Edmonton Australian Wine Club

Spring Event – D’arenberg Tasting

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:08:13 +0000

Its time for our annual spring wine tasting. We will be sampling a number of D’arenberg wines including two new releases from their “Library Release” which are 2002s. This event is limited to 50 people and will take place at Devine Wines on April 6 at 8pm. Clink this link for the registration form:Registration Form

10th Annual Australia Day Dinner

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:35:24 +0000

The Edmonton Australian Wine Club is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year.Your committee has organised a creative dinner at Normands on January 26th from 6:30 pm.A feature of the evening is a wonderful dinner menu in the wonderful warm ambiance of Normands, and an opportunity to sample some of the best wines in the club’s cellar to accompany each course. There will also be food options for allergy sufferers.
The menu includes Tiger prawns and scallops served with a piquant oriental drizzle, Quail and Pheasant consomme, Arctic Char/Char, Braised Lamb Shanks, Sticky date pudding, tea, herbal infusions and coffee with Anzac biscuits.

In addition to the starter wine, and the sticky with our special Aussie dessert, we will be featuring 3 outstanding wines with the 10th anniversary Dinner. With the Arctic Char, we have a 2003 Coldstream Hills Chardonnay from the Yarra Valley, just outside Melbourne. This wine drew very high ratings from Robert Parker
Our two feature reds, will include a wine that we tried at the Ivory during our fall walk-about. This is the 2002 Grant Burge Filsell from Barossa. This wine was so outstanding when we tasted it in September that we decided to replace a younger wine that was less mature.
Our other red is from the outstanding Torbreck Vineyards, also in the Barossa – 2003 The Struie, (shiraz) which was
purchased originally for this occasion. Parker rated this wine 95 when released so it should be showing well at our dinner.

This event is open to guests so please feel free to pass this on to anyone who might be interested in joining us.

Click this link to get the Registration form Microsoft Word – AUSTRALIA dinner 2010

Old world vs New World Tasting

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:49:06 +0000

THE AUSTRALIAN WINE CLUB

With The Commanderie de Bordeaux
Presents:
Old world vs New World
Face off Tasting

Monday October 26, 2009
7:15 PM

Well-known wine expert William Bincolletto will be taking us through a tasting of two white and 6 red wines (1/2 from Bordeaux, 1/2 from Australia) The Australian wines will be wines in the Bordeaux style, so we can get an idea of how Aussie winemakers create wines using Bordeaux blends.
Our top wine from Bordeaux will be a 2002 Ch. Lynch Bages, a year which is already drinking very well. Two of the Aussie reds we will enjoy are the 1999 Mentor ( Peter Lehman) and the 1997 Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon from D’Arenberg in the Barossa Valley.

We are limited to 25 attendees so first priority will be given to members and first guest. If either group does not fill their 25 spots, we can then open it up for other guests to attend. Cost is $40 each for member and first guest. Other guests $50.

Clink on this link for registration form Microsoft Word – AusCommanderieTasting

Bordeaux vs. Australia

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:06:29 +0000

October 26th at the U of A Faculty Club
Bordeaux vs. Australian comparative tasting
These will be the most amazing wines of the year
William Bincoletto will be speaking about the wines
$40 per person member price

Wine Walk About Sept 15th

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:04:38 +0000

This year we will be walking about the Oliver Area to four venues beginning at 7:00 pm.

The first venue will be Hudson’s Taphouse located at 11248 -104Ave. There is parking at Hhudson’s and we will be ending up right next-door at Tesoro. Once we have all gathered and shared some summer stories over a glass of wine we will head off to:

Vinomania used to be Cost Plus and has been renamed and given a new focus by owner by Gurvinder Bhatia. They will be serving us wine relatively new to Canada, should be interesting.

Next we are off to the Ivory Club for a bite to eat and 2 wines from the club’s cellar.

Last but not least, for dessert, we circle back to 112 St. and 104 Ave., finishing the evening at Tesoro,

TESORO MANGIARIA CAFFE BAR A MODERN YET AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CAFFE EXPERIENCE.

