Correspondence Coonawarra Vignerons Members
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Correspondence Coonawarra Vignerons Members 12th EDITION 2017- 9 May – 15 May WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK Wednesday 10 May Marketing Committee Meeting, 8:45am- 10:30, Coonawarra Vignerons Office Wednesday 10 May Building Wealth Seminar, 7pm, Katnook- The Stables. RSVP 8762 1544 (PDF ATTACHED) Central Limestone Coast Liquor License Accord Meeting , 10:30am- 4:30pm, Crowne Inn Wednesday 10 May Kingston. RSVP [email protected] Bizeez Cellar Door Workshop Wednesday 10 May 9:30am- 4:30pm, National Wine Centre, Adelaide More Info- Register here Friday 12 May Cellar Door Events Committee Meeting, 8:30am-9:30am. Coonawarra Vignerons Office Friday 12 May Wine Industry Get Together and Exhibition Opening, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Rymill Coonawarra DIARY DATES Wednesday 17 May Beach Energy – Public Information Day, 10am-6:30pm, John Riddoch Centre, JSN Gallery Thursday 18 May Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival OPENING NIGHT, 5-7pm Penola High School 18-21 May Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival, for Full program & Tickets www.artsfestival.com.au Regional Summit 2017- Changing Nature of Work, 9.30 am to 6pm, The Valley’s Lifestyle Monday 22 May Centre – Clare. Regional Summit Link Tuesday 23 May Fired Up for Finanace Workshop- for Wine & Food Businesses. 9:00am-4pm, Arkaba Hotel, Adelaide. Hosted by SAWIA. Register (08) 8222 9277, or Email: [email protected] APPLICATIONS CLOSE 5pm- Cellar Door Grants Program PIRSA Wine scheme grant Wednesday 24 May applications 22- 29 May International Cool Climate Wine Show. Mornington Peninsula and Melbourne Programme www.internationalcoolclimatewineshow.org.au SAWIA General/ Industry Meeting in Coonawarra. 4pm-6pm Coonawarra Hall. Thursday 1 June All members welcome. Please advise of your attendance- [email protected] Monday 12 June QUEENS BIRTDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Limestone Coast Wine Industry Workshop tutored Tasting for AGED CABERNETS Wednesday 14 June 1pm- 4:30pm, T. Venue: Wynn’s Coonawarra 2KW Rooftop Showcase, 4pm - 6pm, Adelaide. Ticketing Details TBC. Sunday 18 June Participating wineries will receive info direct. 1-31 July Coonawarra Cellar Dwellers. Brochures and Posters now available from CV Office Saturday 8 July Shirazz Jazz, 6:30pm for 7pm Start, Rymill Hall, Penola. Book Tickets here Industry Get Together- 5pm-7pm, Wynns Coonawarra. 60th Vintage Release – Black Wednesday 13 July Label Cabernets Finlaysons Wine Road Show. 3pm – 6pm Seminar, 6pm-7pm networking drinks. Venue: TBC Monday 24 July For further information contact: [email protected] 2017 SA Winegrape Growers Summit. Barossa Convention Centre, Tanunda. Friday 28 July Refer to Summit website for registration details, programme and prices Coonawarra National Wine Tasting Roadshow Wednesday 9 August, 5-8pm – Melbourne, The Atrium – Federation Square Thursday 10 August, 5-8pm – Hobart, The Derwent Room, Wrest Point Casino 9-20 August, 2017 Friday 11 August, 5-8pm – Sydney, Ivy Sunroom, Ivy Sunday 13 Aug, 2-5pm – Brisbane, Moda Portside Friday 18 August, 5-8pm – Adelaide, The Sanctury, Adelaide Zoo Sunday 20 August, 2-5pm – Perth, East Fremantle Yacht Club Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations. Commencing Sat, 29th September/ Labour Day October 2017 Weekend Friday 24 November Coonawarra Cellar Door in the City, Leigh Street Adelaide WINE INDUSTRY GET TOGETHERS Rymill Coonawarra, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Combined Industry Get together with Exhibition Friday 12 MAY 2017 opening for local artist Harriet Mort. Come along for Friday drinks and nibbles and enjoy the amazing artwork by Harriet *PDF POSTER ATTACHED* GENERAL NEWS NEW LOOK WEBSITE LAUNCHED!! After much anticipation our new look Coonawarra Webpage is now finally up and running! If you haven’t already had the opportunity click on the home screen below, or follow this link (www.coonwarra.org) to view the site. The member area exists, but is still a work in progress, with your unique logins and user instructions to be advised soon- to access tools such as the weather station, meeting minutes, presentations, member gallery etc.. Each Marketing and Event member winery will also have permissions to update your winery profiles and add events to the main calendar for all to view. (A “how to” instruction sheet/ demo, will be provided once member login have been issued). Until such time, please contact [email protected] if you see any amendments or updates required to your information or in general. -------------------------------- COONAWARRA VIGNERONS EVENT UPDATES Coonawarra Cellar Dwellers 1 – 31 July 2017 Expressions of Interest sought for Shirazz Jazz- pop up wine bar- ONE SPOT STILL REMAINING!! Temperatures are set to rise again this year with Shirazz, one of Melbourne’s premier Jazz bands, back to perform during Cellar Dwellars. Unlike last year’s opening weekend appointment, the band will be performing on the 2nd weekend of July, on Saturday 8th July again at Rymill Hall. As per last year, Coonawarra wines will be on offer and we are now seeking expressions of interest from wineries to service this event. 