The Event: Australia's First Families of Wine: speed dating fast-paced through Australia's wine history.

The Date and Time:  Tuesday, May 26, 2015   1:45 PM – 4 PM

The Event: Australia's First Families of Wine: speed dating fast-paced through Australia's wine history.

The Venue: AGO

The Target Audience: wine trade

The Availability/Catalogue: everything was available through the LCBO distribution channels, although prices varied.

The Quote/Background: 11 multi-generational wine familes of Australia showed off the power of their wines through a variety of price ranges. The nighttime function, put on by Vintages, showed off four wines from each family, many available for ordering. We only had two wines to taste, at 3 minutes a wine (while listening to the winemaker/owner whose name was on the label).

The Wines:

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-De Bortoli Noble One Botrytis Semillon New South Wales 2011, $29.95 (half) Vintages

-Tahbilk Museum Release Marsanne Victoria 2008, $24.95   Kylix

-Chareau Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon 1992 Victoria  N/A

-Tahbilk 1860 Vines Shiraz Victoria 2009, $164   Kylix

-Wakefield The Visionary Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Clare Valley, $175   Profile

-Yalumba FDR1A Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2005 Barossa/Eden Valleys, $65  Classics July

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Brown Brothers Patricia Chardonnay 2010 Victoria $59.95    Vintage Trade

-Brown Brothers Patricia Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Victoria $79.95    Vintage Trade

-De Bortoli Yarra Valley Estate Grown Pinot Noir 2014, $30  Dionysus

-Henschke Mount Edelstone 60th Anniversary Vintage 2012 Eden Valley, $188 B & W

-Henschke Hill of Grace 2005 Eden Valley, $850 B & W   Wines

-Howard Park Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon Margaret River 2012, $80  Churchill

-Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz 2006 Clare Valley, $270  Charton Hobbs

-McWilliam's Appellation Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 New South Wales, $29.95 Gallo

-Tahbilk Marsanne Victoria 2013, $17.95   Kylix

-Tyrrell's Wines Vat 47 Chardonnay Hunter Valley 2011   Mark Anthony

-Wakefield St Andrews Shiraz 2012 Clare Valley, $55   Profile

-Yalumba Viognier 2014 Eden Valley, $24.95  B & W Wines

-Henschke Keyneton Euphonium 2012 Barossa, $69  B & W

 

 

*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-d'Arenberg The Money Spider Roussanne 2013 McLaren Vale, $25    Churchill Cellars

-d'Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings 2016 McLaren Vale, $39    Churchill Cellars

-Howard Park Porongurup Riesling 2014  Churchill Cellars

-Jim Barry The Florita Riesling Clare Valley 2013, $50   Charton Hobbs

-McWilliam's Appellation Tumbarumba Chardonnay New South Wales 2013, $29.95 Vintages

-Tyrrell's Wines Vat 1 Semillon Hunter Valley 2010   Mark Anthony

-Yalumba Y Series Vermentino 2014, $14.95  B & W Wines

 

The Food: Italian salumi platter, cheeses, breads.

The Downside: it was my birthday, so I had to "work"

The Upside: a chance to taste some rare Oz wines with just a small crowd.

The Contact Person: popoffanne@gmail.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 91.

 

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