Barley Stacks Wines - Event Details

Saturday 10th April 2010 to Sunday 11th April 2010

10am to 5pm

The first annual ‘Yorke Peninsula Wine and Roses Expo’ is proudly brought to you by Barley Stacks Wines and YorKreation Garden Centre. The Expo will be held on the 10th and 11th of April 2010 at Barley Stacks Wines on the Yorke Peninsula, 13.6km south of Maitland on the Minlaton Road.

The weekend will include information sessions run over both days on – flower arranging, wine appreciation, cooking and talks from Nursery Industry Rep’s.
There will be trade stalls for all your gardening needs and experts on hand to help you get the best out of your garden, plus the opportunity to purchase plants, seedlings, fertilisers, potting mix, pots, giftware, wine and specials only available from the expo. The gardening public will also have the opportunity to choose and order roses for Winter 2010 from the beautiful displays of named roses, where you will be able to see and smell them before you buy.

There will be competition displays with members of the public being able to compete in two competitions – the best ‘Single Rose’ and ‘Floral Arrangement’. Our special guest TV personality, Sophie Thomson from Gardening Australia who will also be speaking on Saturday night at our formal dinner will judge these competitions.

Our formal dinner will also be held at the winery on the Saturday night and will include a 5-course silver service meal, including cheeses and glass of wine on arrival, live music from well known string quartet 'Tamarisque'(see below for more details on the quartet) and a formal fashion parade. Tickets on sale now until 1st April, there are a limited number of seats so hurry. Tickets can be purchased from the winery or YorKreation Garden Centre.

The Expo will open from 10am to 5pm each day with the formal dinner on the Saturday night to start at 6:30pm.

Entry fee will be $5 per person children under 10 are free. Refreshments and food will be available to purchase along with free face painting for the kids. Free wine tasting will be available and you can purchase a glass of wine to enjoy while taking the sights and smells of the beautiful displays and competitions.

Eftpos and toilet facilities will be available along with car parking. For more information or how to enter the competitions contact Barley Stacks Wines on (08) 8834 1258 or YorKreation Garden Centre on (08) 8853 2844.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Dinner Menu:

Hor’s douvres

Barley Stacks Spiced Vermouth & rabbit liver pate on savoury croutons
Caramelised onion tartlet topped with Danish Fetta & deep fried leek
King prawn sushi served with toasted sesame seeds, wasabi & pickled daikon
Potato Rosti topped with smoked salmon, crème fresh & deep fried capers
Three way peppered, fillet steak served with Dijon mustard cream

Entrée’s

Keo rolls with poached coconut Crayfish served with an Asian dipping sauce

or

Smoked duck & mango wonton stack, drizzled with a tangy Quandong sauce

Sorbet

Rose water & mint sorbet with crushed pistachio nuts

Main Courses

Rack of lamb encrusted with herbs & served with a Barley Stacks 2007 Shiraz Jus, creamy baked potato & seasonal salad

or

Chicken Maryland baked in a ‘White Flint’ Olive oil &cashew nut pesto sauce. Served with a creamy baked potato & seasonal salad

Dessert

Vanilla bean Panna cotta served with rose water syrup, white chocolate dipped rose petals & fresh strawberries

or

Rich Chocolate mud cake, made with ‘Barley Sacks’ chocolate Marsala, topped with chocolate dipped rose petals, double cream & fresh strawberries

Tamarisque

Tamarisque consists of Janet Gordon on piano/synth and vocals, husband Hugh on violin, viola, mandolin and vocals, daughter Jane on vocals and wind synthesiser and son Alexander on mandolin, violin, viola, guitar and vocals. Janet was a tertiary music lecturer and Hugh played for 12 years in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra until they saw the light and became itinerant musicians in 1990! After their orchestral and lecturing roles, they played in a band called “Brigalow” which supported international artists like Rita MacNeil, Foster and Allen, Daniel O’Donnell and The Irish Rovers.

”Tamarisque” was originally formed as a husband and wife duo but as their children grew and became competent musicians and singers, they joined the band and the family has achieved much success throughout SA, performing at Barossa Vintage Festivals, Gourmet Weekends, the Wooden Boat Festival, the Kapunda Celtic Festival, the Medieval Festival, on the main stage of Centennial Hall and in the Ridley Convention Centre for the Royal Adelaide Show for the last three years and at Adelaide Festival Centre Sunday Salon Concerts to mention a few.

Tamarisque has performed several times at the National Festival in Canberra, at the Cygnet and Tamar Valley Folk Festivals and at Newstead Alive festival in Victoria. In June of 2006 Alex attended and received much inspiration from David Grisman’s and Mike Marshall’s Mandolin Symposium held at Santa Cruz University, California.

Tamarisque has produced 3 CDs, “Tamarisque”, “Long Days at Lonely Hill” and “Old Carousel”. They are currently still working on their 4th CD.

Their repertoire is very wide-ranging, from Classical, to Celtic, Gypsy, Mediterranean, Bluegrass, Brazilian and popular songs. Their programme particularly features the amazing mandolin playing of Alex and the beautiful, clear voice of Jane.