Founded in April 2011 and still rolling on, the GMWC has celebrated another year of wine and good times with an afternoon at Curly’s. On the shared table, eight different wines – from French Champagne and Chablis to German Riesling … Continued
The GMWC headed west in August 2017 – to Dunkeld and through the Grampians to wineries at Great Western. Highlights included: A private tour of the 30,000-bottle cellar at the Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld, led by Sommelier Matthew Lance – … Continued
Best-ever GMWC dinner? Discuss. Members enjoyed a magnificent evening at Scopri Italian restaurant, Carlton, on Saturday 26 November, bringing to a close yet another great GMWC year. Wines for the night: – A Jansz (Tasmanian) 2007 late-disgorged sparkling Chardonnay/Pinot Noir … Continued
Regrettably, A L Simon no longer lives among us. Simon (1877-1970) was a French-born, English wine merchant, gourmet, educator and prolific wine writer. Fellow wine writer Hugh Johnson describes Simon as “the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for … Continued
GMWC members have spent the March 2016 meeting finding faults in wine. Enrolled in a one-night ‘palate training’ course – through Armadale Cellars, Melbourne – members were taught to detect a variety of typical wine faults: from cork taint and elevated … Continued
Given how much we loved it, it would be tragic if I didn’t post about Mitchelton Blackwood Park Botrytis Riesling on our blog. On our group visit to Mitchelton winery we snaffled several bottles of their Botrytis Riesling on our … Continued