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Why not try www.fruitwinetasmania.org.au for any like minded souls interested in joining a group of other like minded souls involved in making wine at home. The link is the home page of the Tasmanian Fruit wine Makers Association. ***** Results 2009 show... ...out of 191 wines 2 Gold 1% Tayberry Liqueur by Eileen Eaton and Feijoa Jabuti 2006 from ParWill Swill Fruit Wines 39 Silver 20% 88 Bronze 46% Also the stars of the show!!!
2008 ***** Wine show
The judging for the show will now be held on Friday the 30th January and Saturday the 31st January, 2009. Wine from the show will be available for tasting at the
For those people entering wines in the show, it means that you will have some extra time to organise your entries for the show with entries being accepted up to Friday, the 16 January, 2009. It is unlikely that classes for the show will be any different from previous years. As usual, entries will need to be accompanied by the official entry form. Please feel free to drop them here at the shop.***** 2008 Wine show stats..... out of 214 wines 5 gold = 2% 49 silver = 23% 113 bronze = 53% Another excellent year of wines!! Our 'Best Berry Fruit Wine of Show' trophy went to SunnyRidge Winery and our 'Most Successful Amateur' trophy went to Arthur Clarke - a previous winner. Gold medal wines... Sweet Meads Leatherwood Mead 2006 and Native Box Mead 2006 from the MountainView Meadery, Tasmania, winemaker Peter Green Liqueurs Apricot Liqueur 2007 from amateur winemaker Arthur Clarke, Tasmania Blackcurrant Liqueur 2007 from Sorell Fruit Farm, winemaker Bob Hardy BrioL 2007 from Lark Distillery winemaker Lyn Lark ***** 2007 Wine show stats..... out of 149 wines 6 gold = 4% 38 silver = 26% 70 bronze = 47% not bad!!!!!! Our 'Best Berry
Fruit Wine of Show' trophy went to B'darra Winery and our 'Most Successful
Amateur' trophy went to June L Allsoppp (P.S. she's in good company there as
both previous winners have now gone commercial - no pressure
June!!!). Next Show 2007 January 21st Bellerive Board Walk Entries close 5th January ***** RESULTS OF 2006 4 Gold 116 medals from 179 entries The Tasmanian Home brewing trophy winners are:
June L Allsopp for 'Best Berry Fruit Wine of Show' (pictured plate) and Bates Creek Winery for 'The Most Successful Winemaker of Show' (pictured barrel) It is a tough job but someone has to do it!!!!!
See you all next year!!!!!! ***** Next Wine Show Australian Fruit Wine Show 14-21st January 2006!!!! Venue: Bellerive Quay Entries close 23rd December. Entry forms available in the shop. Entries can also be left at the shop. ***** NEW A Fruit Winemakers Association (TAS) has been formed to promote our industry. If you are interested in joining and coming along to the meetings, keep an eye on this space. The aim is to share information and experiences and provide technical support accompanied by the odd tasting. Motto: "The more the merrier". ***** Next Wine Show 22-23rd January 2005!!!! Venue: Bellerive Quay Entries close 10th December. Entry forms available in the shop. *****
Results of 2004 FruitWine Show Gold
2
Gold medal winners Lark
Distillery (Professional) and Peter Green (Amateur) Silver
23
Silver 5
Commercial and 8 Amateur i.e. 13 entrants Commercials: Mt
Uncle Distillery (QLD), Dry Ideas, Taverners Products, Lark Distillery, Kakadu
Winery (NT) Amateurs: Susan
Hood, Tim Jones, Robyn Claire, Alan Churchill, Gerry Fagan, Arthur Clarke,
Stella Rodriguez, Peter Green, Bronze
48
Bronze medal winners 11
Commercial and 11 Amateur i.e. 22 entrants Commercials: Mt
Uncle Distillery, Thornlea Wines, Great Western Tiers Wines, Kakadu Winery,
Thorogoods Apple Wines (SA), Dry Ideas, ParWill Swill (Vic), Petcheys Bay
Vineyard, Lark Distillery, Wilmot Hills Vineyard, Paradise Estate Wines (Qld) Amateurs: Susan
Hood, June L Allsop, Robyn Claire, Alan Churchill, David McGuire, Gerry Fagan,
Willie Simpson, Peter Mitchelmore, Arthur Clarke, Stella Rodriguez, Peter
Green 73
medal
winning wines and liqueurs out of 127 entries.
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It has now been decided by the Rotary Club of Sorell that as of next year the Fruit Wine show and Festival will move closer to town. The January 2004 Festival will be held on THE BOARDWALK at Bellerive. The show itself will be held close by at a yet to be decided venue. The festival will include a larger variety of stalls and musical entertainment and hopefully a wider variety of wines to be tasted! The move has been made as the Richmond site had some disadvantages regarding the future expansion envisaged for the festival. One of our major sponsors is the Clarence City Council (not forgetting Tasmanian Home Brewing Supplies!) The BBQ on the 1 June was successful with about 20-25 people attending in glorious sunshine. A pleasant afternoon ...... enjoying the results of the winemaker’s labour. Next BBQ planned for the spring
Tasmanian Fruit Wine Show 2003 Results The Fruit Wine Show was conducted on the 10 January 2003. As a result of judging four gold, 21 silver and 46 bronze medals were awarded. This is a huge increase in awards from the previous year and represented about 70% of the wines shown. Added to this two of the gold medals were awarded to amateurs for the first time in the history of the event- Anna Page for her Cumquat Brandy and Peter Green for his Leatherwood Mead. Most of the entrants came from Southern Tasmania but there was representation from the north of the state and from the big island. There were 29 entrants including a large number of people who hadn't entered wine shows before. A breakdown of results: Dry Berry Fruit Wine: 17 entries 2silver and 7 bronze Sweet Berry Fruit Wine: 11 entries 5 silver and 5 bronzes Dry Meads: 7 entries 1 silver and 6 bronzes Sweet Meads 2 entries 2 Liqueurs: 19 entries: 2 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronzes There were quite a few unusual wines exhibited. These included Tayberry, Himalayan blackberry, Fejoa, Medlar, Irish strawberry, Lychee, Rose petal, Loquat, Silvanberry, Cumquat, Bainnecor, Calendular and Pepper berry and Chocolate Whey. Results of all medal winners are available at the shop.
DON'T FORGET NEXT YEAR'S SHOW: Saturday, 11 January 2004 Entry Forms can be obtained from Tas Home Brewing or for further information you can e-mail Peter Green at peter_m_green@bigpond.com . Entries close early December 2003
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