Month

Topic

Wine Tasting

Speakers

January

BBQ (Gourmet Sausages, Member medal wines, Buckley's Beer. Spencer introduces the year ahead.

February     

Grape and Fruit Sourcing:
A facilitated discussion covering the problems and opportunities that this season provides.

March

Yeast and Primary Fermentation
Covering fermentation strategies, yeast choice, nutrients

Lindsay Corby

April

Country Wine Making - Tales of Success and Woe"

Mario Anders and David Hart   

May

Superior Management of Wine Fermentation and Maturation  presented by Karen Coulston, Wine Maker and Lecturer in Wine Technology at NMIT.

Karen Coulston 

June

Social event and fun: International Night returns!!

Fiday 24 June: Slovenian Night, see the flyer

July

Annual General Meeting
An important meeting the Guild calendar; your voting and comments will determine those who lead, operate and develop the Guild over the next two years for the benefit of all involved.

Benchmark Cabernet; Be guided through the very best commercial and member examples of what makes Cabernet Sauvignon sublime and superb

Mario Fantin

Alternative grape varieties:  Danny Capellani and others will take us through the successes and challenges of  the 2011 co-operative venture with grape types Viognier and Lagrein.

Strawberry Wine, Sparkling Fruit Wine, Cider, Professional Hybrids: with commercial winemaker Wayne Hewett. Learn about a new focus on fruit definition in winemaking as opposed to the over-sugared-caramelised wine profiles. 

Hybrid Wine Night. Greg will discuss his Frankston Wine Show experience with judging their Hybrid Class

Tastings of commercial Strawberry and Sparkling Fruit wine.

Red wine WOTY

Wayne Hewett

Greg Martin

October

Show arrangements, volunteers, Steward and Associate Judge etiquette and duties
An important part of our preparations for the show where we call for volunteers to help with setting up the wine show. The show just can't be a success without it!
Get a refresher from this year's Chief Steward on the rights and wrongs of being a Steward and an Associate judge

Yearly winery and produce tour. Dates and itinerary to be confirmed. A great tasting and social event ... not to be missed!!

No meeting due to wine show preparations

Friday 2 December: Special show debrief and social event.

This meeting was not previously scheduled, but we thought we could have an informal gathering of members, wives, partners, friends, etc.  The Guild will provide some international wines, cheese, nibblies together with a brief overview of the Wine Show results.  Any plates of food you can bring along will be gratefully accepted.

The Guild holds monthly meetings at the Eltham Living and Learning Centre (739 Main Road, Eltham - opposite the Eltham Hotel) on the last Friday of every month beginning at 7:45 pm (unless mentioned otherwise).