Australian Wine tasting dinner with Matthew Jukes

This year as an extra celebration of Matthew Jukes’ 100 Best Australian release we are hosting a wine with leading Australian wine writer Matthew Jukes, and Phil Innes the owner of Loki. This dinner will take place in the beautiful Church Suite in the Grand Hotel, where we will enjoy a 5-course meal with 10 pairing wines!

The wines (from Matthew’s private cellar) are some of the highlight wines from the 100 Best over the years, showing back vintages of some of the best of what Australia has to offer. Most of these wines would be £100+ on a restaurant list with the majority of the vintages on show no longer available to purchase on the open market. In this tasting you will get 10 full standard glasses of fine Australian wine to pair with your dishes, to give you a chance to explore the broad range of wines Australia has to offer.

During the tasting Matthew will regale stories from his extensive travels to Australia, whilst talking you through an eye watering range of wines. Matthew has very kindly donated most of these wines making this tasting a complete bargain, a lot of these wines are the last from his cellar, and we won’t be doing a tasting like this again in the future.

When: Saturday 13th April 2024
Where: The Grand Hotel Birmingham – Church suite
Price: £155 per person
What you get: 5-course menu paired with 9 x 125ml glasses of wine and 1 x 75ml dessert wine (see wines below), and a tasting hosted by Matthew Jukes.

Sample Menu

Starter

Basil-infused Burrata

2016 Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Semillon Hunter Valley NSW – 125ml

Fish

Smoked Salmon Tartare, Beetroot, Horseradish

2021 Leeuwin Estate Prelude Chardonnay Margaret River WA – 125ml

2018 Yalumba Virgilius Eden Valley SA – 125ml 

Meat

Hereford Beef Fillet, Mushroom Ravioli, Roscoff Onion

2013 Henschke Cyril Cabernet Sauvignon Eden Valley SA – 125ml

2016 Wakefield St Andrews Shiraz Clare Valley SA – 125ml

2016 Torbreck Descendant Barossa Valley SA – 125ml

2016 First Drop The Cream Shiraz Barossa Valley SA – 125ml

Cheese

English and French Cheese Board, Quince

2016 Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz SA – 125ml

2016 Yalumba Signature Cabernet Shiraz Barossa SA – 125ml

Dessert

Chocolate Delice, Hazelnut praline, Cremeux

NV Pfeiffer Topaque Rutherglen Vic – 75ml

Please provide any dietary requirements prior to the dinner.