ANDREW & HEATHER PATTISON’S 2021 DIARY DATES January 23rd & 24th Eric Bogle in concert WINEANDMUSIC NEWS with Peter Titchener & Emma Luker plus Michael Waugh NEWS FROM BURKE & WILLS WINERY & Jacob McGuffie (Sat), in ’s Heathcote wine region. Dean & Carruthers (Sun) Sunday February 14th JANUARY 2021 The Verandah Folk Club featuring Margret RoadKnight Three trophies confirm The Aristocrat’s nobility! and Kenny White Our much cherished Bordeaux blend has just won three trophies at November’s Saint Martin March 5th - 8th Heathcote Wine Show - The Wrights Transport Trophy for Best Cabernet, The Connally’s Real Estate The Burke & Wills Folk Festival Trophy for Best Other (than Shiraz) Wine, and The Interpack Trophy for Best Heathcote Grown and with Glenn Cardier, Judy Small, Produced Wine. We Mavericks, Dingo’s Breakfast, Jo Jo Smith, Natalie d-Napoleon, The Humbucking Pickups, Bruce Watson. The 4 Peace Band Dave O’Neill, Awkward Giraffe Comedy Breakfasts, & more! Easter Sunday April 4th The Verandah Folk Club featuring Rich Davies launching his new CD ‘Born In Nebraska’ (songs of Bruce Springsteen) and lots more! We present music half a dozen times a year in 3 different formats, all very relaxed and informal, but for a listening audience, not background music! ... 1) Marquee concerts, with allocated seating and a 2 or 3 course meal, 2) Verandah Specials, even more informal, semi outdoors under a verandah and shade with a simpler 2 course barbecue, and 3) The Verandah Folk Club - an occasional folk club This win brings me much gratification after thirty one years of chasing a great Cabernet family format with both booked performers wine. I’ve been making Cab. Merlot since 1989, and when I go into a bottle shop I go straight to the and open stage where anyone can Cabernet section, and when I look at a restaurant wine list I go straight to the Cabernet section. sing 2 or 3 songs .. usually a couple of These wines are far and away my favourites, despite me living in a region famous for Shiraz. times between Christmas and Easter, Best Cabernet is a bit of a misnomer for the 2018 The Aristocrat; it should really be Best Cabernet Also the annual Burke & Wills Folk Family wine. This is the first of my Cabernet family wines (my Cabernet Merlots) that has less Festival in March, in the marquee, and Cabernet than any other variety. It is approx. 31% Merlot, 30% Petit Verdot, 29% Malbec and just the November Verandah Mini-Festival 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. That is because that is what the vineyard gave us in 2018. And that is not under the verandah and shade. too unusual a Bordeaux blend. Bordeaux is famous as the great Cabernet region of France, but in fact there is a lot more Merlot grown there than Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc. BOOKINGS, INFORMATION And why the name ‘The Aristocrat’? The French call the grape varieties that make the greatest for all Burke & Wills events: wines the Noble Grapes. And in Bordeaux Cab. Sauv., Cab. Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and ph: (03) 5425 5400 or email: Carmenere are all called Noble grapes. So a wine that has this much nobility must be an Aristocrat! [email protected] We haven’t released the wine yet, although it is available if you are keen to try it. $45 a bottle, $500 Updates and more info at:. a dozen. It will be officially released and available to the wine trade after the 2015 version is sold out. www.wineandmusic.net That too is a great wine, has won two silver medals, and is great value at $32 a bottle. We didn’t make Burke & Wills Winery The Aristocrat in 2016 and 2017, putting the grapes into our Planters Blend instead. Both the 2016 89 Coombe’s Lane, Mia Mia, 3444 Planters Blend and the 2015 Vat 2 Shiraz rated 94 points in the latest Halliday Wine Companion. - 101 kms NW of Melbourne on the Easter Sunday April 4th -The Verandah Folk Club featuring the music of Burke & Wills Track (Lancefield to Mia RICH DAVIES and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. Mia road - yes, it’s bitumen), Rich Davies is one of the most prominent singer songwriters in Melbourne, 31 kms NW of Lancefield, 7 kms. south of Mia Mia. and he was born into the trade, being the son of a Scottish folk singer who spent many days travelling the road with his dad. He is also a huge Bruce SUBSCRIBE / UNSUBSCRIBE Springsteen fan and spent the 2020 lockdown recording his Sprinsteen tribute We post or email this newsletter once or twice album Born In Nebaska which sees all the great songs from Born In The USA a year to our club members. If you do not want stripped down to a solo acoustic form, like Bruce’s Nebraska album. This to receive it, or if you have found it elsewhere will be the official launch of the album. Rick will be joined by Craig Kelly and would like to be on the mail list, please on bass, and being a folk club day there is an open stage for anybody to play contact us, via phone or email above. a few songs. Just $20 for the show, plus $25 for an optional 2 course. lunch It is also available on our website from 12.30. Music from 1.30. