Warehouse Wine Fair Saturday May 30 2009

Australia Trip May 2009

Hi,

After 2 weeks in Australia it is good to be home in our tropical Singapore! When I arrived in Adelaide, it was pouring down rain, the locals were happy, as it was a welcome break after months of draught, and for me? I brought at least 6 liters of sunscreen and my favourite shorts, didn't know it could be so cold and wet in May!

It turned out to be a wonderfull trip visiting the famous wine regions such as Barossa, Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Mildura, Heathcote and Yarra Valley. I received a very warm welcome at the wineries and even had the opportunity to witness the vintage upclose and even help along.

Please have a look at a few pictures below, that will give you hopefully an impression of my trip. If you want to know more about it, drop by at our upcoming Warehouse Winefair @ Extra Space on Saturday afternoon May 30th and I will tell you all about it!

Cheers Arjen

Pumping wine over during Fermentation at Small Gully in Barossa

Wine Maker Stephen Black checks the status of the different wines during fermentation

The Cellardoor of Pikes Winery in Clare Valley is situated in a centuries old building

More than 150 year old Grenache vines at Cirillo Estate at Barossa

Beautiful Adelaide Hills with dramatic colours in the Autumn season

Tasting the 2009 vintage during their maturation, at Shottesbrooke with wine maker Hamish Maguire, it is will be a stunning year!

The Trophy Cabinet at Trentham Estate Mildura, they need a bigger cabinet soon!

Tasting barrel samples with Clare Halloran at Tarrawarra Estate, what a privilege!

Fermoy Estate Wine Dinner Friday March 27, 2009

Update March 2009

It has been crazy times with Wine Directions lately and we were too busy updating our weblog. We will do our best to post more on the blog and keep you updated this way.

What has been happening?

We have updated our website and added our new wineries with their wines, it is our pleasure to welcome Fermoy Estate from Margaret River, Cirillo Estate from Barossa and Torzi Matthews from Eden Valley.

We have also started a new concept called "Wine Boutique at Home" a wine buying party in the comfort of your own house. Have a look at the website and become one of our many clients that had a great night with friends and purchased beautiful wines at great value prices.

I would like to leave you with a few pictures of our last Warehouse Wine fair, the Anniversary event which was held on February 28, 2009.

With best regards,

Arjen Blom

Principal

Update September 2008

It has been a while since we have been in touch via the weblog. It is our pleasure to show a view pictures on previous activities and to announce the following upcoming activities:

Friday September 12, 2008 - AUSTCHAM Wine & Cheese Evening @ ACM

you can expect a taste of our new wines from Trentham, Shottesbrooke and Engine Room

Saturday September 20, 2008 - Wine Fair @ Extra Space

Come down to 301 Boon Keng Road and different Wine Merchants will display their wines and allow you to sample them. Wine Directions will open about 12 to 14 of its wines, include the new members of our family, Shottesbrooke-McLaren Vale, Engine Room Wines (by Shottesbrooke) and The Victorian Vineyard Range by Trentham.

Come down and bring your friends, we will offer even better prices than already normally do, so see you between 2PM and 5.30Pm for a great wine fair!

Please find below some images of previous activities:

A group picture of some of the guests at the wine tasting at Past Perfect

Arjen Blom ready to serve his clientele after tasting the wines himself!

What a job, what a wines!!

Upcoming Wine Event Saturday July 19, 2008

Lovely wines and Beautiful furniture

We look forward to welcome you this Saturday July 19, 2008 at Past Perfect at 480 River Valley Road, between 2PM and 6PM.

Past Perfect Collection is specialized in antique colonial furniture from India. On Saturday 19th July they celebrate their first anniversary and at the same time welcome a new shipment of marvelous pieces in their store. For more information, please check: www.pastperfect.sg

To add a festive character to the afternoon, Wine Directions will present some of it is Australian and New Zealand wines. This is a great opportunity to taste some of our wines and if you like them, order them on the spot.

We would like to remind you that the wines of Wine Direction are not available in retail.

See you on Saturday?

Cheers, Arjen!

Last Months Activities

Small Gully Wine Dinner

at The Singapore Polo Club

The Menu for the Evening!

Stephen Black entertains the guests with his wines and anekdotes of the Winery

As you can see the Small Gully wines are available in the wine cellar of the Singapore Polo Club

Small Gully Wine Talk & Tasting

at the Keyaki Bar at the Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore.

We had the pleasure to welcome Stephen Black from the Small Gully winery from the Barossa Valley to Singapore. The first major event was a get-toghether with Stephen at the Keyaki Bar, allowing the guests to interact with Stephen and to try his wines.

The Pan Pacific Hotel team were excellent hosts and served great canapes and tapas that paired very well with the wines, Thank you!















Stephen Black presenting his Small Gully Wines at the Keyaki Bar at the Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore.
















A cosy get together with Stephen Black!

Warren Golf & Country Club - Wine Evening

The setting for the evening, an inviting way to have the participants of the wine talk to be interactive during the evening.

Some back ground information on the winemaking process

Tasting the wine together with the group!