10/27/2022 0 Comments Machine a cafe cimbali domus classic![]() In those days it took about 3 hours to drive there. After driving up and down the road a few times we realised that one of the wineries we had passed ( Aravina) was where Amberly used to be.įor those not familiar, the Margaret River region of Western Australia is towards the South West corner of the state. So out came the tourist map and we headed there. It was lunch time and Tren said “Arrh! Lets go to Amberly Wines and have a nice lunch.” So it was the case one year – maybe 15 years ago – certainly before smart phones and GPS – that we had been touring around the Margaret River Wine region. It seemed like every time – although I’m sure it wasn’t – that Trenna and I were out and getting a bit hungry, she would say what she would like to eat, and we just couldn’t find that thing. Margaret River and the Trenna Lunch Time CurseĪ curse? Well it seemed to be. Trenna insisted that we buy 2 cases! Wine tasting with our friend Kuan, Millbrook Winery, 4 October 2008. Very Yum! I’m pretty sure we were trying either their first, or a very early vintage of this wine. The choice was expanded further when on our first visit to the excellent Millbrook Winery Restaurant we tried their Viognier. Amberly Chenin Blanc, another Western Australian wine was an economical but enjoyable drop. So, from 2011 on she tried many different Pinot Gris and Chenin Blancs. Interestingly she didn’t enjoy Pinot Grigio wines, which, as I understand it are made from the same variety of grapes. When we went to the South Island of New Zealand in 2011 Trenna discovered Pinot Gris, another very enjoyable variety. When we got there, we really felt we had made it! New Zealand and Pinot Gris Machine a cafe cimbali domus classic plus#As our net debt increased so did the size of the wine box, as our debt decreased, so did the container.Īfter many years of debt, plus putting additional money into superannuation we got to the point where all our wine was in bottles. ![]() ![]() At first all our wine came in 5 litre casks (cardboard boxes), then as we got wealthier 4 litre, and then 2 litre casks. When we did renovations and put in a swimming pool we took out other mortgages – and more debt.Īfter a number of years it became evident that we could tell how we were doing financially by the type of wine we bought. We would put all our money towards the debt. Trenna and I took out a mortgage and bought our property in Kensington (where I still live) not long after we first got together. Trenna liked other white wines, but she really liked that particular wine, and it’s subsequent vintages. It was a 1986 Moondah Brook Chenin Blanc. In the near future (in another post) I’ll tell the story of how, on our first date, in 1988, through pure luck, I guessed Trenna’s favourite wine. The operation, and warfarin she took for the rest of her life meant that from then on she could really only have a couple of alcoholic drinks a day. ![]() Having said that, ever since her heart operation not long after we were married, Trenna ALWAYS had a glass of wine with her evening meal. We learnt that Tanqueray Gin was the stuff of blues songs, so a T&T became the drink of choice. Like many people who live in the tropics, she switched to G&T. Once we moved to Darwin in late 1994 Tia Maria didn’t seem right in the hot, humid conditions. When I eventually got together with her a year or two later Tia Maria and Coke was still a favourite. Many a time Evo would be almost too drunk to find his way home on his bicycle whilst Trenna appeared perfectly OK. She would drink Tia Maria and Coke, and because she was friendly with the barman she would often get double, triple or even quadruple measures of Tia Maria for the standard price – responsible service of alcohol just wasn’t a thing then.Įvo could drink pretty well but for every beer he had Trenna would equal him with one of her potent Tia Marias. Besides, she smoked – yuk!īut the impressive thing was the amount Trenna could drink. She clearly wasn’t the least bit interested in me, and I thought I’d have no chance with her. ![]() Evo and his companions were among those contributing to the smoke and Trenna was smoking St Moritz Menthols – very classy! On a few occasions I went to Cine Cellars to have a few beers with Evo, and of course met Trenna.Ĭine Cellars was crowded, dark and smokey. One of her main drinking mates was my friend Evo. She would regularly go there on a Friday night with workmates from the nearby HBF. It would have been 1986 or 1987 when I first met Trenna, and it was in a downstairs bar called Cine Cellars near the corner of Hay and Barrack Streets in Perth city. So, I thought I’d provide some insights into the things Trenna liked to drink. As I hope you know, one goal of this website is to get you to know Trenna a little better. ![]()
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