Winetime's
turned 30!!!
Hip hooray, Winetime’s turned 30! Quite a milestone for a
guy who types with two fingers and suffers constant writers block.
It’s really a blast when we meet the wine club members who
drop in the shop and say that they’ve cooked one of my recipes,
or are in to pick up a wine that I’ve reviewed.
I am currently working on a calendar of events for the wine club
and just let me say, I’ve got some good fun planned for the
coming year.
Brewery Tour
First cab off the rank will be a tour of the Mildura Brewery and
of course tasting of their wares. If you’re like me and want
to see how beer is made from scratch, then this is a great opportunity
to get behind the scenes and see how’s its done. We will be
touring the brewery on the10th May at 7pm and will cost you nothing.
Just let me know if you will be coming and I’ll see you there.
Voyager to Mildura
Then on Sunday 19th June we will be boarding the River Queen Voyager
for a long leisurely cruise to Mildara for a BBQ and tastings of
their extensive range.
Those of you who were lucky enough to get on the slow boat to Trentham
last year will know what a good time we had and probably won’t
want to miss this trip. I’ll be donning the Chefs hat to cook
lunch so I can promise no tough chops and rissoles!
Get a group together and book now tickets will be $35ph all inclusive.
Bookings can be made via email, phone (50189403) or personally.
Payment can be cash or card and have to be paid by 10th June.
Quaff Awards
Well known wine writer and TV presenter Max Allen has released
his new book, “Quaff The Best 300 Wines in Australia for under
$15”.
We have in store a few of his best picks.
 Banrock
The Reserve Sparkling Shiraz
- picked up The Ultimate Australian wine under $15
award and sparkling wine of the year!
 Hardys
2003 OOMOO Shiraz
- got the gong for Red wine of the
year!
Banrock Pinot Chardonnay - best sparkling
wine under $10!
Food
Make-do Pizza
Saturday night and as usual I’m thinking of a great dish I
can prepare for my hungry family, then write about for you guys in
Winetime.
But this Saturday I’ve got a couple of factors working against
me, firstly the fridge is unusually bare and secondly the hot water
system decided to empty itself throughout the house on Thursday night
leaving us with a huge cleanup on Saturday.
So come five o’clock Sat arvo I’m still none the wiser
as what to cook, looking back into the bare fridge there’s some
bits and pieces, Pitta bread, leftover tomato based pasta sauce, ham,
some roast chicken, grated cheese and pesto sauce amongst other bits
and pieces of leftovers and such. By now I guess your thinking what
I was thinking ….grab a glass of crisp white and settle down
with Kath to watch “What Not to Wear” with the always
opinionated Trinny and Susannah, what a kak!
Then, oven on to 250, grease a large tray and place the pitta breads
on with a good smear of the old pasta sauce right to the edges. Next
is the cheese then I broke up the ham, chook (any meat really) dobbed
around the pesto, hey, you can put just about anything on a pizza!
Just don’t overdo the topping or the pizza will become sloppy.
In the oven for ten minutes or so and its done.
If your into making your own dough and want the real Pizza effect
then get an unglazed terracotta tile and put that in your oven, let
it really preheat (250 plus) before throwing the pizza straight on
to the tile. Then stick a wooden spoon in the door to let the steam
out whilst the pizza cooks; this my friends, will bring you close
to pizza heaven!
We drank a rather spectacular bottle Wolf Blass Gold Label Chardonnay
with our dinner (I think the wine may have been a bit to good for
makedo pizza, but hey, I was scrounging through the cupboards and
we had to drink what was available!)
Don’t forget our terrific cleanskin range at
$7.50 they represent great value and now we have a Coonawarra Cab
Sav cleanskin as well, to compliment the Chardonnay, Sav Blanc,
Shiraz and Merlot.
Specials
Jamiesons Run varieties $10.97
Hardys RR 1ltr varieties $5.99
Omni varieties $7.97
Rosemount split label varieties $7.97
Carlton Club Scotch $22.97
StRemy Brandy $22.97
SKYY Vodka $29.97
Carlton Draught Stubbies $33.97
Tooheys Gold block $24.97
Cascade Premium Light $25.97
Tooheys Red stubbies $23.97
Becks 6 pack $13.97
Heineken 6 pack $13.97
James Squire 6 pack $13.97
Crown Lager 6 pack $13.97
Plus plenty more in store specials.
This Weeks Tasting
Hardys Preservative Free and Robinvale Organic Wines
To coincide with our new preservative free and organic wine display
we will taste these interesting wines this Friday between 4.30 and
7.30
Some happy campers at our Friday tastings
 
We’ve got another great special in store that
would go well with a nice seafood salad. It’s the multi medalled
DeBortolis Gulf Station Riesling.
We’ve taken the normal price of $17.95
and slashed it down to only $14.95.
That’s outstanding value for an outstanding
wine
How about a New Zealand Sav Blanc for under
$13!! Yup we are selling Nobilo Sav Blanc for $12.99
a bottle so get some before its gone!!
Grolsch Special
This is one of the best beer specials we have ever had in our store!!
A 4 pack of 500ml cans of Grolsch at only $10.95 and $58.95 for
a carton.
This is an unbelievable special and won’t last for long at
this price.
Better get in and grab yourself some of this superb Dutch beer
as once it’s gone its gone!
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See you in store soon...
Don’t forget its five o’clock somewhere
Cheers,
Anthony Burt
Fishers Wine Club
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