On Thursday, 4 November 2021 at 8:30pm (please note later than usual start time) we will be exploring the wines of d’Arenberg, an Australian icon and one of the oldest wineries in the McLaren Vale, which still remains in the hands of the founding family four generations later. d'Arenberg manages to achieve that rare combination of producing some of the best wines made in Australia while at the same time providing fantastic value (and more readily available) wines at the other end of their range. Their “Dead Arm” Shiraz, named after a condition that causes one side of the vine to wither but leaves the grapes on the other side more concentrated, has rightly won multiple awards. Of course, they also produce other fantastic red and white Rhone blends, a number of which are also award-winners.
We are thrilled to have once again as our presenter Chief Winemaker & Viticulturalist Chester Osborn, who is also the great-grandson of the founder, Joseph Rowe Osborn (a teetotaller!). We know from his previous visit to the Society some years ago that Chester is a lively and engaging presenter, and we are very much looking forward to hearing him talk about his wines. Special thanks go to Chester for getting up at 7am (Australian Central Daylight Time) in order to speak to us!
The wines we will taste are the following:
The Money Spider Roussanne 2021
The Hermit Crab Viognier/Marsanne 2020
The Laughing Magpie Shiraz/Viognier 2016
The Ironstone Pressings GSM 2017
The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
The Dead Arm Shiraz 2017
Logistics
The tasting will be held by way of a Zoom meeting and will be free to attend. We expect the tasting to run for approximately one hour. We hope that you will pass along the details to friends and colleagues. To join, please click on https://us06web.zoom.us/s/81358481536 a few minutes before the tasting is due to start.
Or join by phone:
United Kingdom: +44 203 901 7895 or +44 203 481 5237 or +44 203 481 5240
Webinar ID: 813 5848 1536
International numbers available: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdfQabh4Fy
All of the above wines are available for purchase from The Great Wine Co. There is no dedicated link for the tasting, so you should select the wines listed above from the Great Wine Co website at https://greatwine.co.uk/producers/darenberg/. The Great Wine Co have kindly offered SWS members a 15% discount on the wines for this tasting. Please insert the voucher code “SWS21” when you check out to take advantage of this discount. You can buy all six wines, or only selected bottles, but it is worth noting that standard (five-day) delivery is free for purchases over £50. And if you order further wine to make your order up to 12 bottles, a further 10% discount will apply. In order to ensure delivery in advance of the tasting, the wines must be purchased from The Great Wine Co no later than Monday 25 October 2021.
Members and guests who attend the tasting do not have to purchase the wines in order to participate and could opt to taste similar wines during the tasting.
You are encouraged to use the ‘chat’ and Q&A’ functions of Zoom to raise questions for the speaker as you enjoy the wines.
We are very much looking forward to members and guests joining what should be a fantastic tasting.
If you have any questions, please contact the organiser, Andrew Denny, on 020 3088 1489 or at andrew.denny@allenovery.com.