And there goes the first year of the GMWC! Congratulations, Merry Christmas and thanks for a great Sunday gathering of wives/partners and children: spectacular wines; tremendous food; fair weather; and some public toilet hi-jinks! The votes on the day’s best six wines were as follows: 1. Pierier Jouet Vintage Champagne 2. Byrne...
read moreSunday’s third meeting of the GMWC was arguably our best meeting to date: a spread of truly knock-out wines; lots of individual insights and research about the wines brought by each member to the table; a couple of helpful presentations (Danno on champagne was particularly illuminating); and a fine guest speaker (with some...
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The owner and operator of a boutique Melbourne wine store will be the inaugural guest speaker of the GMWC. Jeremy Honisett, the man behind the Seddon Wine Store, will attend our Sunday 11 September 2011 meeting. Jeremy’s a great bloke – down-to-earth and very knowledgeable – and his store (pictured) has quickly become a...
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The second meeting of the GMWC, Sunday 5 June 2011, featured a range of great Victorian wines. Reds dominated the table and Statz’s 2008 Bests Bin 00 Shiraz won the best-on-ground vote. The meeting also featured some fine presentations: Masta and Clogs introduced members to Merlot and Panton Hill winery, respectively. And Curly...
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The inaugural GMWC meeting was held on Sunday 10 April 2011 at Ross House, in Flinders Lane, Melbourne. The Founding members – Paul ‘Curly’ Bateman, James ‘Masta’ Bateman, Yannick ‘Moose’ Thoraval, Stephen ‘Danno’ Garrett, Matthew ‘Clogs’ van Hasselt, and Jonathan ‘Statz’ Hyne – signed the Club’s...
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As a teaser to our inaugural meeting, here is the list of wines from Curly: Sparkling Bress Non-Vintage Sparkling Shiraz 2008 Riesling Paulette’s Polish Hill Riesling 2010 Paulette’s Polish Hill Riesling 2005 Chardonnay Browns Rd 148 Mornington Chardonnay 2008 Plantagenet ‘Omrah’ 2007 Unwooded Chardonnay Pinot...
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