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Brokenwood Highlights
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The 25th anniversary lunch held at the winery certainly lived up to the Brokenwood Mission Statement – ‘Make Good Wine and Have Fun’. The sight of 260 people waving their serviettes above their heads certainly looked like a fun lunch!! The wines were pretty good too. This lunch was first held in 1984 and celebrated the launch of the 1983 Graveyard Vineyard Hermitage (as it was then) and the Cabernet Sauvignon (last release was the 1991). The food back then … oysters, prawns and salad!
For the 2008 lunch we wanted to throw a party and I think we succeeded. Libbi Gore set the scene with a great talk on wine and food philosophy but not before an interloper in the form of The Sandman, wearing that suit again, tried to get in first. With Libbi speaking before main course it appeared that everyone would have to entertain themselves for the rest of the day but again saved by more interlopers in the form of waiters who thought they could sing. Actually it turned out they could and did at very high volume. They were of course the opera trained The Three Waiters.
A toast to the 2006 Graveyard Shiraz, one of our best, bottles of great whites including the 2004 Oakey Creek Semillon, 2006 Verona Vineyard Shiraz and a beautifully smooth 2005 Wade Block 2 were just some of the wine highlights. The options wine, 2007 Maude Pinot Noir baffled a few. It also had a connection being made by ex Brokenwood Winemaker Dan Dineen and wife Sarah-Kate, now in Wanaka.
We look forward to welcoming everyone to the 2009 lunch.
The newest extension to Brokenwood provides a new tasting space which will be well utilised by our Cellar Door. Downstairs we have a specially dedicated area for our Wine Club members and upstairs a more formal room which will see many dinners, meetings and formal tastings. Named the Albert Room in honour of founder Tony Albert the opening of the Albert Room was a tremendous event!
So what would the Brokenwood Winery Cru be up to a few days before commencing 2005 vintage?
Well, it was a charity auction to raise money for Cancer Research and all the Hunter Valley winemaking community came to see the boys & girls get it off!
The two highest bids were :
Iain Riggs, Brokenwood Wines, Managing Director, removed his 27-year-old beard for $500.00
PJ Charteris Brokenwood Wines, Winemaker, lost his mop for $360.00.
Others who went under the blade ... Nick Patteron, winemaker Chateau Patto / Jodie Belleville, Brokenwood Cellar Hand / Mark Richardson, Tyrrells Red Winemaker and many more!
Total amount raised $2,500.00.
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