Committee Musings May ’24

Winetopia

Happening again, 7-8 June at TSB Arena in Wellington: NZ’s Largest Wine Celebration | Winetopia Events 2024. Go into their website to purchase your tickets if you want to attend.

New Routine

It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at the start of last months’ meeting and taking the same down after the meeting. Also taking the tables contents: spittoons/water jugs/cracker plates back to the kitchen. Could we please continue this new routine.

Reminder

We can’t arrive to do the setting up activities any earlier than 7:30pm as we interrupt the cleaner(s) schedule, the cleaners are in the hall until 7:30pm.

Looking ahead

Winetopia 2020 in Wellington

Winetopia 2020 In Wellington – hosted by Lemongrass productions

Dates: 9 & 10 October 2020

Venue: TSB Arena

Winetopia tickets

Session times:

  • Session 1: Friday 9 Oct (5 pm – 8.30 pm)
  • Session 2: Sat 10 Oct (12 pm – 3.30 pm)
  • Session 3: Sat 10 Oct (4.30 pm – 8 pm)
2020 Winetopia
2020 Winetopia

Information about the event:

  • More than 50 of New Zealand’s best wineries
  • A full schedule of tastings, talks and new experiences
  • This is your chance to immerse yourself in the New Zealand wine scene and celebrate the growers and winemakers that have put this country on the vinous map
  • New to 2020: ‘Wine Blind’ tastings and your chance to sample some ultra-premium wines (these wines are usually found upwards of $100 per bottle) with our new ‘Golden Coin’ currency
  • Masterclasses with Bob Campbell (MW) and Joelle Thomson in Wellington
  • Egmont St Eatery will also have a pop-up restaurant within the event
  • Local band: Super Bad Soul Section will also round out the last hour of the show.

For the Cellar Club, organisers have thrown in a 10% discount which can be applied at checkout to any wine purchases by members from Lemongrass wine buying site winetree.co.nz – Code: treehugger10.