Australian Wine Tasting outside Chicago, May 2nd

Join Grand Cru Wine Merchants & Epicurean Wines
For our 2nd tasting/seminar on May 2nd from 6-8:30pm at The Metropolis Ballroom in Arlington Heights for an exciting look at some of Australia's finest wines.

Epicurean Wines was founded in 2000, Benjamin Hammerschlag, owner, has become one of the newest stars of importing boutique wines to the United States. He has put together a remarkable portfolio of artisinal/hand-crafted wines from primarily the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale.

Merritt Olsen, from Epicurean Wines, will be on hand to lead us through the wide range of wines for the evening.
Price for the event is $30 per person and will include a selection of both hot and cold appetizers.

Here is a tentative list of the wines we will be pouring:
~2005 Catalina Sounds Sauvignon Blanc
~N.V. Black Chook Sparkling Shiraz
~2005 Charles Chimicky Trumps Shiraz
~2005 De Lisio Grenache
~2005 Kaesler GSM
~2005 Earthworks Cabernet
~2006 Black Chook Shiraz/Viognier
~2005 Kaesler 'The Bogan' Shiraz
~2005 Amon Ra Godolphin Shiraz/Cabernet
~2005 Tatiarra Cambrian Shiraz

To make a reservation please contact Craig at Grand Cru 847-392-9463
Space is limited

Metropolis Ballroom is located at 6 South Vail Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60005 847-870-8787

I have updated the post to reflect what we are going to be pouring.
Thanks,
Craig

Can't attend, but I did have occasion to sample the Black Chook Shiraz/Viognier and the Kaesler GSM last Saturday.

Both were very good, and the Black Chook bordered on excellent (particularly at the price). None of the recent Aussie heavy, sweet, punch you in the face simplicity that has turned me off from my old Shiraz standby's. If those those two are any indication of the quality of this tasting, it should be good.

Dicksond,
Sorry you won't be able to attend. I am looking forward to this tasting as we are going to have a great diversity of wines open to compare and contrast. Epicureans portfolio isn't that super concentrated, over the top style. Their big wines but well balanced.

Keep a lookout for our next seminar that will be sometime in the late summer/early fall.

Thanks,
Craig