BWFS

Wine and Food Society of Ballarat Dinner 780 Menu

W&FS Ballarat July Dinner 780

Billy’s Bistro

CANAPE`S

Atlantic Scallops Smoked Tomato and Chorizo Butte

Lamb Kofta with Mint Yoghurt

Roasted Eggplant Crostino, Dukkah

Navazos Niepoort Vino Blanco 2015

ENTREE`

Gorgonzola Pannacotta

Charred Witlof, Smoked Almonds,

Vincotto Dressing

Head Grenache Rose` 2015

SC Pannell Grenache 2010

MAIN

Harissa Lamb Cutlets

Chickpea, Maple Carrots and Feta, served with Labneh

Seppelt Mt Ida Shiraz 2004

Massolino Langhe Barolo 2010

DESSERT

Warm Amaretto and Orange Pudding

Caramel sauce and Hazelnut Gelato

Lethbridge ‘Mistelle’

With Thanks to

Chef…Donatello

Mandy Grant

Foodmaster: Andrew Lewis

Acting Winemaster: John Coco

All is not well with Wine Show awards and medals

"Everyone Gets a prize"

The $6 Coles wine that beat them all

One Judge's grange is another Judge's garbage

Menu Dinner 779

 Dinner 779 Thursday 15^th June

Street Food. อาหารข้างทาง

mINCED CHICKEN & PRAWN IN PALM SUGAR, PEANUTS, PINEAPPLE

fRESHLY SHUCKED OYSTERS, LIME, CHILLI

BETEL LEAF, POMELO, GINGER, TOASTED COCONUT

PORK CRACKLE, QUAIL EGG, TOMATO CHILLI RELISH

SMOKED & GRILLED SAUSAGE, GINGER, PEANUTS

Pirie tasmania n/v

Mains
Salad. สลัด

SALAD OF BERKSHIRE PORK, CHILLI JAM, THAI BASIL
Soup. ซุป.

BEEF & ONION SOUP WITH CURRY POWDER, CORIANDER Curry. แกง

aROMATIC YELLOW CURRY MURRAY RIVER SILVER PERCH, DAIKON

Stir Fry. ผัด

STIR FRIED Sugar snaps, snow peas, yam beans, soy

Warramate Riesling 2015

Attwood wines 3 lil’birds rose’2013
Attwood wines le sanglier shiraz 2012

Dessert. ขนม

tAPIOCA, CORN, YOUNG COCONUT PUDDING

CASHEW NUT & PALM SUGAR PuDDING

Isola Augusta. Verduzzo-friulano 2013 italy

Thanks to Damian Jones and his staff

Menu Dinner 778

Wine and Food Society of Ballarat and

Beefsteak and Burgundy Club of Ballarat Inc

Combined Dinner

Canapes

Scallop carpaccio, pickled apple, sweet potato chips

Taleggio soufflé, Springmount apple lime black pepper paste

Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV

Entrée

Ocean trout in nori, prawn, mussels, miso daikon, herb salad squid ink vinaigrette, trout skin crisps

2006 Grosset Watervale Riesling

2014 Curly Flat Chardonnay

Main Course

Waubra Prime beef fillet, tongue and lentil compote, zucchini fritter, marrow crumb

2006 Magpie Estate The Election Shiraz

Donation from Shaun English

1978 Redman Cabernet Sauvignon (Imperial)

Donation from Tony Campana

2007 Cantino del Pino Barbaresco Ovello

Dessert

Spice-roasted quinces, walnut muse, white chocolate and sheep's milk yoghurt pudding,

St Stephens Crown 5 Puttonyos Tokai Aszu

Food Masters: Andrew Lewis and Ian Corcoran

Wine Masters: Andrew Bradley and Neville Brown

Cellar Master: John Coco

Chef: Peter Ford

Bordeaux Region ravaged by frost

French Winemakers Weathering Worst Frost in 25 Years

Wine Spectator, James Molesworth, Suzanne Mustacic

" 02 May 2017

Vintners are reporting widespread damage in Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne, with some losing their entire 2017 crop

Cold weather struck France's young vine buds again this week, and Bordeaux is the latest region to suffer frost damage. Farther north, Burgundy and Champagne also weathered cold conditions and frost. Damage reports are incomplete so far, mainly because winegrowers have been busy preparing anti-frost measures.

Bordeaux's Right Bank Hit Hard

"We can already estimate that we have lost nearly half of the potential crop,” said Xavier Coumau, president of Bordeaux's Syndicate of Wine and Spirits Courtiers.

Many are calling it the worst frost since 1991, as temperatures dropped to nearly 26° F in some spots. Damage has been reported on the Right Bank, including in Pomerol and St.-Emilion - though the plateau of St.-Emilion was spared - as well as Pessac and Graves and even up in the western edge of the Médoc.

"It is rather dramatic," Stéphane Derenoncourt, proprietor of Domaine de l'A in Castillon and consultant to dozens of Right Bank estates, told Wine Spectator. "Only the plateau and the tops of slopes are spared. There is damage everywhere, sometimes 100 percent. We haven't seen everything yet, and it is forecast to freeze again tonight."

"Really bad news," said Stephan von Neipperg, who owns a cluster of elite St.-Emilion properties, as well as Clos Marsalette in Pessac. "Château Canon-La Gaffelière is touched as well as d'Aiguilhe, Marsalette and some plots in Clos de l'Oratoire. No damage in La Mondotte, which is on the plateau. Very difficult to tell you the percentage we lost but it will be rather hard."

Vineyards in low-lying areas, where cold air settles, are more susceptible to frost than sloped vineyards or higher plateaus. However, the extent of the damage won’t be known for several days.

In Pessac and Graves, growers were checking their vines as well. Véronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly reported a significant frost. By Friday morning, she had inspected the fields and found one-third of the buds were dead and another third were damaged. From Château Villa Bel-Air in Graves, Jean-Charles Cazes reported that 90 percent of the potential crop was gone.

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