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Looking Back – to our Bubbles Evening

This was a superb evening featuring worldwide bubbles.

The special food matched some of the wines and was well thought out and tasty. It is always interesting to see what change the food makes to the wine you drink.

This has left everyone with some thoughtfully selected wines to source for Christmas celebrations.

As a reminder of what to put on your shopping list, the wines we tasted were:

  • De Bortolli Family Selection Sparkling Brut NV – Australia
  • Graham Norton Prosecco D.O.C. – Italy
  • Perelada Brut Reserva Spanish Cava – Spain
  • Pongracz Sparkling Brut – South Africa
  • Hunter MiruMiru Marlborough Methode Traditionelle Brut – New Zealand
  • Aimery Grande Cuvee 1531 Cremant De Limouix Rose NV – France
  • The Black Chook Sparkling Shiraz NV – Australia
  • Pegasus Bay Encore Noble Riesling 2007 AND 2017 – New Zealand

It was an interesting and fun evening for everyone, thanks to Wayne, Murray, Terry Gayl, and everyone else who helped with the food on the evening.

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Tasting – Affordable Celebration Wines for Summer ‘Nov 23

A panel discussion with member input

Wednesday 8th November, 8 pm

Members $15 Guests $20

Detergent is the enemy of effervescence, so always rinse your sparkling glasses in warm water to remove any residue. Photo / Getty Images
Detergent is the enemy of effervescence, so always rinse your sparkling glasses in warm water to remove any residue. Photo / Getty Images

From weekend brunches to housewarming parties to casual happy hours at home, popping a bottle of bubbles generally promises a good time. This tasting has been put together with assistance from our friends at Eurovintage and presents many affordable wines from around the world that may well surprise you with their wide range of styles and tastes.

And if you then go out and seek one or more of these wines after the tasting, we will be well pleased. Wines to be tasted will include:

  • De Bortolli Family Selection Sparkling Brut NV – Australia – Our welcome wine
  • Graham Norton Prosecco D.O.C – Italy
  • Perelada Brut Reserva Spanish Cava NV – Spain
  • Pongracz Sparkling Brut – South Africa
  • Hunter MiruMiru Marlborough Method Traditionalle Brut – New Zealand
  • Aimery Grande Cuvee 1531 Cremant De Limouix Rose NV – France
  • The Black Chook Sparkling Shiraz NV – Australia
  • Pegasus Bay Encore Noble Riesling – New Zealand

The club will supply you with a flute to taste the wines, but bring your flutes or tasting glasses if you prefer.

As there are eight wines for the evening, members are encouraged to have a good meal before attending the evening.

There will be extra small food supplied for some of the above wines to enhance the experience and make the evening extra special.

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Evening of Bubbles Fun, Nov 2022

There was a good turnout for the evening, although numbers were down due to illness, and in one case, nearly the whole table was absent due to Covid. We hope everyone is feeling much better at this stage.

Wayne had organised this evening on his own and had a bit of a shortbread competition with his wife – not mentioning who won!

The first half of the evening was simply tasting some of the wines and discussing the different grapes and countries these came from.

The second half of the evening was a taste and tipple scenario. We had shortbread, strawberries, cheese & crackers, and Christmas cake to sample after we had had our first taste of each wine. This was to see if our taste buds registered any meaningful changes to the taste and texture of the wines.

The wines we sampled were:

First half

  • Lindauer Free ‘non-alcohol’ Brut was our surprise starter. It was made from Chardonnay and Pinot noir grapes and was poured blind. Whist some thought it was closer to a cider in taste and style, nobody guessed what this was correctly!
  • Tosti Prosecco DOC form the Piedmont region in Italy
  • Perelada Brut Reserva Carva NV –Spain
  • Morton Estate Premium Brut – NZ

Second half

  • Grant Burge Petite Bubbles Dry Sparkling – Australian
  • Louis Bouillot Perle De Vigne Cremant De Bourgogne – French

Two more mysteries to go with the Christmas Cake to finish off – these were also both poured blind:

  • Charles de Casnova Champagne – Reims, France
  • 2017 Lindauer Vintage Series Brut Cuvee – NZ

Check out  the Complete Guide to Sparkling Wines.

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