1 spot still remaining. Allocations will be on a first come, first served basis (excludes wineries involved in last year’s event) and committed wineries will be required to assist with the set up and pack down of the venue. Please register your interest ASAP to either [email protected] or Michelle [email protected]. Cellar Door Committee- Vacancy A vacancy within the Cellar Door events committee has become available. If you or someone within your organisation is keen to be involved with the planning of CV events, including Cellar Dwellers; Cabernet Celebrations, and Pop Up Bars please contact [email protected] or Michelle at [email protected] -------------------------------- PUBLIC INFORMATION DAYS Beach Energy will be holding a series of public information days NEXT WEEK open to ALL INTERESTED at the following locations: Robe Naracoorte Penola Mount Gambier Monday 15th May Tuesday 16th May Wednesday 17th May Thursday 18th May Council Chambers Town Hall Foyer John Riddoch Centre Sorrentos Cafe Royal Circus 95 Smith Street 27 Arthur Street 6 Bay Road 6 Beach Energy Staff members, listed below, will be available from 10.00 am to 6.30pm to answer questions on the Haselgrove-3 conventional gas well which will be located near Penola. (Site yet to be revealed). Janet Skinner, Team Leader Otway Basin Exploration Nick Dunstan, Field Liaison Mike Dodd, Chief Operating Officer, Acting Government Relations and Communications Manager Tim Flowers, Senior Environmental Advisor Mick Giuliano, Drilling Operations Manager Glenn Toogood, Hydrogeologist + Regional Manager South East. based in Penola For more information, please contact: Glenn Toogood, Mob# 0437 027 672/ E: [email protected] To enhance the local standpoint on the controversial issue, the Limestone Coast Protection Alliance is asking attendees to do the following: Wear a yellow T-shirt if you have one Bring a placard or a lock the gate yellow triangle Bring some yellow knitting Bring a chair, and some warm clothing just in case. Come when you can and stay as long as you can -------------------------------- Australian wine sector wants science not spin to drive health policy The Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) is again frustrated that calls supporting graphic health advertising about alcohol consumption are based on selective quoting of publicly unavailable ‘research’. Also of concern is the extended link to draconian plain packaging and graphic labelling on wine bottles. View full article attached PDF- WFA_Media Release_Health Policy -------------------------------- Feedback sought to improve Road transport for Primary Production Have your say on how to improve key road transport issues constraining productivity and route access for primary production, by participating in a survey as part of the second stage of the Improving Road Transport for Primary Production Project. The Project is a collaboration between Primary Industries and Regions SA, the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure and Primary Producers SA. The survey closes 15 May 2017. Participate in the survey. For more information visit www.pir.sa.gov.au/agtransport -------------------------------- Victoria’s Maroondah Phylloxera Infested Zone (PIZ) boundary extended Vine health Australia has announced the extension of the boundary of Maroondah Phylloxera Infested Zone (PIZ) to the north, following new detections of phylloxera. CEO of Vinehealth Australia, Inca Pearce, says another extension to this PIZ boundary is concerning, and highlights the importance of implementing farm-gate hygiene practices. The extension was gazetted on 30 March 2017 and was announced by Agriculture Victoria yesterday. The extension captures four additional vineyards in the Yarra Valley region. Updated phylloxera zone maps can be found here. Further details can be found in the attached media release Maroondah PIZ extension media release 3 May 17 FINAL -------------------------------- Refer to latest regional Wine Export report CORP_Export Report_YEMarch2017_Coonawarra and summary infographic Coonawarra WEAR - March 17 attached. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Cellar Door Grants Program – APPLICATIONS OPEN Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) have announce the 2017–18 round of the $1.8 million-a-year South Australian Wine Industry Development Scheme is now open. The scheme aims to help drive wine sales, increase visitor numbers and create jobs by supporting wineries to upgrade and diversify their cellar door offerings. The