Posted by: JB | June 22, 2008

Peregrine Wines - Central Otago - 1 July

Tuesday 1st July

The Brighton Wine Club upstairs in The Pier View Restaurant

6.30pm (sharp)

Peregrine Wines is located in the Gibbston region of Central Otago – just an easy 20 minute drive from Queenstown. Peregrine’s prime focus is on growing premium Pinot Noir and white varieties from their estate managed vineyards. A selection of fine wines will be presented, tasted and compared on the night all wines will be offered on a discounted basis

RSVP required as seats are limited Please let Jocelyn know on 389-0777 or email jocelyn@martz.co.nz and register your interest by 30th June 2008.

Posted by: JB | June 4, 2008

Sandihurst Tasting

Our thanks to Hennie and Celia Bosman for visiting on Tuesday night and sharing their newfound experiences since buying and developing the Sandihurst Winery out West Melton way. It was a very friendly, relaxed and informative tasting with a selection of lovely Canterbury wines tried by all.

We also really appreciated the generous discounts on the night for members and for the 2 bottles of the 2004 Riesling as a prize for our raffle - especially appreciated by those that won them, heh heh!!!

Hennie and Celia emigrated from South Africa in 2004 and and purchased Sandihurst in 2005 as a going concern - their focus and passion is for developing aromatics, such as Pinot Gris, Gewurztaminer and especially Rieslings of which we tasted two tonight -Hennie even hinted that they may be pulling their Chardonnay out and planting another German variety (varietal name escapes me).

We started with a 2006 Chardonnay (Waipara) followed by the 2006 Pinot Gris (Canterbury) both of which were both very well made clean and fruit driven wines. Chardonnay was unoaked but a little lees aging and malolactic fermentation gave it the buttery mouth feel sometimes lacking in unoaked chardoannays. The Pinot Gris was balanced and just off-dry with aromas of pear / quince and also had a creamy palate with hints of spice - nice food wine…

The 2006 Riesling (Canterbury) and the 2004 Riesling (Canterbury) were quite different wines, the ‘06 being off dry with a little lees aging to enhance the mouth feel - a shy wine but with age should develop beautifully. On the other hand the ‘04 was immediately all kerosene and honey in the nose and well integrated acid and citrus fruit flavours - a fine food wine…

To finish we tasted the the 2006 Pinot Noir (40% Waipara / 60% Canterbury fruit) what can I say -

Deep ruby colour with dark fruits, plum and berry in the nose hints of mint and liquorice. generous mouth feel with plenty of berry and spice. The oak well integrated with drying tannins towards the wine’s persistent finish. Hennie reckons another 5 years and this will be a stunner…

For those who missed this evening, there are detailed tasting notes on the wines on the Sandihurst Wesbsite at http://www.sandihurstwines.co.nz/ourwines.html along with information about the winemaker, Kirk Bray, the Canterbury region and lots of other interesting things.

Hope you all enjoyed the evening as we did - and thanks to those that helped with the clean up - the committee really appreciates that after all it is YOUR CLUB.

Cheers, JB (Blogmeister)

Tuesday 3rd June

The Brighton Wine Club 6.30pm (sharp) in The Pier View Restaurant

Sandihurst is an established, family owned and quality focussed winery. The wines are food focussed, elegant and balanced, the result of combining the best of cool climate viticulture and traditional wine making with a New World edge. http://www.sandihurstwines.co.nz/

A selection of fine wines will be presented, tasted and compared on the night all wines will be offered on a discounted basis

RSVP required as seats are limited

Please let the office know on 388-9416 or email jocelyn@martz.co.nz and register your interest by 2nd June 2008

Come along for lucky number draw in the Tramshed Bar then retire upstairs to The Pier View Restaurant for some wine appreciation and education about wines.

Posted by: JB | May 16, 2008

ChCh Casino Pinot Tasting 21 May

The Christchurch Casino is holding a Pinot Wine Tasting Evening at the Diamond Bar on May 21st. Tickets are limited and cost $20 per ticket. International wine connoisseur Terry Copeland is hosting the tasting event. More details from page C9 of Thursday’s Press. Thanks to Doug Very for letting us know of this event.

Posted by: JB | May 16, 2008

Sandihurst Tasting - Tuesday 3 June 6:30pm

Sandihurst have had a brilliant vintage ‘08 and both Hennie and Celia will be here on the 3rd June to talk to the group about the wines and the winemaking process at Sandihurst. You may have seen on the news that they have been trialling the use of crushed glass under the vines to increase heat from the sun.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4518477a7773.html

So come along, same time, same place for an intersting evening, more local wines to taste and the usual nibbles and raffles - don’t forget to RSVP as Sandihurst need to know numbers in advance.

See you there - here’s their website  http://www.sandihurstwines.co.nz/

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