First Wine Club Meeting for 2012 – Wither Hills
Wine Club meeting next month – Tuesday 7th February
Ken Muir from Wither Hills will be presenting a selection of white and red wines
Date: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Start: 6.30pm
Venue: Ferrymead Golf, 50 Ferrymead Park Drive, Ferrymead Plenty of car parking at the door
Cost: $5 entry per person and don’t forget money for your raffle tickets
Please RSVP to let us know you are coming. jocelyn@martz.co.nz by Friday 3rd February
Website: http://www.witherhills.co.nz/
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Wine Tasting at Ferrymead Golf
James Introducing the wines...
Our thanks to James McPhedran of Liquor King for coming along again and providing some lovely wines to taste. Also to Ferrymead Golf for the excellent venue for a tasting.
Tonight we had a couple of Bubbles, a couple of aromatics and a couple of Aussie Reds…
As we head into the festive season it’s an ideal time to try some bubbles and the Lindauer Special Reserve Blanc de Blanc and Brut Cuvee are pretty good value for money. (n.b. reviews are JB’s – others may have a different view)
The Blanc de Blanc, 100% chardonnay was light in colour, a fine bead, bready/yeast notes in the nose with some green but ripe fruit characters and creamy finish – all Marlborough fruit (rrp $17)
On the other hand the Brut Cuvee was almost Rose with Pinot Noir adding colour to the wine, again yeast in the nose, drier but a nicer mouth feel. ($16)
Club Members in "action"
The NED Sauvignon Blanc 2011 made by Brent Marris at Marisco wines was pale with hints of green, herbaceous, citrus green apple and tropical fruit. ($18)
The NED Pinot Gris 2011 was clean, pale onion skin / salmon in colour with pears and spice, with a long dry finish. ($18)
Ingoldby McLaren Vale Shiraz 2009 – Dark cherry/purple, sweet spice / plums, chocolate, nice fruit/tannin/oak balance ($26)
McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 – very dark purple, plums, cherries, hint of oak, bigger tannins than the Shiraz, smooth finish , great length ($26)
Club Members in "action"
6 really nice wines thanks James, great nibbles (thanks Jeanette!) and a lot of fun…
The Line Up
Our Xmas Function next month so keep an eye out for an email from Jocelyn.
Tuesday 1 November Tasting
Wine Club meeting next week – Tuesday 1st November
James McPhedran of Liquor King is going to present a variety of wines.
Date: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Start: 6.30pm
Venue: Ferrymead Golf, 50 Ferrymead Park Drive, Ferrymead Plenty of car parking at the door
Cost: $5 entry per person and don’t forget money for your raffle tickets
Please RSVP to let us know you are coming. jocelyn@martz.co.nz by 28th October
Ferrymead Social Event Cancelled
Hello Members & Guests
The social function at Ferrymead on 27th August has been cancelled due to lack of registrations. Thanks to all of you who replied to the email.
Unfortunately we will not be able to be back at the Club until the New Year, but a new temporary venue is being sourced for future tastings.
We will be having a tasting somehow, somewhere on Tuesday 4th October – watch this space. We are as concerned as you that our as our wine cellar is getting low!
Cheers, Wine Section Committee
Lunch at Langdale Vineyard Restaurant
Due to the Feb earthquake damaging the New Brighton Club, the Wine Section has been taking the opportunity to do some bus trips around the local wineries instead. On Sunday 12 June a full bus load visited Langdale Vineyard and Restaurant for lunch and a tasting.
All indulged in delicious platters, and tasted a selection of Canterbury wines from Braided Rivers, Rattle Track and Bay Glen, three small producers from the Canterbury Winegrowers Association.
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A choccy cake with 3 candles celebrated the New Brighton Wine Club’s 4th birthday ( They only had 3 candles available…) Yes it has been 4 years and 4 very successful years indeed – Started on the 1st of May, the club has progessed with leaps and bounds and not even 3 major earthquakes could stop us from having our tastings and trips.
Look back over our blog posts to see what we have been up to. Maybe you’d like to keep in touch and join us once we get back into our usual venue. Cheers, The Committee
