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After much discussion we decided on Sunday January 16 as a date for our off line.

At this stage we are looking at a six course meal plus bits.
ie;
Canapes
Entre
Main
Mouth cleanser
Desert
Cheese and fruit.

We woud like to kick off around 5pm so as not to have to rush.

Cost will be $60 per head for food with any profits going to MAD ride (dot org).

Location is Ballajura.

I will put up a menu when we have it finalised.
I mentioned in the previous thread that my mother is a cook, my father (RIP) was a chef.

We hope you are ok with us providing a menu so you can bring an appropriate wine.

Cheers.

I am keen. Travelling from Freo so others who may want to share rides/cab call out.

Freo Rachel wrote:I am keen. Travelling from Freo so others who may want to share rides/cab call out.

Yes count myself and my wife in and yes we will be tavaling from freo

Regards Dazza

Calm down, calm down.
With this response you will all have to take a number and we will have a ballot.



(Hey monghead, i have a few more 96's if you would like to bring wifey over)...

xmas could be a factor and time of year and getting married,new year,car serviced,dog fed,kids washed and clothed,bills to pay,car washed,bike ridden,shops to buy anything (mainly wine ) etc boy so busy i cant reply yet,,,,,,,,,,,,,no wait i have so cmon west aussie cmon

regards dazza

Here is the menu so far. (Though any recommendations for change will be happily accepted).
Seven courses.
1) Canapes. - Voalvaunts(?) and the like.

2) Starters. Antipasto. Proscuito wrapped rockmelon. etc.

3) Entre. Seafood or Beef and pork fillet with duchess potatoes. {This is a lighty seared dish} (Only one will be made, not sure which yet)

4) Main. Crown roast of beef and veg.

5) Palate Cleanser. Granita

6) Dessert. Sticky date pudding

7) Cheese platter / Dried fruit.

Given Brisvegas can pull seven people out in under twenty four hours and all we can do is three in four days i've decided to open this up to some other wine enthusiasts.

Will still happily keep you informed of the wine choices and any notes.

Cheers.

As mentioned before I will be keen but can only be about 75% sure at this stage in regards to commitment (young family and all). Will be solo and bring maybe Howard Park, Petaluma, Woodlands or something around there in cabsav land. Only issue for me is I don’t have the multitude of older vintage these days after consuming without replacing for some time now. 2001ish I might be ok with but will wait and see closer to.

Sam

Merry Christmas,
Sitting here in Germany at the computer...it's snowing again...a white winter dream...will our airplane be able to leave Frankfurt on the 29th Dec? We will see.
Anyway, looks like we can make it so please count my wife Carmen and me in.

Cheers,
Mario

Tucker Wine Studios wrote:Merry Christmas,
Sitting here in Germany at the computer...it's snowing again...a white winter dream...will our airplane be able to leave Frankfurt on the 29th Dec? We will see.
Anyway, looks like we can make it so please count my wife Carmen and me in.

Cheers,
Mario

Fantastic Mario Cant wait and Merry x mas Regards dazza

Just a quick update to let you know we are still on and we have enough numbers now to make it viable.

Sam, Mario, Carmen, Darren, Margaret and Rachael from here.
A couple friends, a nice fella i met who owns a fine wine store and a couple of his buddies will bring us up to twelve.

Juggling what everyone is bringing to drink may be a little difficult until closer to the date, but i'll keep you up to speed where i can.

Everyone still in?





Edit. Quick note noted...

Just a quick note its Darren and my wife is Margaret

Regards Dazza

Yep, still in.
Cheers,
Mario & Carmen

Fantastic Mario.
Looking forward to meeting you.

(You too Darren)...

Yep ran it by the household senior administrator for family events (or more commonly as wife) and still good for me too. Should we start talking wine menu?

Sam

Fantastic Sam.

Wine menu may be a little tricky as i may struggle to find out what Neil (the fine wine store owner) and his buddies will bring. But certainly if we make a start i can let them know.

Also i am still a newbie at wine collecting, so don't neccesarily have many crackers to put on the table.
What i am happy to put up for us to pick through would be;

A 1999 (late disgourged) Croser pinot/chardie methode whatsitsface.

A 1996 St Hugo
A 1996 Richmond Grove Coonawarra Cabernet
A 1999 Conobois Smith Cabernet (Cab Sav / Cab Franc)

I'm only just starting to find whites, so the 03 Rickety gate Riesling i have may not be up to scratch, but i'll happiily drop one one the table.

I can also get a 2006 Woodlands Rachael on the table if you want to compare it to the 2001 Woodlands Kevin Sam.

Hope this helps.

I am in. If we can score a babysitter it will be hubby Chris as well.
My cellar still infantile but should be able to offer something up....though I have not yet ventured outside Australia too much.
I do have an interesting 04 Arranmore Pinot Noir. If we need bubbles I have some BB 04 Patricia Pinot Noir, Chard, PMBrut.
Alternatively I should be able to fill any red void.

