On Tuesday, March 3rd at 7pm, please join me in welcoming our always entertaining and ever informative friend Jane Ferrari, traveling winemaker of Yalumba, to l’Alliance Française for a tasting of Yalumba’s wines.

The ever popular Ms. Ferrari, who is a native of Barossa, will talk about where the wines come from and how they are made as well as the history and traditions of both Yalumba and the Barossa Valley. Jane Ferrari is a trained winemaker (educated at Australia’s esteemed Roseworthy College) who gets her hands dirty both in the vineyards and the wineries in Barossa but also travels the world telling the Yalumba story. She is down to earth and very entertaining in a way that must be experienced. Jane first visited Houston in October of 2003 and utterly charmed a group of over 60 wine fans. She has been back almost every year since and has “wowed” us all each time. In addition to information about wine, you may hear about Australian and American culture (or lack thereof), Baseball, Elvis, and other tangentially related topics.

We will taste:
Jansz Brut, Tasmania, NV
Yalumba Samuels’s Garden Viognier, Eden Valley
Yalumba Samuels’s Garden Old Bush Vine Grenache), Barossa
Yalumba Samuels’s Garden The Strapper (Grenache-Shiraz-Mourvedre), Barossa
Yalumba Samuels’s Garden The Guardian (Shiraz Viognier), B Barossa
Yalumba Samuels’s Garden Patchwork Shiraz, Barossa
Yalumba The Scribbler (Cabernet-Shiraz), Barossa
Yalumba The Signature, Barossa
Yalumba Museum Antique Tawny NV

Admission to this talk and tasting is a $30.00 (Cash or Check made out to the Houston Area Women’s Center only please), $20.00 of which is a donation to the Houston Area Women’s Center. The class will meet at 7pm on Monday, March 3, 2015. To reserve your spot for this class, please contact Susan Coburn at 713-854-7855 or coburnsusan2@gmail.com. Please note that when you reserve, you are “buying a ticket to an event.” If you are not going to attend the event, you must cancel at least 24 hours in advance or you may be charged.

L’Alliance Française is the French cultural center in Houston. Located at 427 Lovett Blvd., l’Alliance is on the southeast corner of Lovett and Whitney (one block south of Westheimer and two blocks east of Montrose). The Seven o’Clock Wine Society offers events and classes featuring speakers from around the world of wine. Most events are held at l’Alliance Française and all start at 7pm. The net proceeds of these events become a donation to the Houston Area Women’s Center.

The Houston Area Women’s Center
“For over 35 years, the Houston Area Women’s Center has worked relentlessly to help survivors affected by domestic and sexual violence build lives free from the effects of violence. Given our humble beginnings – we started with nine active volunteers answering donated phones – we are proud of how we have grown. Today, we have 115 paid staff, a counseling and administrative building, a residential shelter for 120 women and children, a state-of-the-art hotline call center and over 1,000 active volunteers.” – from HAWC.org