The upstairs dining room at Jimmy Watson’s
During our Melbourne wine bar tour back in March we visited the iconic Jimmy Watson’s in Lygon street, Carlton. It’s a landmark of the Melbourne wine bar scene, one of Melbourne’s original “wine bars”, being opened at that site in … Continued
September 2015 Meeting – Celebrating Italian Wines
Celebrating Italian wines! The GMWC took a figurative trip through Italy at its Sunday 20 September 2015 meeting, held at Rosshouse, Melbourne. Curly provided members in attendance – and visiting guest, Gianfranco – with a PowerPoint introduction to Italian wines. … Continued
Penfolds Vintec wine cabinet offer 2015
Ok fellas this looks like a cracker this year. In previous years Penfolds have offered the small wine fridge for around $200 if you bought a half dozen of their wines, not bad. This year they are doing similar but … Continued
Mornington Peninsula Wine Tour 2015
The GMWC took to the Mornington Peninsula for our June 2015 field trip: four wineries in an afternoon; a ton of top-flight Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. We travelled by train, taxi and car to the ‘Burgundy of Australia’ to sample … Continued
Melbourne Wine Bar Tour
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