Celebrating the most prestigious sparkling wine in the world, we welcome you to join us in an exclusive champagne and wine weekend on 24-26 March 2023 at Spicers Peak Lodge. The weekend is an exploration of four of Tyson’s favourite champagne houses, featuring Krug, Taittinger, Deutz and Pierre Gimonnet. The weekend showcases 26 cuvées across […]
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You are invited to the ultimate immersion in the great wines of Europe at Spicers Tower Lodge in the Hunter Valley on 21-23 July 2023. The person due more credit than any other for introducing Australia to the great wines of Europe was Tower Lodge creator, Len Evans. I first visited 15 years ago to […]
readTyson Stelzer’s Introduction to Champagne Lunch is the ultimate way to get under the surface of the bubbles and discover an all new appreciation for the greatest sparkling wines on the planet! Champagne is the most exciting and progressive wine region on earth right now – and the best way to demystify the complexity of […]
readIntroducing the most advanced champagne tasting course Read the full story of my inaugural Advanced Champagne Certificate, including photos and guest reflections. Throughout my champagne journey, I have been privileged to countless ‘epiphany moments’ – tastings with chef de caves of unique components that offer a profound insight into the terroirs and techniques of the […]
readYou are invited to the champagne tasting of the year. 2002 was Champagne’s greatest vintage between 1996 and 2008, and has attained its full greatness at a glorious two decades of age. Showcasing the top 13 wines of the vintage, this lunchis devoted exclusively to the very finest cuvées that epitomise this legendary season and […]
readTogether with Charles Heidsieck Managing Director, Stephen Leroux, it’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me for the rebirth of the legendary Champagne Charlie. On the cool winter evening of Tuesday 7 December 2021, Stephen and Chef de Cave Cyril Brun invited me to meet them to be the first in the world […]
readIt’s my great honour to invite you to join me to discover the sublime Louis Roederer Cristal 2013 and Cristal Rosé 2013. Cristal has defined the soaring trajectory of the rise and rise of Louis Roederer in recent decades and I cannot recall a back-to-back trilogy as enthralling as 2008, 2012 and now 2013. The […]
readIt’s my great privilege to invite you to join me to discover the legendary Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 2012. Sir Winston is the distinguished gentleman of the prestige champagne world. The ever more refined regime of Pol Roger in the vines and the wines has defined a tremendous trajectory for this fabled house over […]
readTogether with Managing Director Clovis Taittinger, it’s our great pleasure to invite you to join us for the launch of Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2012. Taittinger’s depth of reach into the Côte des Blancs grand crus has made Comtes de Champagne one of Champagne’s most consistent blanc de blancs, holding an enviable position among the […]
readYou’re invited to join me to discover my top dozen Tasmanian sparkling estates of the year, meet their makers and share their finest cuvées and their stories over dinner during Effervescence Tasmania at Josef Chromy Wines in Launceston on Friday 5 November 2021. Australia’s cool sparkling island state finds itself poised at the precipice of […]
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