Special Events
WINE EVENTS AND WINE COURSES AT BALLYMALOE
Ballymaloe House - The Georgina Campbell Wine Award of the Year 2010
Lonely Planet Top 10 Weekend Breaks - Ballymaloe Wine Weekends
Food and Wine Magazine 'Wine Experience of the Year' Nomination 2010
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2009
The Daily Telegraph Top 10 Wine-Tasting Courses UK & Ireland 2008
Winemaker dinner with Dave Palmer, Skillogalee, Clare Valley, South Australia
Friday 16th September 2011.
Skillogalee is a small family-owned winery set amongst wooded hills in one of the most picturesque parts of the Clare Valley, in South Australia.
Skillogalee is a wine property found within the Clare Valley wine region. The property and business were purchased by Dave and Diana Palmer in 1989, however grapes were first grown on the property, in the early 1970's, on vineyards that are generally quite steep with eastern facing slopes. All the fruit for the wines from Skillogalee is produced from their own vineyards.
“Quite possibly our favourite South Australia winery (OK, so it is our favourite), Skillogalee is a small family outfit known for its spicy Shiraz, fabulous food and top-notch Riesling” Lonely Planet
Wine dinner, with Jane Ferrari, Yalumba Wine Ambassador, Barossa Valley, South Australia
29th September, 2011
Yalumba was founded in 1849 by Samuel Smith, British migrant and English brewer, who had brought his family to Angaston seeking a new life. After purchasing a 30-acre parcel of land just beyond the southern-eastern boundary of Angaston, Smith and his son began planting the first vines by moonlight. Samuel named his patch “Yalumba” – aboriginal for “all the land around”.
Six generations and 160 years later Yalumba, Australia’s oldest family owned winery, has grown in size and stature, embodying all that has made the Australian wine success story the envy of winemakers the world over. In association with, and thanks to Cassidy Wines for arranging the visit of Jane Ferrari to Ballymaloe.
29th September, 2011
Tuscan Wine & Olive Oil Dinner, 9th November 2011
Wines and Olive Oil of Tuscany, with the Winemakers
Wednesday, 9th November 2011.
An very special evening of Tuscan Wines and Olive Oils with the winemakers here themselves for a unique evening at Ballymaloe, with some of the most famous wine estates represented here on this evening, including:
- Bea Contini Bonacossi, Capezzana, Carmignano
- Federico Giuntini, Selvapiana, Chianti Rufino
- Giovanni Maneti, Fontodi, Panzano
In association with Liberty Wines. Our thanks and appreciation to all at Liberty Wines, for what will be a fantastic evening, with some very special wine people representing some of the very best wine estates in Tuscany.
Please e-mail colm@ballymaloe.ie if you would like to be added to the wine events at Ballymaloe mailing list. Some of the other previous wine events/winemaker dinners and winemaker lunches, we have held in recent years, include:
Our 'Introduction to Wine Appreciation' Wine Weekend course, with Mary Dowey, held in the Spring each year, and runing here at Ballymaloe for the past 11 years.
Paddy Borthwick, Borthwick Wines, Wairarapa, New Zealand, 21st June, 2010
Jean Trimbach, Trimbach Wines, Alsace, France, 2nd July, 2010
Eric Talavet, Château Valandraud, Saint-Ėmilion, Bordeaux, France for a wine dinner, 27th September, 2010
Silvia Allegrini, Allegrini, Veneto, Italy, for a wine lunch, 28th September, 2010
Wine for the Festive Season course at Ballymaloe, with John McDonnell and Colm McCan, Saturday 4th December 2010
Winemaker dinner, with Tom Portet, Penfolds Wines, Australia, 24th February 2011
Dinner with wines from the house of Hugel, Alsace presented by David Ling of Hugel Wines, Alsace, France. 10th March 2011.
Sherry Dinner with Cesar Saldana, Consejo Regulador, Sherry, 26th May 2011 in association with The Irish Times Readers Evening, and John Wilson, wine writer, The Irish Times, and Wines of Spain.
Winemaker dinner and tasting at Ballymaloe House with Anne-Claude Leflaive, Domaine Leflaive, Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy. Saturday 11th June 2011.
Tuscan Wine & Olive Oil Dinner, 9th November 2011
Wines and Olive Oil of Tuscany, with the Winemakers
Wednesday, 9th November 2011.
- Bea Contini Bonacossi, Capezzana, Carmignano
- Federico Giuntini, Selvapiana, Chianti Rufino
- Giovanni Maneti, Fontodi, Panzano
In association with Liberty Wines. Our thanks and appreciation to all at Liberty Wines, for what will be a fantastic evening, with some very special wine people representing some of the very best wine estates in Tuscany.
