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VIRTUAL TASTING EVENT

GOURMET TRAVELLER & CHURCH ROAD - 6:30PM AEST THURSDAY JUNE 4TH, 2020

As an official retail partner - in conjunction with Gourmet Traveller, it’s our pleasure to invite you to a virtual wine tasting with Church Road Wines and award-winning chef Ben Shewry (Attica).

Hosted by Gourmet Traveller editor Joanna Hunkin and joined by Church Road’s chief winemaker Chris Scott, the trio will guide you through three of Church Road’s most distinctive wines, for an evening of unique insight, learning and great conversation. This not-to-be-missed event will feature a bespoke food pairing menu designed by Shewry, which will be sent out in advance for you to prepare at home.

Order your Church Road Tasting Pack which includes all three event tasting wines for delivery direct to your door and you are set.

Grand Reserve Chardonnay
Grand Reserve Cabernet Merlot
McDonald Series Syrah

Host Ben Shewry has been named Chef of the Year twice at the Gourmet Traveller annual Restaurant Awards. The New Zealand-born chef knows a thing or two about good wine and is a proud ambassador for Church Road Winery, based in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay. Ben will be in good company, hosting alongside Church Road’s award-winning winemaker Chris Scott, who first joined the winery in 1998 as a cellar-hand, before working his way up to the top job or chief winemaker.

How to Participate:

Register via Eventbrite
Order your Church Road Tasting Pack
Prepare an exclusive food-Ben Shewry food pairing menu sent to you on registration.
Join via Zoom Thursday, June 4, 2020, 6:30 pm AEST for live wine-tasting and conversation with Joanna, Ben and Chris. The link will be provided one day prior.

CHURCH ROAD

Previously Purchased

Church Road Gourmet Traveller Tasting Pack
Club $95.99 RRP $139.99

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Church Road Grand Reserve Merlot Cabernet 2016
Club $34.99 RRP $49.99

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Church Road Grand Reserve Chardonnay 2018
Club $34.99 RRP $49.99

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Church Road McDonald Series Syrah 2017
Club $31.99 RRP $39.99

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TASTING OFFERS

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Church Road McDonald Series Syrah 2017 6 Pack
Club $168.00 RRP $239.94

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Church Road Grand Reserve Chardonnay 2018 6 Pack
Club $180.00 RRP $299.94

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Church Road Grand Reserve Merlot Cab 2016 6 Pack
Club $180.00 RRP $299.94

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Church Road Gourmet Traveller Tasting Mixed Dozen
Club $352.00 RRP $559.88

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MADAME CLICQUOT,

NAMED LA GRAND DAME

BY HER PEERS

MADAME CLICQUOT'S LEGACY

1777 - Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin is born, the daughter of a prominent textile manufacturer and politician.

I798 - Barbe-Nicole marries Francois-Marie Clicquot. Given the timing - in the midst of the revolution - the wedding is held in secret (in a cellar, in fact).

1804 - Under her husband’s management, the house prospers, catering to tastes of the luxurious and indulgent courts across Europe. Madame Clicquot is destined for a very comfortable life.

1805 - Tragedy strikes at the age of 27 when her husband passes and leaves her to raise their child. At a time when it is almost unheard of for a woman to lead a business, she convinces her father-in-law to allow her to put her in charge.

1806 - Madame Clicquot invests a further 80,000 francs into the business. Unfortunately, the first few years are trying; Europe is at war.

1810- Madame Clicquot creates the first vintage Champagne, showing a knack for innovation.

1811 - An excellent vintage coincides with the timing of a comet seen in the skies for much of the year. The Veuve Clicquot ‘comet vintage’ is considered by some as the first great modern Champagne vintage.

1814 - After several years of an embargo on French bottled wine, the Russian tsar opens the doors for trade again. Maison Clicquot charter a ship with 10,000 bottles, followed by another 12,000 bottles. The timing of the arrival results in a windfall for the business.

1815 - After Napoleon’s defeat, the rest of Europe enters a period of merriment, with Champagne at the heart of all celebrations.

1816 - Madame Clicquot invents the first
‘riddling table’, the process of ageing and turning a bottle to guarantee a clear wine. This process is still used today. She also becomes known as ‘La Grande Dame of Champagne’.

1818 - Madame Clicquot invents rosé as we know it today, blending still white wine with red grapes.

1866 - Madame Clicquot dies in July. Sales had reached 750,000 bottles a year and her life is celebrated across the world.

LA GRANDE DAME 2006 & CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA

8 GRAND CRUS
53% Pinot Noir: Aÿ, Bouzy, Ambonnay, Verzy and Verzenay 47% Chardonnay: Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

2006
La Grande Dame is only produced in the finest vintages of the region

NAMED IN HER HONOUR
Madame Clicquot, La Grande Dame of Champagne

La Grand Dame translates to:
An elderly woman of great prestige or ability

‘Veuve’ translates to: widow

WHO IS CHARLOTTE OLYMIA

Charlotte Olympia is an iconic accessory designer who designs glamorous collections with a modern silhouette. Charlotte is best known for her Iconic styles such as the Dolly with its signature ‘island’ platform and her distinctive Kitty flats. The collaboration with Clicquot is a perfect combination of businesswomen and global success.

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LA GRANDE DAME 2006 & CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA

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