For another year I was privileged to be Custodian to our Society’s Wine Cellar.
Again I found myself wading through an endless stream of emails that promised you the bargain of the year for these outstanding wines from the vintage of the century! But then again only the best are good enough to be selected for our cellar.
In 2018 we consumed 230 bottles of wine as compared with 238 bottles the previous year, most of these came from our cellar with the remainder being generously donated by some of our members and of course Gibson wines who supplied all wines for a dinner hosted by one of our members in his personal wine-cellar.
Throughout the year we purchased 206 bottles of wines at a cost of $11,292 (av. cost of $54.80 per bottle), whereas the previous year we purchased 255 bottles of wine at a cost of $13,414 (av. cost of $52.60 per bottle) The difference is mainly due to the shorter period between the A.G.M.s
The cellar now holds 1456 bottles as compared to 1462 bottles the previous year, with an approximate value of $101,966
I wish to thank our President Andrew Bradley for his guidance to the committee, Dean S. as secretary for keeping us on track, Andrew L. as Foodmaster for his choice of venues and selection of the menu, Anthony S. as Wine Master and not always choosing the traditional matching wine, and of course the remaining committee members Shaun, Malcolm and Gabriel.
Below is a list of wines purchased during 2018 for the Wine-Cellar of the Ballarat Wine and Food Society
"Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures." - Michael Broadbent
John Coco
March 15 2019
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