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Melbourne and Brisbane Auswine friends we are attempting our first Rare Wine Dinners in Melbourne and Brisbane and we would love to have you join us. We are sure many of your have read the reports over the years about the dinners in Sydney and Perth and the fantastic provenance of our wines. We have put together a special selection of wines for each of these dinners and we are looking forward to providing the Rare Wine Dinners experience in your cities for the very first time. Friends in Melbourne and Brisbane this is your chance to experience it for yourself without having to travel to Sydney. Perth was so excited after our first visit that they have invited us back twice a year since and we hope Melbourne and Brisbane will too. Some of these wines/producers you may have heard of while others you may not know, this is not important, trust our experience and judgement and let Rare Wine Dinners take you on our journey into rare and vintage wine, you will not be disappointed. Full details are of course on the website: http://www.rarewinedinners.com

Anyway to the most important part, the wines!

For Melbourne:

6:30pm Friday 20th June 2014
Pure South
River Level, Southgate Precinct
Southbank Melbourne

Champagne
NV Pol Roger, Brut, Champagne, France

Riesling Spatlese
1985, Hans Crusius, Schlossbockelheimer Kupfergrube, Nahe, Germany
1971 August Anheuser, Kreuznacher Monchberg, Nahe, Germany

Riesling Auslese
1969 Bischofliches Priesterseminar Trier, Dhronhofberger, Mosel Saar Ruwer, Germany
1959 Peter Meyer-Horne, Graacher Himmelreich, Hochfeine Auslese, Mosel Saar Ruwer, Germany

Burgundy
1979 Louis Jadot, Corton, Grand Cru, Burgundy, France
1929 Pierre Bouree et Fils, Gevrey Chambertin, Clos de la Justice, Burgundy, France
If you read this months Gourmet Traveler Wine magazine, this is the wine that caused a stir at the La Paulee Burgundy celebration in Sydney and is mentioned in the article

Nebbiolo
1967 Borgogno, Barolo Riserva, Piedmont, Italy
1961 Giovani Scanavino, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy

Tempranillo
1994 CVNE, Imperial, Gran Reserva, Rioja, Spain
1966 Bodegas Bilbainas, Vina Pomal, Reserva Especial, Rioja, Spain

Riesling Beerenauslese
1976 K Schwaab Kiebel, Urzig Wurzgarten, Mosel Saar Ruwer, Germany


For Brisbane:

6:30pm Friday 4th July 2014
Brisbane
Venue TBC
Brisbane QLD

Champagne
NV Lanson, Black label, Champagne, France

Riesling Spatlese
1988, Dr Burklin-Wolf, Ruppertsberger Gaisbohl, Rheinpfalz, Germany

Riesling Auslese
1971 Deinhard, Oestricher Doosberg, Rheingau, Germany

Pinot Noir
1962 Chauvot-Labaume, Gevrey Chambertin, Burgundy, France
1990 Joseph Drouhin, Beaumonts, Premier Cru, Burgundy, France

Nebbiolo
1958 Borgogno, Barolo Riserva, Piedmont, Italy

Tempranillo
1994 La Rioja, Vina Ardanza, Reserva, Rioja, Spain
1973 Lopez de Heredia, Vina Tondonia, Cosecha, Rioja, Spain

Cabernet Blend
1961 Chateau Branaire Ducru, 4eme Cru Classe, St Julien, Bordeaux, France
The Benchmark vintage, an absolute classic vintage from which all 20th Bordeaux vintages are judged

Riesling Eiswein-BA
1979 Staatsweinguter, Heppenheimer Centgericht, Bergstrasse, Germany

We hope to see you all soon!

For anyone considering going, but wondering how legit these guys are...I will happily vouch for them and the wines. I've been to the Perth dinners as well as a couple in Sydney. Shannon is a gracious host and his wines are in amazing condition.

I first found out about the Rare Wine Dinners through this very forum a few years ago.

Is the Brisbane Dinner Friday 4th July or Thursday 3rd July?

Cheers
Ian

Hi Ian,

Apologies for the confusion, Brisbane is Friday 4th of July. I have also edited the original post as well. Hope to see you there on the 4th.

Cheers
Shannon

Blatant Plug on their behalf.... Hope that's OK Gav.

C'Mon Melbourne People..... RWD are in town for the first time. This Friday Night, give the footy a miss, do yourselves a favour and get along to this!! More than half sold but a few more wine lovers still required... Impeccably cellared 1959 Hochfeine Auslese, 1929 Gevrey-Chambertin, 1967 Barolo, 1976 Beerenauslese and plenty of others plus a 5 course meal for under $300?? No-Brainer, I would have thought.

http://www.rarewinedinners.com/upcoming-dinners/melbourne-rare-wine-dinner/

With the disclaimer that I am redsmurf's brother and redvelvet is a friend - that out of the way, I would also like to add that their wines are sourced from cold, private european cellars and they put on one hell of a good night. Shannon and Greg put a lot of effort into getting everything just right & really look after the guests.

The dinner price is a steal actually, I am half tempted to fly down there myself.

I am up respectably early after last night and all I can say is WOW! Amazing night put on by Shannon.

Will go through my notes a little later but I know I eventually gave up and just enjoyed the wines.

Only saw this today (shame, shame). Subscribed on the offchance that another dinner comes back to Melbourne.

We will definitely be back in Melbourne Jonathan. Prob end of November and focus to be most likely on Burgundy.