Wednesday June 16, 2021   Winemaker’s Dinner

Regretfully, this event has been postponed. The Le Galois Restaurant has closed until further notice due to the uncertainly about restrictions after the COVID-19 lockdown is removed.

All payments will be refunded and we will make announcement about a revised date as soon as possible.

Please check this website for updates on events scheduled for July and August. At this stage we are confident that the both AGM in September and the Tasmanian tour in October will go ahead as planned.  

Le Galois Restaurant, 260 Blackburn Road, Syndal

Guest Speaker: Dominique Portet

The French Influence on Australian Wines

Dominique Portet, a 9^th generation winemaker, was introduced to wine at Château Lafite-Rothschild, in Médoc, which is  situated in northern Bordeaux, where his father worked as vineyard and winery manager. He trained at Montpellier University of Oenology before taking on a role as wine-buying adviser during compulsory military service. Dominique later worked vintages in the Médoc, Rhône Valley, Provence and with Champagne giant Moët et Chandon, as well as in the Napa Valley at his brother Bernard’s Clos du Val estate.

Since 1976 Dominique has been a pioneer of the renaissance of Australia’s cool-climate wine industry, founding renowned sparkling wine house Taltarni in the Pyrenees and Clover Hill in Tasmania.
In 2000 Dominique embarked on his greatest adventure: the Dominique Portet winery at Coldstream in the Yarra Valley

6.30 pm for 7.00 pm start
Sparkling served on arrival: Dominique Portet NV Brut Rosé 
Cost: Members $95.00   Non-members $110.00
RSVP: Thursday June 10, 2021

The menu
A three-course menu of traditional French dishes
Tea or coffee

The wines
Dominique Portet 2018 Origine Chardonnay
Dominique Portet 2019 Fontaine Cabernet Sauvignon
Peter Lehman 2017 Barossa Botrytis Semillon 
Morris Vintage Port 1999