Place: Start at Hudson’s Taproom 11248 -104Ave

Time: 7:00p.m

Date: Sept 15th, 2009

Price: $55 member and $55 first guest all others $65

Send cheque to: Australian Wine Club
40 Westbrook Drive
Edmonton, AB
T6J 2C9

Click this link to get the Registration form Sept 15th

Registration cut off date is September 11th.

Due to the nature of this event it is difficult to make special accommodations for allergies at all venues in advance so we encourage anyone with food allergies to ask your server at each venue about the ingredients if food is being served.

The Australian Wine Club is committed to the tasting of Australian wine. We recommend moderation in drinking. These venues are readily accessible by public transportation. Please be aware of your responsibilities.

Devines hosting fund raiser for EMU Woman’s Football team

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:41:00 +0000

Follow this link for details

http://devinewines.ca/event.html?id=372

May 25th, 2009

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:22:40 +0000

Forget about the Oilers!

You can predict the outcome of their face offs.

Here is the real play off match:

KIWI vs. KOALA

This will be a real showdown; No one knows who will win.

Join us for this special event organized by Lucille and Edwin Cossins. The Cossins’ have traveled to many New Zealand and Australia vineyards. They have put together a visual montage of their travels that will provide a colorful back drop during the evening.

FIGHT NIGHT EVENT CARD:

Opening round: Apéritif, featuring Rosé
Main Event: White vs. White and Red vs. Red hosted by:

Garden Salad, Ranch dressing
BREAST OF CHICKEN CHASSEUR
Red Wine & Mushroom Sauce
Herbed Roast Potato Wedges
2 Fresh Vegetables

Extra Event: Peach Melba with
Chocolate Strawberry & Whipped Cream served with a sticky sweet wine.

Coffee or Tea

Play by Play: Spike Maynard of Harvest Wines

Place: Pappachase Room, Faculty Club, U. of A. Campus
11435 Saskatchewan Drive
Phone No: 780-492-4231

Time: 7:00p.m

Date: May 25th, 2009

Price: $65 member and $65 first guest all others $75

Parking: There is parking in the Faculty Club parking lot or adjacent Windsor Parkade, parking ticket can be purchased from a machine. These lots are accessible from 116th street or there is curb parking along Saskatchewan Drive.

Registration cut off date is May 20th.

Click here to download the registration form

A Mooseterious Night Sold OUT!

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:58:47 +0000

April 2nd, 2009

Step out of your comfort zone and into the twilight zone

Art meets merchant
Merchant makes art

Everyone is ‘raven’
about Irene Mertz -Labonte’s previous events. You will be crazy for this one!

This time: Secret location
Boutique winery
Rockford Wines will be there

Food prepared by
Daniel Costa private chef extraordinaire

Lots o’ flair including an unusual chair

Event Date: April 2nd, 2009
Event Time: 7:00 pm
Member price $55
Member’s first guest price $55
All others: $65

Location: 29 Armstrong
Photos are from the venue.
We will email you the exact address when we receive your payment

Menu: 4 Tapas, 1 secret wine creation and 4 Rockford wines

Click here to download the registration form.

Wine.

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:39:57 +0000

To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine (and those who don’t). As Ben Franklin once said, In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.
In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) – bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.
However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Remember:
Water = Poop
Wine = Health
Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of s***.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information; I’m doing it as a public service.

Share your New Finds

Edmonton Australian Wine Club — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:22:14 +0000

Wow, Penny’s Hill Shiraz at the Super Store for a great price.

Try out Lake Breeze Bernoota 1999, Yes 1999 its in stores, this is a Langhorne Creek Shiraz Cab blend with a great nose. Sells for about 20 bucks
Another one I like that is similar is the Temple Bruer Shiraz Malbec, Organic, 2005, also a Langhorne Creek, similar price. I would like to hear what you think, Jack