Click on this video link below to see how the French sort out their wine problems!! 
For those of you who like your wine in a glass and not in a shoe! Let us take you on our fab Yarra Valley Winery Tour with lots of wines to taste, a delicious two course lunch, glass of wine & coffee plus a glass of Sparkling wine & nibbles. What more could you want….oh yes - beautiful countryside too and lovely vineyard views…. the best day out!
Click here for more info – Yarra Valley Winery Tour
Divers have found on July 6th bottles of Champagne on the bottom of the Baltic Sea between Sweden & Finland. Visibility was bad so the divers couldn’t find the name of the ship or the bell and so brought up a bottle instead to try and date it!
The handmade bottle was label free but had an anchor on the cork. Which suggests it is the premium brand Veuve Clicquot, as they have historically used this design. This could possibly mean the bottles are over 200 years old! If confirmed this will make it the oldest still drinkable Champagne in the world and will fetch top dollar.
The bottles are perfectly preserved at a depth of 55 metres in ideal conditions of cold and darkness, where they will remain for the time being with their exact location being kept a secret.
Wine expert Ella Gruessner Cromwell-Morgan has tasted the find and said it had not lost its fizz and was “absolutely fabulous”. She described the Champagne as dark golden in colour with a very intense aroma. “There’s a lot of tobacco, but also grape and white fruits, oak and mead,” she said of the wine’s nose. As for the taste, “it’s really surprising, very sweet (Champagne was much sweeter in those day’s) but still with some acidity.” “I still have a glass in my fridge and keep going back every five minutes to take a breath of it. I have to pinch myself to believe it’s real,” she said.
Until tests have been done and the sparkling wine dated and authenticated, the story goes that it could have been a shipment of King Louis XVI’s wine sent to the Russian Imperial Court. If so it will fetch several millions…
If you don’t have the time to go deep sea diving for your Champagne, we can take you to Domaine Chandon owned by Moet et Chandon, on our Yarra Valley Winery Tours. Where you can upgrade and indulge in their 4 half flute range tasting of Brut, Rose, Sparkling Red & Cuvee Riche. Check out this link for tour example – Yarra Valley Winery Tour.
[Discovery News - http://news.discovery.com/- sourced 20 July 2010]
26 – 29 August 2010, Royal Exhibition Building,Carlton.
Taste of Melbourne brings together the city’s finest chefs with an extraordinary range of quality food and drink from Victoria and beyond, including wine tasting with Gourmet Traveller plus much more…
Check out their website for all the yummy info:-
http://www.tastefestivals.com.au/australia/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=68
If you do miss out on the taste, then check out our winery tours where you can enjoy a wonderful lunch at top venues, such as Yering Station, Tarrawarra Estate & T’Gallant and sample fine wines throughout the day…. a great way to explore the Yarra Valley or Mornington Peninsula!
Click on the links for more info:-
http://www.chilloutwinetours.com.au/yarra-valley-wine-tours/yarra-valley-wine-tours-private/
For those of you who like to shop online and for those of you haven’t yet taken the leap… then ‘Graysonline’ is for you! It is a reputable online retail and auction business that stocks wine from the various wine regions of Australia and around the world.
They have a ‘Buy Now’ feature where you can grab a bargain straight away with free delivery or you can bid for wine, ‘Auction’ style, which is a lot of fun and good value.
There are some great bargains to be had so go to their website regularly and you won’t miss out! http://www.graysonline.com/wine
If you would rather sample wines before you buy then we can take you on our Yarra Valley Winery Tour or our Mornington Peninsula Winery Tour, where you can enjoy a great day out, sampling wines from the well known Giant Steps or Stoniers range (many more wineries to choose from). Both wineries currently have wine on offer at ‘Graysonline’ such as the ‘Giant Steps Sexton Merlot’ 2008 and the ‘Stonier Reserve Pinot Noir’ 2007. Please click on our tours for more info on what your great day out entails:-
Yarra Valley Winery Tour Mornington Peninsula Winery Tour
Saturday 12 June 11am – 4pm
Red Hill Reserve and Showgrounds, Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill.
More than 200 wines and over 50 Mornington Peninsula wineries all come together at the Red Hill Showgrounds, Mornington Peninsula on this one day each year, where you can taste a great selection of wines all under cover.
“Heart warming fine food prepared by chefs from leading Peninsula wineries and restaurants, treats from local producers and providers and music for your added enjoyment add to the festive atmosphere for you to experience on the day”.
To view the festival brochure please click on the link - http://www.mpva.com.au/exfiles/WWW10_Brochure.pdf
If you aren’t free for the Winter Wine Festival then why not book one of our Private Tours when it suits you! Just you and your friends or family or work colleagues and we will take you to some of the best wineries on the Peninsula for a great day out… Includes a wonderful two course a la carte lunch, wine & coffee. Check out this tour for more information - Mornington Peninsula Winery Tour.
[Sourced 6 may 2010 - http://www.mpva.com.au/events.php?show_event=6 ]