Chapter 1: What insights does George Samios share about the world of wine?
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I'll set you up for the weekend with the most authoritative voice in wine in this country. His name's George Samios and there's nothing he doesn't know about wine and the wine industry. It is Collingwood Membership Day, Matty, but yes, we're going to talk about this. Dyson's got a connection, hasn't he? He's cracked the brace in bits. It's bloody Collingwood membership day.
Now all you're talking about is Essendon.
Well, sorry about that. I thought that we probably dragged on a little bit too much about the Bombers too. But we do know him as a former Essendon captain, Essendon great.
Chapter 2: What are George Samios's top tips for enjoying wine this weekend?
And also to those people out there that have sent text messages in that Collingwood, Hawthorne are coming off a five-day break too. No doubt.
Absolutely. We probably should mention that too. Yeah, no, we do. We talk about it, I guess. because Collingwood are resting the number one talking point of the week in Scott Penelope, so that gets brought up more. But you are exactly right, Lee. The Hawks are coming off a five-dayer as well, but they're not resting their guns.
They're bringing two back in James Cicely and Dylan Moore, so they're better for it. Georgie, welcome. Good morning.
Good morning to you, George. Now, you spent an interesting afternoon at the MCG last Saturday for Anzac Day. Just describe the mood of all the people there in the room with you. Are there some people pre-game?
Probably like the 50,000 or 60,000 Essendon supporters in the crowd. The pre-game atmosphere was as good as I've ever seen at an Anzac Day.
OK, you come downstairs for a pie at halftime. How was the mood then?
It was OK, but there was some worrying signs. And then by the end of the game, the four people that were left in the room from the 690 that started were chairman of selectors, as always.
You weren't wandering around just taking four bottles off tables at that stage, were you? No, it had all been drunk by then.
Like the presidential dinner. Yeah.
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Chapter 3: How does George Samios describe the atmosphere during the Anzac Day game?
I have, yeah. That is unbelievable. You go, if you're fortunate enough to go into the very top stuff. No, they do a marvellous job, so well done.
Grampians, a great escape this weekend. What can you tell us about it? Do you know much about it?
I've never been to it, but I've heard it's one of those good festivals. And it's good to see that some of those wine festivals are still going along. A lot of them have dropped off over the years. COVID killed a few of them. But the Grampians won, the Heathcote won, the Rutherglen won. They're always good excuses to go and visit these regions.
Yes, that's right. We're doing wine for 10 minutes for that person who's just cracked the brace in bits. Listen, your life will go on if you can just hold on for 10 minutes. And you might learn something too. You might. George is very knowledgeable. Get your questions out. Send them in 0433 98 11 16. And Georgie Samios will answer them after the break.
Just getting you set up for the weekend.
Matty from Cairns. Yeah, we might try and branch out into some boutique brewers at some stage, but we're talking wine today. We did the Butcher Club yesterday. Get yourself a nice New York ribeye from the Butcher Club. Get the app. Get yourself 20% off and away you go. We've got Floridia cheese. Beautiful cheese. And now we're talking wine.
Yep. And if you need to relax after all that, you can put your head down on a very nice tempered pillow too.
You pinched mine, so away you go.
Now, George, you would have seen the White House dinner and the assassination attempt that was foiled. There was a lady there that had some vision of her who pinched a bottle of wine, unopened wine, from one of the tables before everybody dispersed. Now, the etiquette around this, I'm just interested. You go to a lot of functions.
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Chapter 4: What wine recommendations does George have for specific occasions?
So I'm saying Giant Steps, Coldstream Hills, St. Hubert's. And then Mornington I do like 10 minutes by tractor.
Okay, I drive past this one all the time. I've never been there. I've never tasted it. But the Abelli, A-B-E-L-L-I in Red Hill. Yeah, I know you.
You drive past it. My main man there. It's a beautiful place to go and drop in there for a bit of Greek. Grab me a bottle of Pinot next time you're going past.
Well, Gary, grab us both a bottle of Pinot next time you're going past.
I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll go and have lunch there because he puts on one of the great spreads. What about this? This is right now wheelhouse from Ethan. He got a $50 voucher for Dan Murphy's. How would he spend it? He's just starting out. He likes a red. He's just getting into it. He's got $50 burning a hole in his pocket. He's going into Dan's. How would you suggest he spend it?
Best value? Probably best bet is to buy two bottles of wine. I say it all the time, between $20 and $30 in Australia, the wines are incredible value. So I think stick to a McLaren Vale or a Barossa Grenache based red and maybe for a white, look for a $20 to $25. In fact, the wine of the week this week mightn't be a bad one at $20, which is a classic dry white, which
Spit it out then while you're on a roll. Vas Felix Classic Dry White. So in the West, in Margaret River in Western Australia in the 80s and 90s, they came up with this wine blend, which they called Classic Dry White, which is fundamentally a semi on Sauvignon Blanc blend. And it took the world by storm. And it's still a super good style of wine to drink. Can you spell that for me?
Vas, V-A-S-S-E, Felix, F-E-L-I-X, Classic Dry White. Sheets? 20.
He's only got a 50-year.
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Chapter 5: What etiquette should you follow when taking wine from events?
There's a winery for sale. The three of us and our broad listening audience, given the numbers we're seeing here, if we all contribute, could we buy... The Toka Estate Winery in Coldstream, 15 hectares.
That is probably one you would look at buying. There's probably 30 or 40 wineries in Australia at the moment for sale that I would say would be great. So we probably need 10, 15 million listeners to give us $5 each and we'd probably get- No, not this one. Not this one? No, we can pick it up for $8. Eight. Eight. All right. 16 hectares. Wow. They've got some amazing wines.
Belly in Red Hill has closed too. I don't know whether they're closed. No, it's not. Yeah, no, they aren't. They're closed. I drove past it the other day. They're closed. I just remembered where it is.
They close during the winter because he likes to head overseas. He does. He does. He does.
I believe Brian Cook is going to restock the wine fridge at Melbourne. What would you suggest for an AFL CEO that's just stepped back into the role for a period of time? He's only going to be there for three months, so he doesn't probably want to buy too much.
Cook, he loves his penfolds, so I would assume there'll be a bit of penfolds rolling through the wine fridge there. And he's probably better off buying a little bit of back vintage. Then you can drink it. He does like a glass of red.
Georgie from Rutherglen, he's heading down to Torquay this weekend. He doesn't want a Rutherglen wine. He wants a nice heavy bottle of red to enjoy with the boys.
Well, Barossa's always the go-to when you want power. So buy something from the Barossa, whether it's a Yolumba or Wolf Blass or one of those wineries that have been making it for a while. They still do have the power.
Hold fire. We'll back over your wine of the week on the other side of this.
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