BWBC Newsletter. Vino. Next Meeting Wednesday 15 th August. 7.30pm Lindsay Elliott A Taste of Italy (Not a Shiraz in sight)

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1 BWBC Newsletter Contents Next Meeting Wednesday 15 th August. 7.30pm Lindsay Elliott A Taste of Italy (Not a Shiraz in sight) August Competition Amber/Dark Beer Bill Ekins Trophy Porter and stout Bob Morton Trophy Competitions Results page Wine Bottling 24th August page 5 Social Calendar page 5 Duty Roster page 6 Banner Photo - Vineyards - Italy Vino Australian wine production for the first 200 yrs came from mainly French grape varieties, hence Shiraz and Cabernet Savignon being the predominant varieties. Australia has no native grape varieties. There are more grape varieties in Italy than in any other country in the world, they number in the thousands. Italy, despite being one of the world s largest wine producer, its wines have only recently caught the attention of wine enthusiasts outside Europe. In Australia many Italian varieties have become more popular, and there is a recent trend to Southern Italian varieties. Wine drinkers may feel intimidated by the sheer breadth of Italian wines and especially its extraordinary array of grape varieties which are produced there. Getting to know Italian wines takes time but it is worth it. Lindsay, an enthusiastic Italian wine lover, will take us on a tour of some of Italy s wine regions and the many indigenous grape varieties together with a tasting of the wines from Italy and locally grown Italian varieties. Italy Australia Grape Production 4th - 690,000 hectares 11th - 160,000 hectares Wine Production 1st - 3,9300,000 hl 5th - 139,000 hl Wine Exports 2nd - 21,400,000 hl 5th - 8,000,000 hl Wine Imports World Wine Production Statistics 93,300 hl from Australia To Australia - very low (About $A539,000 (2017) In 2017 in Italy 55% of the wine produced was white wine and 45% red/ Rosato wine. The 10 most planted vine varieties are Sangiovese, Trebbianco, Montepulciano, Cataartto, Merlot, Barera, Chardonnay, Glera, Pinot Grigio and Nero d Avola ( Calabrese) Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club Inc. August 2018

2 It was learner Phil from down the hill, who got the brewing craze He thought he d save himself some bucks and earn a little praise; He brought himself a brewing kit and made some Coopers Ale And all his mates said it was great So thus begins my tale The Ballad of the Young Winemaker This brewing lark s a piece of piss, he drawled laconically I think I ll move to makin wine. It seems a cinch to me So learner Phil (who was no dill) progressed from Coopers Ale And bought himself a trailer-load (shiraz from down The Vale.) He picked it on a summer s day (the max was 41) The skins were cracked and pretty soon The ferment had begun. Rob Walker and Chris Bills July 2018 I could fill these rooms with something good Phil had a sudden thought I ll mention it to the members They could fill em up with port. But none of this really happened He was dreaming and flying blind I ll come clean and tell the misses,i reckon she won t mind. But When Phil s wife of twenty years found out about the loan She was quick to find the details and soon got on the phone To put an end to Phil s stupid ways and make him see the light Of the folly of wasting money and attending meetings late at night If you really want good beer and wine, much better than your own.. Just go down to the local, and bring the best back home. The plastic vat he d bought was small. The must soon overflowed; Phil plunged the cap, he added ice, but it could not be slowed. He stayed awake for two whole nights to tend his first-off brew The bubbling ceased the wild yeast Poor Phil was in the poo. His making wine had been a week, he was completely buggered; His finances were up the creek (and the wine was fairly rugged.) Acetic spores just floating past had taken off the shine And all those litres of shiraz More vinegar than wine. Where many would ve given in or headed for the pub Young Phil converted loss to win and joined the Blackwood Club. And ten years on, young Phil now makes a wine that all agree Deserves the medals that it takes Thanks BWBC! But now Phil needs equipment and nothing but the best; A variable-capacity vat, and pump yet Phil won t rest. He takes his wine to restaurants and can t afford the corkage; To pay for all this high-tech gear He s taken out a mortgage Phil loved his wife; she wouldn t want her money spent on wine She wished to travel overseas and be taken out to dine But he d found something different :a better way to live He wasn t going to give it up...she would have to give... He thought about a single life and -p raps live on his own And dream of bottles and flagons and how to spend his loan He thought If she should leave me, I d have time to sit and stare At the rooms that once were occupied...but would now be stark and bare. But Phil wanted none of this and told her where to go To find good friends and have a laugh and be part of the show She thought about it long and hard and wondered whether she Could be the next financial officer of BWBC. The rest they say is history And we should all agree If it weren t for the likes of Phil There s no anniversary. The leaders and the membership Never cease to ebb and flow Those who ve gone before us. Fade away and go Some go upstairs but some go down And we here drink a toast To those who made it possible For the rest of us to boast. But winning is not everything As all of us are friends We sometimes come to bottle Sometimes to make amends And say Well done to those who ve won and made something rather grand And today is exactly that.. I know you ll understand So Please stand up with me right now I ll make it all quite plain That unless a miracle occurs We won t do this again. Happy 40th anniversary. Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club inc. Page 2

