Each year a group of my friends and I head up to the Bunya Mountains for a wine and food weekend. This year is a bit more laid back than in previous years and I thought I would take a moment to put up our weekend of drinking and eating....we try to drink wines that we don't drink every day, somewhat less grand than many of you on here, and well, its held in the Bunya Mountains and we call it the Bunya Mountains Gourmet Gala.
Friday Night.
Welcoming Drinks - Murray Darling Collection, A Murray Cod Called Bruce - Vermentino.
Entree.
Pumpkin, Rosemary and Pinenut Tartlets
Heggies Merlot 1998
Matua Valley Dartmoor Smith Merlot 1998
Main
Margaret River Venison Racks, served on a Pumpkin and Ginger Puree, Chili Chocolate Orange Sauce, Sweet Potato Shavings.
Rockford Moppa Springs 1999, Veritas Bulls Blood 2001 and Turkey Flay Butchers Block 2000.
Dessert
Pashka with Warm Cherry Sauce
D'Arenberg Sparkling Chambourcin NV, Belle Vue Kriek.
Cheese Platter
St Hallet PX
Saturday
Scrambled Egg and Smoked Salmon Wraps
Moet and Chandon Brut Rose
Lunch
Ginger Lemon Chicken
Leeuwin Art Series Riesling Vertical 1994, 2000, 2004.
Dinner
Celeriac Latkes with Smoken Salmon and Smetana
Clover Hill 2000
Entree
Organic Carrot & Ginger Soup
Annies Lane Reserve Semillon 1996
Tyrrells Reserve HVD Semillon 1995
Tyrrells Stevens Semillon 1994
Main
Twice Cooked Lamb with Romesco Flavours, with White Wine Poached Squash and Roasted Pontiac Potates.
D'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 1995
Elderton Command Shiraz 1995
Wendouree Shiraz 1995
Dessert
Five Spiced Pannacotta
Wild Broke Idlewild Succo Del Sol NV
Cheese and Fruit Platter
Langmiel Shiraz Liqueur Tawny 1985
Sunday
Pancakes with Grilled Bacon, Caramelised Apple & Pear, Maple Syrup
Champagne Pommery Brut Royal
Brunch
"Row of Rose" - Sacrpantoni Ceres, Geoff Merrill Grenache Rose, Cimicky Cabernet Rose, Charles Melton Rose Of Virginia
Afternoon - English High Tea
Dinner
Tuscan Beef and Cashew Parcels
Phillip Island Pinot Noir
Escarpment Pinot Noir
TerraVin Pinot Noir
Dessert
Dutschke Ivy Blondina
Waters Crackers, Brie, Dried Muscadelles and Sliced Green Apple.
Thanks for letting me share, and have a wonderful weekend everyone, keep safe and take care.
Glynn.
Our Bunya Mountains Wine Weekend.
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No, the weekend is this weekend, about to leave in the next hour. Its about a 2 and a half hour trip from Nambour to the Bunya Mountains. Very much looking forward to the Wendouree, which is one of the Langtons Exceptionals that I have never had the chance to look at. The Dead Arm is another I am looking forward to. Everyone is bringing a rose and we did the same last year, had alot of fun sitting out in the winter sun, drinking rose, eating pancakes, and that was a really enjoyable part of the weekend.
So all in all, The Dead Arm, Wendouree, Bulls Blood, Succo Del Sol and HVD Sem are the wines I am most looking forward to. One of the friends involved works for Red and White, and is bringing some stuff from his portfolio, incl the new vintage of Dalwhinnie Chardonnay and and might be bringing a Felton Road Pinot for the sunday night.
So all in all, The Dead Arm, Wendouree, Bulls Blood, Succo Del Sol and HVD Sem are the wines I am most looking forward to. One of the friends involved works for Red and White, and is bringing some stuff from his portfolio, incl the new vintage of Dalwhinnie Chardonnay and and might be bringing a Felton Road Pinot for the sunday night.