PROBUS CLUB of MANDURAH PEEL Inc
Reg No - A1019730Z
**WINE & CHEESE GATHERING GROUP**
Leader: Michele Cornwell
The aim of the Wine and Cheese Gathering Group is fun and fellowship. It is not for any particular wine person but for all. More a tasting to expand our range with everyone’s views accepted and valued.
We try 3 wines and cheeses over about an hour and a half in a safe environment.
The Gathering takes place the 2nd Wednesday of each Month from 3:00pm to 4:30pm.
SEE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR DETAILS.
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June 2024
17 group members meet on Wednesday, 12 June at the residence of Liz and John Yates.
On a trip to the UK many years ago, Liz and John had their first experience sampling some wines from Chile so they decided to share that with the group. Sadly, the wines were rather difficult to source but a Sauvignon Blanc and a Pinor Noir were eventually found at a local outlet, $10 and $9 respectively.
John shared some of the history of Chilean wines and their varieties.
It is always one of the highlights of the event when the group gives their frank and honest assessment of the wines. The SB was quite well appreciated, although the Pinot was thought to be a bit young. The third wine, purchased from a shop in Beaufort Street, was made from Chile’s signature grape, Carménère. However, although an improvement on the Pinot, it was far from a high quality wine.
Finding cheeses from Chile proved to be an even more challenging task so a Nullaki from Denmark, a Brownes Vintage Red Leicester and a Cape Naturaliste Vintage Cheddar, all from WA, were provided, with a fourth cheese, an Il Truffelino from the UK. All four of the cheeses were much appreciated.
Valma Francis was pleased to win the door prize, a bottle of cleanskin SSB, as she said it would go very well with the meat pack she had very recently won. Lucky lady.
Pam Dagg and Carolyn Pomroy had obviously been paying attention to John’s talk about Chilean wines as they won the quiz and received a bottle of bin-end SB from South Australia.
To finish off, the group was treated to a Peruvian/Chilean traditional cocktail, a Pisco Sour. The drink went down well with the group who learned that Pisco is made by distilling recently fermented grape "musts" and juices, so it fell nicely into our wine category.
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