Australia’s love affair with champagne continues, popping the second largest number of bottles in history in 2016, according to an announcement made by the Comité Champagne at Prowein in Germany overnight. Australia holds its position as the seventh largest champagne market on earth and fifth largest per head of population, with 7.4 million bottles landing […]
Taste Champagne is the biggest and most exclusive champagne showcase event series in Australia. Join us for a grand tasting where you are invited to stroll at your own pace between houses, growers and cooperatives, experiencing all their cuvées and hearing their stories from their makers and importing agents. It’s our great pleasure to […]
We are delighted to announce our 2017 Champagne Event Program, featuring 24 (and counting!) public tastings, dinners, weekends and tours in 11 cities and 3 countries! We are adding to this daily and are still finalising venues, dates and pricing for many of these events. Champagne Bienvenue Stokehouse Brisbane 30 March Pierre Gimonnet Crowne Plaza […]
2008 is my favourite vintage in Champagne since 1928. It’s my great pleasure to invite you to dinner at Stokehouse Brisbane on Thursday 30 March to show you five reasons why! Highlights of this remarkable season will be matched with four courses designed by Stokehouse Executive Chef, Richard Ousby. Only 50 seats are available. See […]
It’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me on my inaugural Sparkling Saffire Weekend this June in Tasmania at Saffire Freycinet, one of my favorite places in the world. This very special weekend is strictly limited to 20 couples. Over the course of island, marine farm and vineyard tours, lunches, dinners and masterclasses, […]
Tyson Stelzer International Wine & Spirit Communicator of the Year 2015 Together with Nat Fryar In Association With Effervescence Tasmania Present The Champagne & Tasmanian Sparkling Dinner Showcasing the best of Tasmanian sparkling and prestige champagne Bruny Island Fried Oyster Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut 2013 Steamed Assorted Dumplings scallop dumpling crab, […]
The positioning of Australian wine on the global stage is in a state of flux. As my wine event and tour hosting opportunities increasingly take me deeper into the luxury worlds of Europe, Asia and the Americas, it is illuminating to observe just how uber-premium wines are perceived across the globe as the grip of […]
Tyson Stelzer, International Wine & Spirit Communicator of the Year 2015, presents The Brisbane Grand Cru & Premier Cru Dinner Celebrating the great vineyards of France & Germany Showcasing: Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs Vintage Champagne 2008 Citrus cured salmon, fresh raspberry, dill crème fraiche & stout wafer André Clouet Rosé Champagne NV Duck liver […]
The recent announcement of Australia’s 2015 champagne sales took us all by complete surprise. Shock, actually. Our little country down under registered the fastest champagne growth in any year in history, topping every country on the planet, up by almost one-quarter, popping more than 1.5 million bottles over last year. No other country on earth […]
Following my Champagne Lunch in the Barossa last year, the response was a resounding call to back it up with another event, so this year Stuart Oldfield and I have ramped it up to a dinner in the Barossa and a lunch in the Adelaide Hills! Ten courses matched to ten cuvees. Please click on […]