Message from the President
Anne has prepared new Membership Cards for the year and they are available for collection at monthly meetings. Unless there is a special need Anne will not be posting cards out.
When you arrive at meetings please remember to place your number into the membership draw. This will save time at the meeting by ensuring the draw does not include members who are not present. Thanks for your cooperation.
Public Address System
The club is seeking to acquire a portable loud speaker/sound system for use at meetings. We are unable to access existing facilities at the community centre. Have any of our members expertise in this area, we are looking for someone to assist in sourcing a suitable, and appropriately priced, system. Please let someone on the committee know if you can assist.
Peter Lehmann
Many of you will be familiar with Peter Lehmann and his wines. The Lehmann brand has been a leading Barossa winery for many years.
Your committee has noted that Peter passed away on 28 June 2013. He was born in Angaston in the Barossa Valley in 1930. His father was a Lutheran Pastor, Franz Julius Lehmann, and Peter may have joined his father in the ministry but for Franz’ sudden death in 1945, aged 55. Peter soon dropped out of school “ostensibly to be some support to my recently widowed mother,” he says. After working at the Yalumba winery then becoming Winemaker/Manager at Saltram Wines. He parted company with Saltram to become the Chairman of Peter Lehmann Wine. Peter Lehmann has been described as one of Australia’s most respected and innovative wine makers.
Sad to see some of the older “characters of the Australian wine industry go, but his son does take over the work.
Offers to Members
The question of putting offers and advertisements to our members for wine or other products has been discussed. Your committee is concerned that we cannot be seen as acting as agents for the selling of wine or other products as we do not carry a license to do so. We are however a wine appreciation club and like to be able to ensure our members can access deals if they arise.
We have therefore adopted the following policy; “If the club receives an request to offer wine specials for whatever purpose, the club will be happy to publicise the “deal” or offer, but not to sell. We will inform club members about the deal only on the website as a link or email. The link/email will be directly to the supplier so that any transaction is between the supplier and the member, not the Cellar Club Inc.”
Offers will need to have a close off date and will be removed from the site after that date.
Cheers
Robin Semmens, Editor