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On Wednesday night, we are having a small gathering of food and wine tasters to sample seven varieties of wine matched with food. It got a write up in Tuesdays Good Life.

Here is the list:

Graham

Riesling

Food:
Chilli Chicken with lemon grass wrapped in rice paper
Crab with lemon, coriander and chilli served on crispy bread rounds.

02 Riverby Riverstone Run Riesling
04 Clifford Bay Riesling
04 Cockfighters Clare Riesling
04 West Cape Howe Riesling
04 Stefano Lubiano Riesling
04 Howard Park Riesling
04 Tamar Ridge Riesling
02 Yalumba Hand Picked Reisling
04 Mitchell Watervale Reisling
04 Neagles Rock Riesling
02 Houghtons Frankland River Riesling
04 Domain Day Riesling

Sauvignon Blanc

Food:
Salmon, asparagus and crème fraiche with a touch of lime zest served on a slice of cucumber.

Swordfish served on banana leaf square topped with mango and pawpaw compote

04 Fermoy Estate Sauvignon Blanc
04 Stella Bella Sauvignon Blanc
04 Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc
04 Shadowfax Sauvignon Blanc
04 Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc
04 Palliser Sauvignon Blanc
04 Pike & Joyce Sauvignon Blanc
04 Twin Islands Sauvignon Blanc
03 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc
04 Feathertop Sauvignon Blanc
04 Starvedog Lane Sauvignon Blanc
04 Hamelin Bay Five Ashes Vineyard Sauv Blanc

Chardonnay

Food:
Pickled pear with ricotta wrapped in prosciutto
White bait fritters topped with tangy hollandaise

03 Yering Station Chardonnay
03 DArenberg Lucky Lizard Chardonnay
04 Cockfighters Chardonnay
02 Foxys Hangout Chardonnay
02 Oakridge Chardonnay
03 OLeary Walker Chardonnay
03 Giants Steps Chardonnay
04 Pirie South Chardonnay
03 Ninth Island Chardonnay
03 Shelmerdine Chardonnay
03 Yarra Burn Chardonnay
03 Toolangi Chardonnay


Pinot Noir

Food:
Duck with plum sauce wrapped in coconut and ginger pancakes
Olive polenta triangles topped with roasted eggplant and capsicum

01 Baracks Bridge Pinot Noir
03 Treehouse Pinot Noir
03 Zarepath Pinot Noir
03 Foxys Hangout Pinot Noir
02 Oakridge Pinot Noir
03 Freycinet Pinot Noir
03 Tamar Ridge Pinot Noir
04 Pirie South Pinot Noir
03 Sticks Pinot Noir
03 Shelmerdine Pinot Noir
02 Bay Of Fires Tigress Pinot Noir
01 Willowcreek Tulum Pinot Noir

Merlot

Food:
Fig and red current jelly topped with pecorino cheese
Beef and olive parcels

01 Yering Station Merlot
03 Punt Road Merlot
01 Geoff Merill Merlot
02 Hugh Hamilton Merlot
02 Margan Merlot
03 Capel Vale Merlot
02 Sandalford Merlot
01 Smith & Hooper Merlot Limited Edition
03 Shaw & Smith Merlot
02 Feathertop Merlot
01 Houghtons Pemberton Merlot
01 Leibich “The Potters” Merlot

Shiraz

Food:
Pepper crusted lamb cutlets on a bed of potato mash smothered with creamy mustard sauce.

01 Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz
02 Grant Burge Miamba Shiraz
02 Cockfighters Mclaren Vale Shiraz
03 Hugh Hamilton Shiraz
02 Margan Shiraz
01Brokenwood Shiraz
03 Wirra Wirra McLaren Vale Shiraz
03 Jim Barry Lodge Hill Shiraz
01 Chapel Hill Shiraz
02 Neagles Rock Shiraz
02 Redman Shiraz
02 Dog Ridge Shiraz


Cabernet Sauvignon

Food:
Scalloped potato topped with eye fillet and rosemary hollandaise

02 Fermoy Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
01 Juniper Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
01 Cockfighters Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
01 Murdoch Hill Cabernet Sauvignon
02 Margan Cabernet Sauvignon
01 Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon
03 Bleasdale Mulberry Tree Cabernet Sauvignon
01 Forest Hill Cabernet Sauvignon
02 Hollick Cabernet Sauvignon
02 Neagles Rock Cabernet Sauvignon
99 Stonehaven Limited Release Cabernet Sauvignon
02 Liebich “Crackerjack” Cabernet Sauvignon

Graham,

I presume you'll be sitting out the Chardonnay and PiNoooot round?

And to think I wasn't given any warning of such an event so I could jump on a plane and be there. Are you hosting the event? Will Craig and the usual suspects be there? Looks and sounds like a fantastic line up. I expect detailed notes of the stand out wines.

How does one get invited to such events
I could give away my child, but it's not due for 7 days

83 wines in one night whats the point can anyone get anything more than a superficial look at any of them in that time?

TORB wrote:83 wines in one night whats the point can anyone get anything more than a superficial look at any of them in that time?

Ric

We had to cater for red & white drinkers on the night.

Graham

graham wrote:How does one get invited to such events
I could give away my child, but it's not due for 7 days

Graham

Tried to send an email & PM but may not have worked.

Graham

Maximus wrote:Graham,

I presume you'll be sitting out the Chardonnay and PiNoooot round?

And to think I wasn't given any warning of such an event so I could jump on a plane and be there. Are you hosting the event? Will Craig and the usual suspects be there? Looks and sounds like a fantastic line up. I expect detailed notes of the stand out wines.

Max

I did leave some info for the "W........" but perhaps they are still in recovery mode.

Tasting notes???? I hope I just get to try a few while working.

Graham

Unfortunately I am in Brisbane on Thursday (tomorrow) night.

Adair

Graham

Be interested to hear how the 03 Lodge Hill goes. And the 02 Redman's. The Claret used to be an annual buy many moons ago when I lived in Sydney. I hear its fallen from grace.

Mike

GrahamB wrote:We had to cater for red & white drinkers on the night.

I knew there was a good reason to be a red bigot!

KMP wrote:Graham

Be interested to hear how the 03 Lodge Hill goes. And the 02 Redman's. The Claret used to be an annual buy many moons ago when I lived in Sydney. I hear its fallen from grace.

Mike

Mike

I had to work, the boss was on my hammer, so there was limited opportunity to give it my best but:

03 Lodge Hill Shiraz - similar structure to the 02 with perhaps a little less intencity. It was opened and poured with no decanting. One of the managers had a half bottle he had taken to go home and I stole a small sample. I think it will be a very good Clare shiraz just a little below the 02.

02 Redman Shiraz - I made an effort to try this as I also bought regular cartons of this during the 70's and 80's. Even had a 1975 6 litre imperial that was consumed in 1989 - excellent.

This wine is a vast improvement on Redman shiraz that I tried during the 90's. I even stopped buying them. Somewhere I read that Redman had gotten a new winemaker from another Coonawarra winery. If this is the case then it has worked. This is a VFM wine.

Graham

A note for Brisbane forumites.

Last night at the Monier was a really good night. Would have been better if I could sample properly.

People were signing up for the next one which we haven't even thought about yet. It will be kept to a maximum of 80 people as any more would make the food side too hard to do. Having said that, I think we could have fed another 20 easy.

Some initially thought that $40 was a bit much as this sort of tasting had not been done in the area before. After the first two foods came out in quantity, they were more than happy.

Planning the next on for maybe June/July/August.

Graham