3 ANAWBS 2018 This will be the 39th year the event has been hosted by the Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club and the Amateur Wine Makers and Brewers club of Adelaide. The venue will again be at The University of Adelaide - Waite Campus. ANAWBS is jointly hosted by The Amateur Winemakers and Brewers Club of Adelaide and Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club. This competition, which is the largest amateur wine and beer competition in Australia, is co-ordinated by a committee of representatives of both clubs. The committee relies on volunteers to help on the competition days. If you can spare some time on any of the days listed, either morning, afternoon or both please contact Ian Maxfield at the next BWBC meeting, mobile or Sandy Matz at the next Adelaide Club meeting, mobile ph If you volunteer for a full day, lunch will be provided. It s a great opportunity to be involved in the competition and be able to taste some great beers and wines. A roster will be compiled of volunteers and you will be contacted to confirm date and times. Date Activity Time Monday 17th September Unpacking and sorting entries 9am - 4pm Tuesday 18th September Unpacking and sorting entries 9am - 4pm Saturday 22th September Stewarding for beer judging 9am - 4pm Sunday 23th September Stewarding for beer judging 9am - 4pm Monday 24th September Set up for wine judging 9am - 4pm Tuesday 25th September Stewarding for wine judging 9am - 4pm Wednesday 26th September Stewarding for wine judging 9am - 4pm Saturday 29th September Presentation day preparation 9am - 4pm Sunday 30th September Presentation day 11am - 4pm Entries can be dropped off at Wanted for ANAWBS ANAWBS - Important dates for entries Winequip, 12 Hamilton Terrace, Newton SA up till Friday 14th at 5pm Beerbelly Brewing Equipment Unit 3, 95 Research Road, Pooraka SA up till Friday 14th at 5pm The Country Brewer 8/ South Rd, Clovelly Park SA up till Friday 14th at 5.30pm or The Waite Institute, Wine Laboratory - General Teaching Lab 7d (map ref F2), Southern Barns (next to Sensory Lab) Monday 18th September 9-4pm or Tuesday 19th 9-12 noon (Late entries will not be accepted) (Refer to map at ) Entries can only be accepted at the Waite on these days DO NOT send entries to the Waite at any other times. Presentation Day 1pm Sunday 30th September 2018 Charles Hawker Lecture Theatre, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide, Waite Road, Urrbrae, SA (map ref E2) $10:00 Entry Fee includes a Souvenir Tasting Glass Public Tasting of the Wine Entries at 2:30pm. For more information and entry forms go to Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club inc. Page 3

4 It s a miracle! Synthetic wine made from water but NO grapes can be made to mimic the taste of fine champagne It is a claim of biblical proportions, but two wine experts say they can transform water into wine in just 15 minutes. For millennia, wine has been made by fermenting grapes using yeast to turn the grapes sugars into ethanol, giving the drink its alcoholic content and distinctive taste. What is wine Water Amino Acids Alanine, Proline, Glycine Acids Tartaric Acid, Mallic Acid, Lactic Acid Sugars Fructose, Glucose Volatile Organics Ethyl Butyrate, Isoamyl Alcohol, Limonene Ethanol So why not go to the laboratory get the ingredients and make wine? Mardonn Chua and Alec Lee, who are based in San Francisco, devised the idea of making grape-free wine while visiting a winery in California s Napa Valley last year. There, they saw a bottle of award-winning chardonnay they couldn t afford, which inspired them to come up with a tasty but thrifty alternative, making synthetic wine without grapes, instead combining ethanol with carefully-chosen flavour compounds. Their first attempt to mimic wine was a disaster, but they have now honed their technique to recreate the taste of the sparkling Italian white wine Moscato d Asti and have gone on and created 500 bottles of a replica version of 1992 Dom Pérignon champagne. Meanwhile over in Colorado a laboratory that performs chemical breakdowns of mass-market products such as baby food and suncream also runs a wine business. The laboratory developed a method of identifying nearly 600 micro-components in a wine. By taking ordinary wine and adding in essences and grace notes to make it resemble something grander. The company, Replica Wine, is busy making copies of the world s most popular wines, giving them cheeky names such as Knockoff or Pickpocket, flogging them for half the price and boasting that no one can tell the difference. While some horrified oenophiles have called the creations Frankenstein wines, the company is confident it stands on the right side of history, confident they cannot be sued supermarkets make generic versions of foods all the time. Are they just stealing a consumer s ability to experience a wine that was grown in a place they have yet to visit? Is this virtual reality in the world of oenophilia? Over in China they take a different approach to mimicking the worlds best reds. Red wine is sourced from overseas wineries, including Australia, re-bottled and labeled with fake labels of well known brands. One warehouse owner, detained by the authorities, is quoted as saying they are not fake wines, they bring no harm to the human body. I told customers the price is very cheap but the quality is not that good. They were willing to buy. Sources:- Mail on Line, New Scientist, The Times, The Sydney Morning Herald Thanks to Manfred Kurmis and Richard Blake for sending me copies of the articles The chemists among our members should be able to recreate some of our award winning members wines. Do we need a new club competition for concocted wines? ed. Competition Results Interclub Beer Style - Dark Ale 1st Chris Bills Porter Silver 2nd Colin Routley Indian Dark 37.5 Bronze 2rd Chris Bills Dark Ale 37.5 Bronze 3rd Chris Bills Dark Ale Bronze Competition held - July 2018 at the BWBC No of entries 17 Judges Thomas Hamman, John Pearce August Competition Beer Competition Dark Ale, Stout and Porter Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club inc. Page 4