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL due to Covidrules. www.wineandmusic.net March 5th to 8th (5pm Friday - 11pm Monday) The Burke & Wills Folk Festival Probably the smallest and most intimate music festival in Australia, more like a four day concert and garden party, with just one stage, an audience of around 150 people, all keen listeners, lots of food, wines at cellar door prices, and free camping / caravanning, with decent showers and toilets. And musicians, including BRUCE WATSON DAVE O’NEILL GLENN CARDIER DINGO’S BREAKFAST THE 4 PEACE BAND THE HUMBUCKING PICKUPS JO JO SMITH JUDY SMALL NATALIE d-NAPOLEAN PETER ANDERSON WE MAVERICKS and more! The programme and info about the performers will be on our website www.wineandmusic.net by the end of January. For those who haven’t been to this event, as stated above it is more like a four day house concert and garden party than a festival, there is a very dedicated listening crowd of around a hundred and fifty, just one marquee stage, and a programme that has a leisurely pace with lengthy breaks at lunch and dinner time. Perhaps you could call it a Club, as ninety per cent or more of the crowd comes every year, and we like to keep it that way, as a very special audience has evolved and cherishes the intimate listening environment, which, of course, brings out the best in the performers. To maintain this special atmosphere we limit bookings to people who have been before and/or people who have been recommended by people who have been before .... sort of ‘by invitation’. This way we avoid the disruption that could be caused if a busload of football fans turned up looking for a party. We have new and old familiar faces amongst the performers this year, and we are especially delighted to be hosting the first performance by Judy Small since retiring from the stage when she became a judge a decade or so ago. Now she has retired from judging and it took very little to persuade her to pick up the guitar again. A newcomer to us is Fremantle’s Natalie d-Napolean, a singer songwriter who has spent twenty years in the USA, performing with her own trio which included Linda Ronstadt’s musician Kenny Edwards. Natalie has just recorded a new album which will be launched here at Burke & Wills. Also a new/old face is The 4 Peace Band, featuring the Australian musician I have known the longest, Paul O’Gorman. And comedy to start every morning, brought to us by Awkward Giraffe, hosted by Kieran Butler and featuring a different celebrity comedian each day. We have breakfast, lunch and dinner available at very reasonable prices, plus various snacks at all other times of day, and you are also welcome to self cater in the camping area. And yes, we do have beer and cider as well as wines. Booking details for the Burke & Wills Winery events: Coming soon, to a screen near you ... ph 5425 5400, or email [email protected] TROUBADOUR TUNES Well, it’s already here actually, and you can watch on your Late Lunch & Show (1.30 - 2.30) $45, Show Only (3.00) $20. computer, tablet or TV screens. Saturday January 23rd .... a verandah special ... Troubadour Tunes is an initiative of singer songwriter, ERIC BOGLE in concert with Peter Titchener and Emma Luker, comedian and videographer Kieran Butler, of Whimsical Tricycle fame, with a bit of help from me, and it came about when stages plus an opening set from Michael Waugh and Jacob McGuffie. 1 and 2 of Covid Lockdown hit us. At that time we were still Show starts 3.30 pm, with dinner after around 6.30 pm. relatively free to move around but the entertainment industry Dinner & Show $75, Show Only $45. was totally closed and musicians were instantly out of work. So Sunday January 24th we decided to video some concerts and interviews, put them ERIC BOGLE in concert with Peter Titchener and Emma Luker, to air on Youtube and attempt to raise a bit of money for the plus an opening set from Dean & Carruthers. musicians by asking viewers to donate. Show starts 11.30 am, lunch at 12.30, more music from 2.00 - 5.00 The first programme featured Greg Champion and Khristian Mizzi, the second brought country band Jetty Road and an Lunch & Show $75, Show Only $45. interview with Chris Smither in the USA, and the third was with Sunday February 14th ... The Verandah Folk Club Michael Waugh and Jacob McGuffie. But soon after that was featuring MARGRET ROADKNIGHT and KENNY WHITE, recorded Melbourne was in Stage 4 Lockdown, so we couldn’t plus open stage for anyone wanting to perform two or three songs even get together with musicians to record. So we took to Zoom Lunch & Show (12.30) $45, Show Only (1.30) $20. and came up with Troubadour Sports and talked cricket with Friday - Monday March 5th to 8th ... veterans of the 1977 Centenary Test Derek Randall and Gary Cosier. And as they both play guitar we asked them to nominate THE BURKE & WILLS FOLK FESTIVAL a couple of favourite songs and then we asked Gina Jeffreys and Weekend tickets $145, Day tickets $60. Full details above. Rod McCormack, Tommy Leonard, Khristian Mizzi and Peter Easter Sunday April 4th ... The Verandah Folk Club Daffy to send us videos of themselves performing the songs. featuring RICH DAVIES with CRAIG KELLY All of the above mentioned shows are available now lauching Rich’s new album Born in Nebraska, a solo acoustic on Youtube. You can find them either by going to www. troubadourtunes.online or by going to Youtube and searching for reworking of the songs from Springsteen’s classic Troubadour Tunes. Born In The USA album. Also a set of Rich Davies originals, and Future episodes include an interview with England based Open Stage for anybody wanting to sing two or three songs. African American comedian