Corked and Bowled: The Great Ashes Wine Lunch

Friday 15th November 2024

Cricket and wine go hand in hand: both can be incredibly complex, incredibly lengthy, and incredibly obscure to outsiders. In a world first, we are bringing these worlds together in honour of sport’s greatest rivalry, with an Ashes wine-tasting lunch featuring wines made by Australian and English cricketers.

Tufnell vs Winter; Botham vs Ponting; Gooch vs Border: we have painstakingly gathered the wines branded by each of these names, and will be serving them semi-blind. Members will vote on their favourites, with bonus points available for some cricket trivia questions. Which will bowl you over? Which will hit their own wicket? But most importantly of all, which country will lift the urn? Overseeing proceedings will be umpire Richard Hemming MW, Head of Wine Asia, an enthusiastic but useless cricketer.

We will warm up with a couple of sparkling wines from England and Australia, before taking our seats for the first innings and tasting the two white wines alongside some nibbles. The second innings starts with all four reds being poured for our judgement, before lunch starts in earnest. In true cricketing fashion, we will have more wine to serve throughout the meal to keep proceedings well oiled.

All that remains will be to reveal the winner at the end of the lunch and determine once and for all which country shall hold the 67 Pall Mall Wine Ashes!

An Australian Take on the Old World

Wednesday 20th November 2024

Walkaround Tasting Sessions

We’re back at the Trust with An Australian Take on the Old World Australia as a wine-producing country has some of the most exciting regional diversity on the planet, with producers sourcing grape varieties with increasing novelty and creativity from Old World regions all over the world as temperatures change and new regions are established on our home soil.

While all varieties in Australia are from the Old World, rarely do we have the opportunity to taste them side by side with their traditional regional counterparts. To be able to compare how Australian Nebbiolo differs from Piedmontese, to consider how Champagne and Tasmanian sparkling might coexist on your table, to discuss how Riesling in Germany and Austria expresses itself in contrast to the sunnier climes of South Australia, without residual sugar always being the topical point. Our latest event combines masterclass formats – hosted by our Head of Wine for Asia Richard Hemming MW – and a walk-around tasting to showcase these similarities and differences, to celebrate the truly great diversity of Australian winemaking and viticulture.

Join us in celebration as we enter the Silly Season with aplomb, and thank you, our Founding Members, with Member-exclusive masterclass pricing and a complimentary walkaround tasting to boot!

Wednesday 20th November 
The Trust Melbourne
405 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
Daytime Session: 11:30-14:30
Evening Session: 17:00-20:30

Wines poured are the same across both sessions. Booking for the Walkaround only does not include a Masterclass. Please note, the walkaround will be closed for reset between 3.00 and 5.00pm. 

Rapid Fire Riesling Masterclass – Presented by Richard Hemming MW

Join Richard Hemming MW for this rapid-fire showcase of five Rieslings from around the world at this seated masterclass, beginning with a glass of Sparkling Riesling. 

The wines we will taste:

2017 Rieslingfreak No. 6 Aged Clare Valley Riesling – Clare Valley, South Australia
2017 Crawford River Riesling Museum Release – Henty, Victoria
2016 Martin Muthenthaler Ried Bruck Riesling – Wachau, AT
2016 Trimbach Frederic Emile Riesling – Alsace, FR
2016 Karthäuserhof Kabinett Riesling – Mosel, DE

Wednesday 20th November 
The Trust Melbourne
405 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
Session #1 – 11:30-12:45
Session #2 – 13:45-15:00

Non-Member price: $80

Ticket includes access to Daytime Session of the Walkaround Tasting
Please note, wines poured in the Masterclass are the same across both sessions.

A Journey Through Nebbiolo – Presented by Richard Hemming MW and Christina Kaigg-Hoxley

Join us for an exploration of Australian Nebbiolo in the context of classic Piedmont and Lombardian expressions, presented by Richard Hemming MW and Wine Development Manager, Christina Kaigg-Hoxley, our Members will explore the varying levels to which Nebbiolo is produced to express site and soil, power and finesse. 

The wines we will taste:
The lineup for this event is still being finalised. We will update this link as we finalise vintage availabilities and cuvées. 

Wednesday 20th November 
The Trust Melbourne
405 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
18:30-20:30

Non-Member price: $195

Ticket includes access to the Evening Session of the Walkaround Tasting

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