Dazza - what were you planning on re transport?

Speaking of BBros do also have a 97 Nebiolo or that needs to be consumed so will bring that along. Have plenty of Barossa Shiraz's that we can choose from..and a few from Wordsworth that are tasty..

And we're off.

Both yours and my cellar Rachael are a little infantile, heres hoping we can step up.
The 97 nebiolo sounds a little exciting.

You don't have to bring out your best fella's, this is the first of what we hope will be a regular thing...

One week to go...so we should think about which wines to bring.

Bubblies would be great to start...unfortunately I don't have any stocked at home.
Also nice could be a slightly sweet/off-dry chilled white...hmm...again nothing in my cellar at moment.

I am happy to bring a Neudorf Moutere Chardonnay 2007 for the pre-roast dish (seafood?) if you think that's a good idea.

Now the reds...I don't have a lot of old matured reds but here are some that have some age and that I could bring: Jacobs Creek Johan 2001, Peter Lehmann Mentor 2002, d'Arenberg Coppermine Rd CS 2003, Yalumba Signature 2002, JJ Hahn 1914 Shiraz 2002, Wirra Wirra RSW 2003.

Or if we wanna go "lighter": Ashton Hills Reserve PN 2004, Ata Rangi PN 2006.

With a sticky date pudding we probably should have a strong coffee and leave sweet whites and fortifieds for the cheese platter.

Cheers,
Mario & Carmen

Well i will organise some French Bubbles to start with, Say 2000 vintage should be good,

Grenache for me MMMMMMMMMMMMMM Cirillo ,Rusden or maybe Greenock creek

And maybe something my wife may want LOL

Regards Dazza

Hi Dazza,

Hey, a Grenache aficionado?!?! Me too !!!!
I had the Greenock Creek Cornerstone 2006 last year and it's a ripper. Maybe more a winter wine but bloody gorgeous.
Maybe we should do at some stage a Grenache offline.

Looking forward to Sunday.

Cheers,
Mario & Carmen

Tucker Wine Studios wrote:Hi Dazza,

Hey, a Grenache aficionado?!?! Me too !!!!
I had the Greenock Creek Cornerstone 2006 last year and it's a ripper. Maybe more a winter wine but bloody gorgeous.
Maybe we should do at some stage a Grenache offline.

Looking forward to Sunday.

Cheers,
Mario & Carmen

Mario Your speaking to the converted and anytime is grenache time

With all the difficulty of putting an of-line together in Perth i'm not sure how to put this.

Mum had a coughing fit in her sleep on Monday night and the doctor thinks she has (coughing) cracked a rib.

She is unable to turn and unable to lift, so is unable to cook with out pain.

I'm afraid we have to delay the dinner.
She (and I) are very sorry for this, but want you to know this is not a cancellation, this is a dealy while she heals.

We are both looking forward to having this dinner, she is talking of a two week delay. At 77 i think she will need longer to heal.
I love the old girl, she's a trooper. But we need to be real.

I will keep you up to date in this thread.
Again, we are really sorry for this.


On another note.
I like the Foggo Grenache. It has a lovely body and flavour. I think Malcom Seppelt makes a good one to. (Gnardenfrei)

Hi xsorxpire,

No problem at all. Hope your mom is recovering well and is feeling better soon.

Hey, but maybe we can still get together. Maybe we can shift the venue to another place. Dazza originally suggested Vivisen in Fremantle. It might still be possible to book their long table and meet there in the evening if everybody involved so far agrees with that. They have nice Asian food (was only once there), if you like that. I think Allan (aka Waiters Friend) had some reservations about the pairing of wine with Asian food but maybe we can bend the rules a bit for this occasion. Carmen and I would still be in. Dazza, what do you think? You maybe know the place a little bit better?

And then we do xsorxpire's mom dinner as soon as she is back to form.

Well, what do all the others think? Hopefully everybody is online.

Cheers,
Mario

hope your mum recovers ok ,and yes lets contact Vivesins and ask if its free on sunday ?

i will ring them now and see if its free

Regards Dazza

URGENT NOTICE

VIVESINS in Freo is booked for 8 to10 People for Sunday at 6 P.M

i will bring some extra wine glass,s to suit a couple of different wines all we need is Bodies to make it work


Regards Dazza

We are still in x2.

Great Dazza!!!

So we have now six people confirmed for Freo. Lets see if Sam and xsorxpire are still interested.

Dazza, just to make sure, we are talking about the Vivisen Teahouse at 15 Point Street?

Cheers,
Mario

Tucker Wine Studios wrote:Great Dazza!!!

So we have now six people confirmed for Freo. Lets see if Sam and xsorxpire are still interested.

Dazza, just to make sure, we are talking about the Vivisen Teahouse at 15 Point Street?

Cheers,
Mario

yes