Eltham & District Winemakers' Guild

12/04/2026

🐝 INTRODUCTION TO MEADMAKING COURSE 🍺

Want to learn how to make mead? JOIN US!

The Guild is running an Introduction to Meadmaking course - and we start in a few weeks.
Over the weeks you'll make a small batch (about 6 bottles) of Joe's Ancient Orange Mead - using techniques and utensils you can use to make any meads - and apply to winemaking.

We'll be there to help and guide you every step of the way.

Let your friends know - you can do it together ...

17/11/2025

🔴 2025 ELTHAM WINE SHOW 🔴

What a weekend! I think I can safely say that we pulled off a jolly good Eltham Wine Show.

Judging Day went smoothly. The judges were impressed with the quality of the wines - several said how much they love supporting and encouraging amateur winemaking - and that they love coming to our show.

Yesterday's Public Open Day was filled with winemakers catching up, sharing their wines, chatting about winemaking, the positives and negatives of their results and what they might do differently next vintage. But what struck me the most was the cameraderie - a community that shares a love of wine and wine making.

A special congratulations to Diego (Danny) Cappellani on the presentation of his Life Membership in recognition of his dedication to the Guild over many years - sharing his knowledge, teaching winemaking, offering help, sourcing and gathering grapes, working on the Committee, organising functions, entertaining us at International Nights ... the list could go on.

Congratulations to our Trophy winners:
▪️Best Country Winemaker Trophy - David Hart
▪️ Best Grape Winemaker Troohy - Richmoore Wines
▪️Best Previous Shiraz Trophy - Phil Kemm, Anthony Kemm & Robin Hick for their 2013 Shiraz
▪️ Mead Cup - Amrita Park Meadery
▪️Graham Scott Winemaker of the Year (WOTY) - the Harridge Family
▪️Jo Ilian - Fantin O'Callaghan for their 2024 Sauvignon Blanc

A HUGE thank you to the Committee - I cannot convey just how hard they have been working - over the last year - to enable the Wine Show.

Another big thank you goes to Luca Barbon and his team of wine industry professionals who judge our wines. This was Luca's first Wine Show as our Chief Judge, and it was a pleasure to plan and work with him. All our judges donate their time and expertise to support amateur winemaking - thank you!

A very grateful thank you to the Guild Members who volunteered their time and expertise across the weekend. Without them there would not be a Wine Show.

And thank you also to the winemaker entrants and their support crews for entering wines and coming along to the Public Open Day. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

The judging results are up on the website, and we'll put together the full Results Book over this week. I ask that you give us a few days grace - to say that we are a tad worn out and need a few days to recover would be an understatement.

Yours in Winemaking - Angela Harridge - President

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15/11/2025

🔴 ELTHAM WINE SHOW - CLASS RESULTS SHEETS - ARE UP ON THE WEBSITE 🔴

https://tinyurl.com/2025EWSResults

A full results book will be up on the website as soon as possible - this link takes you to the class results.

Hope to see you at the Public Open Day today.

06/11/2025

It’s that time of the year again … we look forward to catching up with fellow makers and lovers of wine.
… note the new venue - parking close by.
… not too far from our old venue

The Eltham and District Winemaker's Guild Wine Show Public Open Day is coming up on Sunday, November 16th!

The Wine Show is the premier artisan wine show in Australia, with over 400 entries again this year. Wines are judged on the Saturday, and the Sunday Public Open Day gives you the opportunity to taste the wines entered - red, white, sparkling and fortified grape wines - meads - ciders - country wines - kombuchas - and liqueurs.

Sunday, 16th November
10.30am - 2.30pm
Templestowe Bowling Club, 1 Swilk St, Templestowe

$20 Entry fee includes a tasting glass
Food is available near the venue

More detailed information can be found on the EDWG website https://amateurwine.org.au/wine-show

22/09/2025

🍷 THE 2025 ELTHAM WINE SHOW ENTRY INFORMATION IS UP ON THE WEBSITE 🍷

The 2025 Eltham Wine Show Entry Form and Information is now available on the Guild website - if you want to get your entries in today.

We will also email out the Entry Form and Information to all members and past entrants.

https://amateurwine.org.au/wine-show

26/04/2025

April Guild Night was a challenging one for our palates and wine characteristics knowledge.

Being ANZAC Day we decided to have a relaxed night of 'Guess Which Wine This Is'. We blind tasted 11 bottles of wine and had to work out 'which was which'. It certainly tested our palates and knowledge of the different varieties (except for the Cherry wine - that was a bit of a give-away! 😉

NONE of us got all of them correct (no surprise there) - and there was some serious discussion around each set of tastings - accompanied by a great deal of eye-rolling and laughter.

Next Month = learn about Kombucha (one of our Wine Show classes) - benefits and how to make it.

14/11/2024

👉👉👉 TODAY is the LAST DAY to PRE PURCHASE tickets
for the Wine Show at a discounted price 👈👈👈

👉 EARLY BIRD ticket form available here
👉 https://amateurwine.org.au/wine-show

14/11/2024

... Our Wine Show is on THIS WEEKEND ...
.. SUNDAY is our PUBLIC OPEN DAY ...

🔻 ... 490 (ish) wines available to taste ... 🔻

09/10/2024

Quick note to say THANK YOU to all our regular and new customers coming in every day for their and the health of our whole community.

Thanks for supporting , through packaging free distribution of solar brewed, unpasteurised, small batch brews AND keeping us all healthy, wealthy and wise!!

What a great time to be Extremely Alive :)

is all the :)

Brew it, buy it or come in and try it!!
Good Brew HQ is at 54 hope St Brunswick.. Naarm.

09/10/2024