INTOUCH Magazine

Blending Cultures

Following a grapevine’s path from home and back, one Life Member cultivates enduring bonds at the Club.

Georgia Bannister began her wine journey in New York at the tender age of 21, working for Wine Australia.

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Uncorking Wine Confidence

Club wine courses are giving Members the confidence to follow their noses (and taste buds).

Can you tell a Chardonnay from a Riesling? Are tobacco, wet leaves and gasoline legitimate flavors in a glass of wine?

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Going Au Naturel

While the natural wine movement was born in France, it is gathering pace across the winemaking world, including Australia.

Australia may have earned its wine stripes for its powerful Shiraz and crisp Chardonnay, which today accounts for half of all white wine produced in the country, but a different type of wine is now attracting drinkers.

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Damn Fine Wine

Ahead of hosting a wine dinner at the Club this month, actor Kyle MacLachlan discusses his journey from the silver screen to the cellar.

Kyle plays innocents who are interested in the mysteries of life. He’s the person you trust enough to go into a strange world with.”

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Rolling Back the Years

Ahead of hosting a dinner at the Club this month, wine writer Jon Bonné explains his elation at the evolution of California wine.

Before the airplane had even touched down in California, Jon Bonné was far from rhapsodic about the state’s wine industry, which was about to become the focus of his job as the San Francisco Chronicle’s wine editor, after relocating from New York.

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Courtroom to Vineyard

One California lawyer turned wine producer shares her passion for the vineyard.

Growing up on a farm, Lindsay Hoopes knew early on that she would continue the legacy her father had established at Napa Valley’s Hoopes Vineyard. “There is something magical about working on a farm,” she says.