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Chateau Coutet Tasting

May 8, 2012 Events

photo by Alister Robertson date: Thursday 26 April 2012 A week or two ago, Sommeliers Australia played host to Aline Baly, third generation owner of the first growth Sauternes house, Château Coutet. The tasting was held at Press* Food & Wine and we were treated to a vertical tasting of four Château Coutet vintages along [...]

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Iberian Invasion

April 23, 2012 Events

photos by Alister Robertson date: Monday 16 April 2012 I’ve been really lucky recently to be involved in a few excellent wine tastings. I don’t always get these written up (posts tend to be long and hard work!) but I’m going to try to get better with that – if only so everyone can feel [...]

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Tasting Australia – Best of British

March 26, 2012 Events

Disclaimer: I received a basket of scones and jam from the Intercontinental, along with the information about this event. Hopefully everyone knows that Tasting Australia is coming up at the end of April. I’ve already written about the pasta events that will be happening. Of course, masterclasses are not the be all and end all [...]

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Tasting Australia – Perfect Your Pasta

March 8, 2012 Events

Mini Masterchef Tasting Australia is coming up (26 April – 3 May) and there are a range of events on. Let’s take a look at a few of them. Kids in the Kitchen comprises 4 events across 2 days for children aged 8 – 12 (my own mini masterchef is a bit small …). They’re [...]

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San Remo Diamonds Dinner

October 25, 2011 Events

photo by Stanley Yeo Disclaimer:  I attended the dinner as a guest of San Remo. Last night, San Remo, one of the major sponsors of the Diamonds, Australia’s national netball team, hosted a dinner in the ballroom at St Mark’s College.  This was in honour of the Wednesday night Diamonds’ match against New Zealand in [...]

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Sapporo Beer Launch

October 13, 2011 Events

Disclaimer: I was a guest at the launch party. Last Thursday night, Coopers held the Adelaide launch of its new beer, Sapporo.  Wait, nothing new about Sapporo, right?  It’s a Japanese beer first brewed in 1876 so why the launch?  Because Sapporo is now being brewed, under licence, right here in South Australia by Coopers. [...]

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Cabernet Day

September 13, 2011 Events

photo thanks to the Great Wine Adventure date: Thurs 1 Sept 2011 You may remember that late last year I attended the launch of the Qwoff Boys’ Great South Australian Wine Adventure. It’s obviously been a successful year for Justin & Andre because the wine adventure has gone national … that’s right, it’s now the [...]

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Champagne Masterclass

September 12, 2011 Events

photo by Tiny Tall date:  31 August 2011 A couple of weeks ago the Champagne Bureau hosted its annual Adelaide masterclass.  Every year, the Bureau runs a series of classes throughout Australia to promote Champagne.  Now, you probably think that Champagne doesn’t really need any promoting but then again, how many times have you heard [...]

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Hendricks Gin

September 5, 2011 Events

Disclaimer: Hendricks‘ PR people invited me along to the Courtship Clinic and I received a Hendricks gift bag. I didn’t plan to post about this but had such fun, I couldn’t not! Over the weekend Hendricks Gin held its final “Refined Courtship Clinic” here in Adelaide. The pop-up clinic had already visited Melbourne, Sydney and [...]

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Good Food and Wine Show

August 29, 2011 Events

    Friday week ago I was out in the sun enjoying some nibbles and chatting to Amanda from Lambs’ Ears and Honey, as a guest at the launch of the Adelaide incarnation of the Good Food and Wine Show. The afternoon began in Rundle Mall, under the canopy at Gawler Place, where we sampled [...]

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