Thursday, March 26, 2009

How to connect with us

Well, there's a couple of ways...

Through the FaceBook Group: Bring out your dead reds

http://groups.to/deadreds/

Through the FaceBook Wine Club Page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelaide-Australia/Dead-Reds-Wine-Group/27082388743

Through the LinkedIn Group: Dead Reds Wine Group

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1112617

Or by emailing the Founder, Helen (Charlie) Robinson: charlie@charliedesign.net.au or m: 0418 811 703

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Day Eighty Two (of the Twitter 365 Project), look @ you

*dead reds pops up again*

the bottle i hold isn't mine BUT will make an appearance at an event soon :) xc

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Seriously good news...



Kirrihill Wines will be sponsoring the Dead Reds Wake 4

Your first welcome wine sample will be a yummy drop courtesy of the wine group... and there will be a few things raffled off as well on the night. All in good cause towards the MS Foundation. Our charity of choice this round.

http://www.kirrihillwines.com.au

Monday, March 16, 2009

Dead Reds Wake 4.... rules

Hi all,
I've had a few emails so thought I'd send a general blanket one... as we have a few newbies coming (and that's awesome!!!)

So, the rules are quite simple really:

a) have fun, b) enjoy yourself, c) meet people and d) taste wine and hopefully find a goodie (or dead one!!)... however also at the door you need to pay $10 if you bring an old bottle of wine (older than 10 years) OR pay $20 to contribute to the nite :)

Your bottle is labeled with your name and entered into the judging / tasting "pool". Your bottle has an official bottle opening ceremony at one of the tables - with you having first taste (it's all fairly casual really). The bottle is then shared... and if it's any good - it's all in to taste. If it's dead, generally it's all in to taste too as people LOVE trying the dead ones (strange I know).

Official judges for the nite are Jim Manning and Lee Ryan.

It's a friendly mob... this is our 4th and so we are all kinda still new to it. Each one gets better but the format is still changing slightly each event - we think we are getting the format down pat now though...!

The official part of the nite goes for about one / half hours, maybe two... with some staying on for a more casual "after party".

I look forward to meeting all the newbies - and catching up with the regulars!!! xc

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Introducing: the Nederburg Wine, Edelrood 1986...


Nederburg 1986, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.



Have you ever heard of a wine being (Gesertifiseer) Certified before?

If you haven't, you will get to witness, see, smell and maybe even taste the Nederburg Wine, Edelrood from 1986... with another bonus being that the wine is from the Paarl Valley (coastal region), South Africa.

Dead Reds Wake 4 is due to unearth the next round of dead reds in 2 weeks time, Friday 27th March from 7pm. The venue is the Adelaide Bowling Club - in the Adelaide Parklands. Looking forward to catching up with you all again. You know the group/wake rules (and if you don't - please message me).

Take care til then, and enjoy the fringe!!! We caught the BOTOX show the other nite @ Comedy Cellars. AWESOME xx