Join 5 of Australia's best importers who will take you through the joys of the Alpine wines of SAVOIE.
Mosaique Wines / PS Wines Selections / Brix Fines Wines / Halle aux Vins / Ethereal Wines
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Bar Magnolia will play host to this great event - a relatively new venue which is fast building a reputation for its friendly service, gastronomic food offering & deep interesting wine list.
There will be 30+ wines on tasting from some of Savoie’s greatest estates. And aptly given Savoie’s reputation for such produce - charcuterie & cheese on hand with the wines.
Savoie perhaps has been a little under the radar - but it's a region of fiercely mineral whites (with great acidity) & long livIng reds.
Savoie represents all that is great about artisan wine. It's also a hotbed of organic & biodynamic viticulture.
On tasting will be the three classic whites of the region - Jacquère, Roussette (Altesse) & Roussanne. As well as Sparkling, Orange Wine & Rose. Key red grapes of the region Mondeuse & Gamay will be in focus too.
Producers on tasting - GIlles Berlioz from Domaine Partages , Domaine Lambert de Seyssel, Chateau de Merande, Claude Quenard & Fils, Domaine Adrien Berlioz, Domaine Dupasquier & Domaine Jean-Yves Peron.
BAR MAGNOLIA - is a relatively new venue which is fast building a reputation for its friendly service, gastronomic food offering & deep interesting wine list. It's cosy, intimate & completely unpretentious. It's also been the subject of a stellar critical review from The Age Good Food Guide, shortly after opening. With a range of Savoie wines on the list, it was a logical & perfect location for this event.
ETHEREAL WINES - is an importer of artisan wines from Piedmont, Burgundy, Savoie & the Jura. Director Rody Hall travels & tastes in each region regularly - believing that sourcing wines should emanate from cellar & vineyard visits not from trade shows in large halls. The focus is always on quality not quantity & sustainable viticultural practices. Ethereal Wines believes wines should be a combination of an embodiment of the land where they were grown & the soul of the families that produced them.
HALLE AUX VINES - Servicing the Australian market, its portfolio champions only the finest wines and winemakers, both established and niche in operation. Halle aux Vins predominantly sources wines from France, whilst also representing some Australian and Italian wines. Each producer that Halle aux Vins engages with adheres to its single-minded focus on quality – a value upheld right across the business.
BRIX FINE WINES - Curated and imported exclusively by Paul Hervy, Brix Fine Wines are sourced from producers that utilise low intervention techniques and organic, biodynamic, or sustainable farming. Hervy’s years of industry experience and close personal relationships with French, Spanish and Australian winemakers allow him to find truly exceptional and distinctive wines that reflect his mantra: less is more.
PS WINE SELECTIONS - Pierre Stock, Director of PS Wine Selections brings over 25 years of experience within the food and wine industry. Pierre's career started with a role at one of the most lauded establishments in France, where he worked at Chez Paul Bocuse for 1 years. He then spent 8 years working in some of the top restaurants in London - Le Caprice, Atlantic and Racine. Pierre moved to Australia in 2008 and has worked in Front of House roles at some of Melbourne's favourite restaurants including Pearl, Vue Du Monde and the French stalwart France-Soir. Pierre worked as France-Soir's sommelier and wine buyer for 10 years, and together with Jean-Paul Prunetti established a French-wine importing business France-Soir Wine Selections. In April 2022, Pierre took sole directorship of the importing operation, which he’s since rechristened Pierre Stock Wine Selections.
MOSAIQUE WINES - Thomas travel extensively throughout the country each year to bring you a collection of wines that reflect the heart and soul of this land - a mosaic of small and beautiful parts that make a bigger picture. Each wine has been hand-selected for the unique qualities it expresses, lovingly made by local producers who dedicated their lives to their craft. Our wines are made to be opened, shared and enjoyed in good company.