Corporate Services

There are a number of ways that Armadale Cellars works with the Corporate Market including:

• Lectures and Speaking Engagements

• Corporate Courses

  • Corporate Palate Trainer
  • Wines for Business Dinners
  • Corporate 2-day Basic Wine Training
  • Corporate Riedel Master Class
  • Corporate Shiraz Challenge
    
    
• Business Lunch Series
  
  
• Preferred Supplier Corporate Packages

We welcome any questions you might have for how we might best assist you.

Download a copy of our Corporate Education Brochure or email us to request a free copy of our Corporate DVD.

Touring Lectures and Guests Speaking Engagements: Phil Hude

Have Phil come and speak with you and your staff at your next meeting, conference, event or dinner party.

Fun, entertaining and extremely knowledgeable, Phil imparts knowledge that only a lifetime in the industry can provide. Whether it's Old World, New World, Cellaring, Wine Faults, or Wine Basics you want to hear about, Phil will delight.

Phil's Background and Experience:

• Roseworthy Graduate
• Professional Member of the Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology
• 25+ years in the wine industry
• Wine show judge
• Yearly trips to European wineries
• Daily palate training and wine assessment

Phil has been a guest lecturer and wine judge for a number of companies including Mercedes Benz, GE Money, Merill Lynch, Winestate, Andico, Clive Peters, Hawthorn Football Club, and Richmond Hill Larder to name but a few...

Rates: $200 per hour + travel time.

To learn more or book Phil for your next speaking engagement/event call us (03-9509-3055) or email us.

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Corporate Wine Education

Up-skill your sales team, reward your staff, or provide a fun team-building exercise.

Corporate Palate Trainer

The Corporate Palate trainer is designed to give each participant a greater understanding of their own palate, including personal taste thresholds and the ability to identify specific faults which occur in approximately one out of twelve bottles of wine.

Armadale hosts private corporate palate trainers between 10am - 3pm (course runs for 2.5 hours).

Corporate Palate Trainers require a 12 person minimum.

PRICE: $49 pp

To learn more or book your company for a Corporate Palate Trainer email us.

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Assessing Wine for Business Dinners

Out at a client dinner and need to choose a wine but don't know which one to pick?

This 3 hour course will give you tips and directions for picking off the wine list. The course includes:

• Which regions are the safest areas to choose from?
• Which wines go best with which foods?
• Which years were the good ones?
• Old World vs. New World?
• Assessment of the flavours/styles

Armadale Cellars can organize this private course (for up to 22 people) any Monday through Fridays. The course runs from 11am - 2pm and includes lunch.

Assessing Wine for Business Dinners requires a 12 person minimum.

PRICE: From $79 pp*
*Price is dependent on the bracket of wine being considered - $79 for premium wines; $109 for super premium; $149 for wines of distinction.

To learn more or book your company for Assessing Wine for Business Dinners email us.

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Corporate 2-Day Basic Wine Training

• Learn how to taste wine
• Learn different varietal characteristics
• Learn about different wine regions

This course covers the same information as our Basic wine training course, but is tailored for the corporate environment. The course sessions run for 2 consecutive days from 10am-3pm with an hour break for lunch.

Day 1:
Sensory Evaluation
Palate Construction and Wine Faults
Sparkling Wines and Champagne
Lunch (included in course price)
Vineyard to Winery/White Wines

Day 2:
Vineyard to Winery/Red Wines
Lunch (included in course price)
Dessert Styles
Fortified Wines
Regions and Varieties
Aged Wines
Synergy of Wine and Food
Purchasing and Cellaring

Each day will showcase a varied selection of interesting wines to complement the seminars, the course aims to give each participant a clear understanding of the concepts of flavour and the ability to discern the characters which constitute complexity and style.

Armadale Cellars conducts this private course (for up to 22 people) Monday through Friday including lunch. We recommend that alternative transportation is arranged for your staff.

A minimum 12 participants is required to run a Corporate 2-Day Basic Wine Training Course.

PRICE: $249 pp

To learn more or book your company for Corporate 2-Day Basic Wine Training email us.

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Corporate Riedel Master Class

Ever wondered if the glass really matters?  Armadale Cellars can officially confirm, yes it does.
Riedel has been producing crystal since 1756 and are regarded as the best wine-specific stemware in the world. Come and learn why Riedel is the benchmark for wine glasses.
 
Join us in the cellar (or off site at your business) for a Riedel Master class. 
Learn how the glasses are made, why you should use the right glass for the right varietal, and the impact it will have on your tasting. 
The Master Class coveres 4 different varietals, including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon from the corresponding Riedel Vinum range.
(The stemware RRP $165.00 is yours to keep upon completion of the course.)
 
Price dependant on travel time, numbers, etc.
Contact us for a quote for an off-site Corporate Shiraz Challenge

Maximum of 16 at Aramdale Cellars

 

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Corporate Shiraz Challenge Ever wondered! Does Grange really stack up against the contenders? Is it really worth $550 per bottle? Join us in the cellar (or off site at your business) for a line-up of the twelve best Australian Shiraz we have to offer and taste them blind in this unmatched taste-off! Wild Duck, Henschke, Torbreck, Giaconda, Jasper Hill, together with a couple of stellar contenders and a few (95 +) Wine Spectator raters, so expect an unmatched Shiraz feast. And, of course, the controversial icon! GRANGE. Price dependant on location, travel time, numbers, etc. Contact us for a quote for a Corporate Shiraz Challenge

 

 

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Business Lunch Series

New in 2008, Armadale Cellars will be hosting quarterly business lunchs at Three Hat Melbourne Institution, Jacques Reymond. Dates for the 2008 Business Lunch Series include:

• Thursday, April 10th

• Friday, June 20th

• Friday, August 15th

• Friday, October 17th

April 10th:

Armadale Cellars invites you to join us for the inaugural launch of our Business Lunch Series Thursday, April 10th.
Noon seating, till approx. 2.00 p.m.

The Business Lunch Series will be held on a quarterly basis and
hosted at one of Australia's finest restaurants:
THREE CHEFS HATS (Age Good Food Guide) –
 JACQUES REYMOND

June 20th: “Wines worth investing”
Enjoy seven stellar wines; including rising stars (Cirko V and Earth’s End , known icons (Giaconda) plus a very special wine that Phil believes could be the ‘next Grange’).

Special business topic: “Investing in the Current Melbourne Housing Market"
Property Investor Tony Height will weigh up the pros and cons of property investment, including the timing, the choicies and how to keep a portfolio. Tony has amassed scores of properties for himself and others, and runs a succesful finance and property investment business.

Bring along a colleague/client and learn Phil's opinion on wine investment, whether now is the time to invest in property whilst enjoying a gourmet lunch at Melbourne's best restaurant, Jacques Reymond.

Investment: Only $79 per person; truly outstanding value.
Act fast, as sure to sell quickly.

Click here to view the full invite

These event will begin at 12:00pm and conclude approximately 2:00pm.
Email us to book into one of our upcoming lunches.

Subject to "1 week rule" and parking

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Preferred Supplier Corporate Packages

We can offer discounts on both our wine courses and stock for corporate customers who choose Armadale Cellars as their preferred supplier. Ring Ann Marie to discuss the details at 03-9509-3055.