Wine and Food Functions

The Guild has a dedicated Tasting & Events Sub-Committee whose role is to provide wine appreciation opportunities in the broadest sense. This is achieved through a variety of functions held throughout the year. These include major tastings, with a specific educational emphasis - varietal or regional, company presentations with a Winemaker present where possible, dinner events focused on wine and food appreciation and Wine Options competitions.

Members can bring guests to tastings, which are held at various venues in and around Brisbane. Members are advised of these events via the regular mailing of invitations, the Guild's newsletter the "Grapevine", the Guild's web site calendar and email advices.

• REMINDER
• John Nenke is organising two functions, both at Black Pearl:
•              Sth African Wine Evening- 11th March 2010,
•              Barossa Valley Evening- 29th April 2010, contact John Nenke (33431907) for early details- Flyer closer to date.

SUNSHINE COAST FUNCTION- 12 FEBRUARY 2010 : CANADA To CHILE NIGHT

Twenty five people turned out at the Maroochydore Function. Great night with tastings, presentations, tasting notes, and flipbook of photos attached and the full slide presentation of the countries presented now includes some comments on the night and the full table of wines judged by the guild members at the end of the presentation. While the voting can be subjective it is always good to get a vote from three to four members- the general comment was that there was not a bad wine in the house on the night. Presentation is in two parts

Summary presentation of the wine countries visited

Sunshine Coast 12 Feb 2010 Presentation part 1 US to Chile

Sunshine Coast 12 Feb Presentation part 2 US to Chile

Tasting Notes for most of the wines: Information taken from the web and used by attendees to get a feel for the wines

Sunshine Coast 12 Feb 2010 Tasting Notes

Photo flipbook of attendees

Sunshine Coast 12 Feb 2010 Photo Flipbook

Peter Schofield

Wine Courses

The Guild organises a number of Wine Appreciation Courses each year for it’s Members. Various experienced and knowledgeable members plus “eWine” Consulting principals Andrew Corrigan MW and Peter Scudamore-Smith MW conduct these courses.

Introductory Courses cover the wine producing areas in Australia, grape growing, wine production methods, learning wine names, grape varieties, cellar requirements and the tasting of wines.

The Intermediate Wine Course is designed to bridge the gap between the Introductory Course and the level of experience required to appreciate the more advanced Guild tastings.

The Guild regularly organises Advanced Wine Courses covering sensory evaluation, composition, tasting and scoring of wines, wine making techniques and a lot more.

Notices
Members receive a monthly mailing of invitations, notifying them of upcoming Guild functions with the "Grapevine" newsletter included every second month.