BWFS

Cellar List Jan 2016

BALLARAT WINE FOOD SOCIETY   TREASURERS   REPORT I would like to present my 4 th treasurer   report   The society   remains financially sound with a bank balance at the end of the year of $2420 Income from   subscriptions   cellar fees and dinner fees remains stable at $32060 Expenditure   of $30833 is slightly less than last year due to a modest reduction in wine purchases With dinner costs being on average $100 per person I would recommend keeping the current   cellar and   dinner fees the same for the 2016 year More members would obviously make the society better off financially Phil Dover

Wine & Food Society of Ballarat : Cellar-Masters Report (2015) 2015 was my first year as Cellar-Master and I felt quite honoured that the members had entrusted me to fill this position, thank you, I looked forward to the challenge and also realized a need to maintain the high standard set by my predecessor, Jim Patterson. We consumed around 232 bottles last year, 204 from our cellar plus another 18 - some of which were donated and the remainder bought to meet special needs. We spent about $7,685 to purchase 136 bottles of wine with an average price of about $56.50. At the start of 2015 we had around 1400 bottles in the cellar and ended the year with around 1300 bottles, down a little but still plenty to meet our needs. I set myself the goal when replenishing wines for our cellar, to find a happy mix of tried and true ‘old favourites’ as well as some from lesser known labels and wine-makers, all at the best price possible, this I believe I have achieved. I ant...