Reginald D Hunter, music and a Lunch & Show (12.30) $45, Show Only (1.30) $20. chat with Mandy Connell, and soon Lloyd Spiegel, Albert Lee. January 23rd & 24th ..... ERIC BOGLE with Peter Titchener and Emma Luker. Angel’s Column These two days of concerts were origi- nally scheduled for last November, but had to be postponed because of Covid 19 and the closure of the South Aus- tralian border. But now we look good to go ahead, unless Covid does a back- flip. It is always a very special event when Eric plays here, and having had very little opportunity to play for nine months I know he is really looking forward to this weekend. It will be outdoors on our Verandah stage but nevertheless numbers are limited due to social distancing requirements. So don’t delay if you want to book, we only have about 30 seats left each day. And not only do we have Eric & Co., Saturday kicks off at 3.30 with Michael Waugh and Jacob McGuffie and Sunday starts at 11.30 with Dean Well Hello! Andrew & Heather said I should & Carruthers. Eric Bogle 1980, National Folk Festival, start by introducing myself….. BUT I know Alice Springs that most of you have been hanging around out here at the winery at some stage in the Sunday February 14th The Verandah Folk Club .... last few years and so couldn’t have failed to with MARGRET ROADKNIGHT and KENNY WHITE to notice ME (the good looking one) in the Once again, one of our Folk Club days with paddock. Some of you have even had the both featured performers and floor spots for privilege of presenting me with a carrot.. (a anybody wanting to sing two or three songs. tradition of Clomp’s, the continuation of which It’s a great value for money day, just $20 for the I am fully encouraging …!) afternoon of music and an optional $25 two I DID notice that there were a few months course lunch. this year where I was stuck with only Andrew Margret is a household name in Australia and & Heather (and the 4 footed boys, ho hum ….) has been performing for sixty years. She crosses for quite a while…. But Heather did make it all the boundaries of folk, blues and jazz, has up to me towards the end, by taking me away travelled the world, and met most of her heroes, with her for a whole four weeks and I got to including Pete Seeger and Nina Simone. Her play with another LOVEEEELY person AND I longtime friend Ken White is a blues and folk even trained her to get on my back and take singer and player who goes back to the early days me out on interesting rides…… and then I of the legendary Traynor’s venue in Melbourne, got her to convince Heather to try the same as too does Margret, so it will be great to see thing! And now life is far more interesting! these two old friends playing both solo and together on a day that will be filled with Meanwhile, back at the winery….. I heard memories of some of the best that Melbourne’s folk scene has had to offer for over that Andrew brought home another 3 big glass half a century. Lunch at 12.30, music from 1.30, bookings essential. things, courtesy of this years Heathcote Wine Show, and now the Cabernet type vines are The Troubadour Foundation getting lots of love and attention…. much like The Troubadour Foundation is a charity that was set up about ten years ago to the shiraz vines did a few years ago…. mmmm encourage and support the folk arts in Australia. ? Wonder what would happen if I win a Its initial funding came from two professional people who loved folk festivals trophy …. or two … (or 3 …. or 4 … ok, maybe and wanted to give something back to the folk scene. Since then the Foundation not just yet, these vines are setting the bar relies totally on donations (fully tax deductible) and money raised from sales of pretty high…) a collection of CDs it has produced, mostly a series called ‘Festival Folk Sing .... “. It is so gooooood that you can all come and This series features a top songwriter for each CD, with a collection of their songs visit again!! (editor said not to mention the performed by a bunch of notables from the folk festival world, mostly Australians carrots again …..) and it sounds like you are all but also including some great overseas performers, such as Mary Black, James itching to get here, the first “After Lockdown”, Keelaghan, Vin Garbutt and Peggy Seeger. concert a couple of weeks ago was great fun Titles released so far are Festival Folk Sing Joni Mitchell, then Eric Bogle, Bob so we are all gearing up towards a great start Dylan (double CD), Judy Small, Dark Side Of The Moon, Gordon Lightfoot, and to 2021, Thanks so much for everything that latterly Country Folk Sing Mickey Newbury. The Foundation has also released live everyone did to help keep us safe… concert recordings of the late Alistair Hulett and Vin Garbutt’s last ever concert in Cheers, Australia, at the 2016 Burke & Wills Folk Festival. Money raised by the foundation Angel. has helped many folk musicians ... with CD production, medical and dental problems, replacing instruments and CDs lost to burglaries and fires, with overseas PS My first column!! How did I do? Do I have travel, and many other things. You can find out more, and/or make a donation, by a litery career …..? going to www.thetroubadourfoundation.com . (Editor’s note: not with that spelling.) . grown grown - - $25/ $275 . luscious . luscious floral, spicey floral, WINE Heathcote AND

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