Wine Tutorials

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Each year the region’s leading winemakers and viticulturists host two wine tutorials, focusing on key styles and varieties from Marlborough. Tickets are only $30 + booking fee ($2) per person.

Saturday 11 February 2012

Wine Tutorial #1 - 11:30 – 12:30pm

The Evolution of Sauvignon Blanc

Learn more about the variety that put New Zealand wine on the global map including its diversity, complexity and ageability. At this special tasting you will have the opportunity to sample between 6 and 8 older vintage wines as well as the different styles of Sauvignon Blanc that have emerged over the past decade, under the expert tuition of two well known winemakers. If you are a wine buff, or just curious about how winemakers transform fruit into one of the New Zealand’s most complex products, this is the tutorial for you. Tickets limited to 80 seats.

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Wine Tutorial #2 – 1:30 – 2:30pm

The Marlborough Wild Card Red Tasting

Some of our top winemakers have been quietly working away mastering new red varieties within Marlborough and we now have some excellent examples to add to our region’s repertoire, including Syrah, Tempranillo, Merlot/Malbec and Montepulciano. Take this rare opportunity to try the stunning wines under the guidance of the winemakers who created them. The Wild Card Red tasting theme was tested with international wine media and trade people recently and received rave reviews, so we are now introducing it to festival guests who will have the chance to experience the potential of these varieties. Tickets limited to 80 seats.

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Where to purchase tickets for Wine Tutorials?

Online:

Click here to purchase tickets through TicketDirect

Phone:

0800 224 224 to book tickets via phone

Ticket Outlets

The Marlborough Civic Theatre
Address: Located in the Main Foyer of the Marlborough Civic Theatre Trust Building,
Arthur St, Blenheim.

Ph: 03 520 8560

Booking Fees:

Tickets purchased for these events online will incur the following booking fees:

$2 Per ticket fee
$5 Per transaction for pickup tickets
$9 Per transaction for courier deliveries