About our functions
Our functions are usually held monthly and include:
Our functions are usually held monthly and include:
Breakfast on the Yarra (BOY) – traditionally the first function each year, held in early February on the southern bank of the Yarra River, adjacent to the famous ‘tan’ and Royal Botanic Gardens. The Committee and volunteers cook and serve a hearty breakfast of eggs, sausages, bacon, mushrooms and baked beans, washed down with a glass of sparkling, red, white or orange juice. This is a function that can be enjoyed with family and friends.
Bottling Day – a social event at which wine in a barrel sourced from a vineyard is bottled by participants. Everyone has the opportunity to experience bottling tasks including sterilizing, corking and labelling. The bottling is followed by a catered lunch and, of course, sampling the wine bottled on the day.
Interstate Weekend Tours – A two day coach tour of wineries in an interstate wine region. Members and guests undertake their own travel arrangements to arrive at the destination region on a Friday evening or earlier. The two day coach tour takes place on the Saturday and Sunday, usually involving a local attraction (eg chocolate or cheese factory) as well as a number of wineries. Interstate tours usually conclude with breakfast on the Monday, after which members and guests make their own way home. In recent years we have toured the Hunter Valley, the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale.