries that make up the grouping, the Artisan Winegrowers of Central Otago.
There were some technical problems and we felt that there were several learnings from this tasting:
- We need a more powerful projector for future PowerPoint presentations
- We need to go to a hands-free headset microphone
- May need to consider the heat in the hall for summer meetings as opening doors increase the ambient noise level, making the sound system even more important.
Whilst these issues did unsettle Roberta a little, it did have the benefit of getting her more involved with the audience which wasn’t a bad thing. The tastings of the Artisan wines was certainly very interesting but sadly their higher than expected costs to members meant that there were minimal orders from attendees. This was a shame.
When members have had time to reflect they can find the wines at Centre City Wines in Wellington or online at www.otagowines.com.