Wine Australia International 2006

Josie · Post by **Josie** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:34 pm

hey, i'm thinking about heading along to this, to pop my wine show cherry. is anyone else going this year, or has anyone gone in previous years? what is it like?

Alex F · Post by **Alex F** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:23 pm

I am definetely going... my word of advice, spit everything if you want to be standing at the end of the day...

book yourself in to the free mcwilliams masterclasses... go on both days, because it is huge and you will need 2, if not sneaking into the 3rd (trade only) day to cover all the bases...

hope to see lots of you guys around!

Josie · Post by **Josie** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:35 pm

i'm looking at a platinum pass so that i can go on the VIP day and yeah, i want to go as many days as possible, and do as much as possible. it sounds like great fun.

Alex F · Post by **Alex F** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:05 pm

i am not getting the platinum pass... it doesn't let you get in on both public open days... as a lead up however i will be going to the good food and wine show in two weeks

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:04 am

At the last Wine Australia I lined my stomach by consuming a carton of milk and half a duck. I tasted red wine for roughly eight hours, spitting everything (even Runrig and RSW, although some red fizz slips down the throat by mistake). In the last half hour I switched to fortifieds and began swallowing. I walked out completely sober and walked home.

Worth eating well before you enter, and carry some munching food with you. Fortunately, WineOz makes it easy to keep drinking water - some wine shows make it difficult.

Kieran

cuttlefish · Post by **cuttlefish** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:20 am

I have an application in to host this years show - the stuff in the theatre and all that. Fingers crossed....would be a fun gig...

Cuttlefish

Adair · Post by **Adair** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:27 am

Josie,
I suspect most people in NSW who browse this forum would be going as well as many from Interstate.
Adair

Gary W · Post by **Gary W** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:22 pm

Kieran wrote: In the last half hour I switched to fortifieds and began swallowing. I walked out completely sober and walked home.

Yeah right! I saw you at the end..you were bladdered matey!
GW

scuzzii · Post by **scuzzii** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:30 pm

I'm going. Went in 96 and thought it finished at 4pm. Left at 7pm and had at least 1 wobbly boot on..