Newsletter - February 2010
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Dear Savour Life Wine Club Member,

Autumn Tasting Pack

Welcome to all our new members and greetings to all our existing supporting members. Our Savour Life Club discount of 20% and our range of quality wines continues to attract many new members and we have many new wines and events for you during the forthcoming year.

This pack is for those members who have elected to receive a tasting pack four times per year. In the mixed pack we have included 3 white and 3 red wines. In the white range we have included one bottle each of our Chardonnay 07, Chardonnay 09 unwooded and our newly released Semillon 09 late picked dessert wine. The Chardonnays are both certified organically grown. The late picked Semillon is a luscious “sticky” which can traditionally compliment fruit desserts or simply be enjoyed with hot spicy foods.

For the reds we have included 1 bottle each of our Cabernet Sauvignon 08 our Shiraz 08 together with a bottle of Shiraz 06. The Cabernet Sauvignon is drinking very well for a young wine and is particularly smooth with a very clean finish. The Shiraz 06 is a medium body with a little (10%) Cabernet Sauvignon addition and will be great with the family barbeque. This Thomas Shiraz 08 has been bottled in the new light weight environmentally friendly bottle. This is our second variation of this vintage and was produced using a more tratitional yeast then matured in oak barrels for nearly 2 years. As yet this wine has not been generally released. It is a wine which is drinking well now with its elegant, savory structure, however will definitely reach its full potential with a little patient cellaring.

Our “Certified Biodynamic” wines are produced with low sulphur levels, about one third the level of common bottle shop brands, and our wines are showing beautiful clean flavours on the back palate.

We hope you enjoy these environmentally friendly wines.

BIODYNAMIC CERTIFICATION 10281BD
We have some good news to advise in that our Biodynamic Certification has been renewed for another year and that we have increased the area under this certification by another 8 acres of vines. We are delighted that one of our adjacent neighbours has elected to become an Organic /Biodynamic grower. We will be offering Verdelho and Semillon from this source later in the year.

Wine Club Slow Food Lunch
We are planning in conjunction with the Slow Food Hunter Group to hold a slow lunch in September. This will be a more casual event than our dinners and at this lunch we will encourage family and friends to participate. More details will be sent out soon. With this new event taking place, we will delay our annual Wine Club Dinner until April 2011.

CELLAR DOOR & CLUB MEMBERSHIP
Our Cellar Door continues to draw interested wine lovers who are looking to try our delicious Biodynamic wines. A reminder that our Club Membership gives you a 20% discount on all our wines!

OTHER EVENTS
We showcased our wines at the first Gosford Organic market held last Saturday, which in the future will be held every second Saturday of the month. The market had a very good response from the Central Coast locals.

Maitland Wine and Food Festival will be held on 26 and 27 March and we look forward to seeing many Macquariedale supporters having a great day out at the fair.

SALES
We have bottled our most recent Thomas Shiraz 08 in a new light weight bottle which is about 25% lighter but reportedly just as strong. We are making a strong statement about sustainability and trying hard to use less energy!

We have enclosed our price list detailing our current wine availability. Remember all wines are purchased with a 20% discount and we are happy to put together mixed cases for you and delivery is free! Delivery can be arranged to your home, office or to a friend, if so required. Another brochure is enclosed so please pass this onto a friend who may be interested in our quality, great drinking Certified Biodynamic wines.

Cheers,

Ross and Derice, Sheryl, Pauline, Jenni and Daniel

 

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