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Cellar List Feb 2016

Wine & Food Society of Ballarat : Cellar-Master’s Report for 2016 2016 was my second year as Cellar-master and believe that I have done the Cellar and the Members proud! In 2015 the number of bottles in the cellar dropped by about 100, that is from around 1400 bottles to around 1300 bottles, this was mainly due to a smaller budget and wine prices being higher. During that year we consumed 232 bottles (204 from the cellar) and spent $7685 to buy 136 bottles; it was either a choice of buying more, lesser quality wines or less, better quality wines, I opted for the latter. In 2016 an increase in my budget allowed me to help improve on the number of bottles kept in the cellar. We consumed 250 bottles of wine (227 from the cellar) throughout 2016, I spent over $14,000 to buy 269 bottles at an average cost of $52.75;   there was around 1360 bottles in the cellar at the end of the year with a conservative value of $96,300. I believe that around 1350 bo...

BALLARAT WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY TREASURER'S   REPORT 2016 I would like to present my 5 th treasurer's report   for the Ballarat Wine and Food Society This society remains financially sound with a current bank balance of $1858 with no outstanding liabilities   Income from cellar fees subscriptions and dinner fees were stable at $32580   Expenditure was slightly higher at $34089due to a significant increase in wine purchases of $14944 by our industrious cellar master John Coco This was offset by less expenditure on catering   due to less attendances at dinners by members I would recommend keeping the new cellar fee subscription and dinner fees the same for the upcoming year Philip Dover

I have been cellaring and drinking Australian wine since 1968.  I purchased four bottles of this wine in 1982 and have kept an empty bottle in my cellar because it is the most memorable red wine I have had the pleasure to drink and to think that you had a bottle in late 2016! I have a preponderance of Hunter Valley and Grampians reds in my cellar and still have a 1960 Seppelt Q72 Hermitage made by Colin Preece. The right occasion must arise soon to drink it! Cheers, Paul Coghlan Sydney  Colin Preece (1903-1979), winemaker, graduated dux from Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1923 planning to manage the family flour mill. However, after taking an optional subject in oenology, he decided to join the staff at Seppeltsfield. He arrived at Great Western during the depression in late 1932. Starting from a focus on simply keeping the company afloat, he retired 30 years later as one of the key winemakers of Australia, producing a number of dry white, d...