Tastings & Events

Sparkling Wine and Cheese For Valentines Day @ Richmond Hill Cafe and Larder 14th February 6.30pm

Richmond Hill Cafe and Larder 48-50 Bridge Rd, Richmond, Victoria, Australia

Valentines day is about romance; finding the one and celebrating that union. And let us face the facts, Champagne and Brillat Savagnin is a great union that we should all celebrate at least once a year. But what do you pair with Prosecco? Or Moscato? Or anything fizzy for that matter? Let's find out by ... Read more

$70

Pinot Noir At Spencer and Co 18th April 6.30-8pm. $26.35 per head

Spencer and Co 639 Rathdowne St, North Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Join me for a casual tasting. Six Pinots Noir with complementary food at Spencer and Co in North Carlton. Compare and contrast six Pinots The distinctively different styles and regions will give you a great insight into the grape.  We’ll look at some unmissable Australian Pinots with excellent examples from other countries including New Zealand, ... Read more

$26.35

Australian Wine Month @ Beneath Driver Lane 12th May 2-4pm

Beneath Driver Lane Basement Shop 3 Driver lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

May is Australian Wine Month; where we celebrate Australian wine. To be fair, I think most of us drink Australian wine every month. As is tradition, we will dig a little deeper and look at three wineries from three classic regions that show three distinct personalities of Australian wine. We will meet up at Beneath ... Read more

$20

Winter Wines at ReWine Brunswick 19th July 6.30pm

ReWine 522 Lygon St, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Hail to those of you who drink in the seasons. Winter isn’t so bad if you embrace it rather than reject it, pining for the warm days. And what would you do with an endless summer anyway? Complain? Worse still, you’d never find a time to drink the great winter wines of the world. Full ... Read more

$30

Super Tuscan Wine Dinner at Spencer and Co 3rd October 2018

Spencer and Co 639 Rathdowne St, North Carlton, Victoria, Australia

The Super Tuscans It is time to share some more great wine. This time I keen to look at some more of Italy’s best work. Since their release, the Super Tuscan wines have represented some of the best wines in Italy and the whole world. The term "Super Tuscan" was coined to define the new ... Read more

$200

Cheese and Wine Event: Burgundy To Bordeaux at Richmond Hill Cafe and Larder 13th November 2018

Richmond Hill Cafe and Larder 48-50 Bridge Rd, Richmond, Victoria, Australia

BOOK YOUR TICKETS Burgundy to Bordeaux. We are going back to Richmond Hill for our semi-regular cheese and wine pairing nights. Our theme this time around is: Burgundy To Bordeaux. Partly to celebrate my trip next year but mostly just to enjoy some great food and wine. Burgundy The pinnacle of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. ... Read more

$100

Sud-Ouest The Classic Wines of South West France

The Alps 64 Commercial Rd, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Sud-Ouest or the South West France is a wine area covering several wine producing regions situated to the South and inland from Bordeaux. These regions have a total of 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres) of vineyards in several discontinuous wine “islands” throughout the Aquitaine region (where Bordeaux region itself is situated). Lack of one central governing body, ... Read more

$50

Phil’s Favourite Wines of 2018 @ Beneath Driver Lane 1st December

Beneath Driver Lane Basement Shop 3 Driver lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

BOOK YOUR TICKETS Over the course of a year I try a lot of wines (lots and lots). Mostly they are good wines, very few bad wines (thankfully) and occasionally they are outstanding wines. You only hear about a very small percentage of them because most of the time I am tasting with an objective ... Read more

$40.00

Great Old Bottles. Dinner With Wines From the 1970s @ ReWine

ReWine 522 Lygon St, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Note: The date is 25th July. If you came via email you may have the wrong date. Please double check.  James Halliday is often attributed to having said, “there are no great old wines, just great old bottles.” I’ve just read an article with Halliday attributing it to the English wine trade. Listen to me ... Read more

$130