5 2018 BWBC Wine Bottling Day Patritti Wines Clacton Rd, Dover Gardens SA Friday 24th August 8.30am for 9am start The Wine 2017 Patritti McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Patritti McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 Patritti McLaren Vale Premium Shiraz We expect this wine will sell very quickly. Order NOW to avoid missing out. Bottling Day The 2018 club bottling day will be at Patritti Winey. As usual we need all the help we can get so please come along on the day. It s also a great social day. Lunch will be provided. Please bring a chair and wear covered shoes (OH&S). This is the clubs major fund raiser for the year and we urge all members to sell the wine, to friends, family, colleges or buy some for your own enjoyment. To make this bottling a success we would like the wine to be preordered and paid for and if possible picked up on the day. This will avoid extra cartage and storage costs. Please promote the wine to family, friends and colleagues. An order form and tasting notes is attached to the newsletter. Please can you let Ian Maxfield know if you intend to help on the bottling day so we can organise the catering. CAR PARKING There will be signs indicating where to park. Please observe these signs because this is a working winery and has cellar door sales customers to accommodate. Social Program ANAWBS 2018 Entries for the 2018 ANAWBS competition close 18th September All details are on the ANAWBS web site Presentation Day September 30 th 1pm Charles Hawker Lecture Theatre The University of Adelaide Waite Campus Waite Road, Urrbrae SA followed the presentation will be a wine tasting of entries. $10:00 Entry Fee includes a Souvenir Tasting Glass Christmas and Presentation Day Sunday December 2 nd 12oon Blackwood Football Club lunch, wines, drinks. Details in later newsletters. Social Event Bookings Bookings for all the social events can be made by contacting Ian Maxfield at the meetings or Ph Payments can be made by EFT, see back page for bank details. Westfield Marion BWBC member Errol Fisher with his grand daughter at the BWBC 40th anniversary lunch. Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club inc. Page 5

6 Thanks to our ANAWBS 2017 Sponsors Please support them. Clovelly Park Web Development Members are pleased asked to wear their name tags to all meetings, it helps to get to know who is who and particularly helpful for new members to get acquainted. BWBC Loan Equipment The BWBC has an extensive range of equipment available for loan to members for use with your wine and beer making activities. Contact the property officers Bill Neubauer or Roger Pounder Members Duty Roster 2018 Those rostered for duty are asked to arrive at 7pm to help set up for the meeting and then clean up afterwards. All members are asked to wash, dry and place in the provided trays their own tasting glass. If you are unable to attend on your rostered day can you please arrange with another member to cover your duty. August September October David Clarke Ron Head Robert Keen Roy Pozenel Dean Huggins Brian Cloudesley Errol Hepworth Manfred Kurmis Phil Quist Chris Taylor Philip Hicks Michael Lineage John Redmond Dean Huggins Chris Loveless * The hall needs to be set up with tables and chairs in groups for tasting sessions. Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club Inc. 2018/19 Committee Brian Ferris President Bernie Morgan Secretary Ian Maxfield Treasurer Committee Members Richard Blake Ann-Marie Franklin Deputy President Membership Speaker Co-ordinator David Lewis Technical Officer Lindsay Elliott Competition Co-ordinator David Tulloch Newsletter, Website Clayton Fisher Social Committee Gavin Pennell Ian Di Bartolo OH&S Property Officers Bill Neubauer Roger Pounder st Aid Officers Des Williams Life Members Chris Bills Bob Morton David Tulloch Ron Head David Lewis Steve Potiuch Glenn Snook Postal Address PO Box 755 Blackwood SA 5051 Web site Meetings Venue Newsletter 3rd Wednesday of each month except December 7.30pm Blackwood Memorial Hall 21 Coromandel Pde., Blackwood Editor David Tulloch Deadline 2nd Wed. of each month. Contact davidt@internode.on.net You can transfer payments for Wine purchase, Club fees, Social activity fees and other payments directly to the BWBC bank account. Bank - Westpac Blackwood BSB Account Number Account Name - Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club inc. Blackwood Winemakers and Brewers Club inc. Page 6