Rosnay Sponsors Mullumbimby Music Festival

We are thrilled to have been appointed the wine sponsor and official wine for the Mullumbimby Music Festival, 22-25 November 2012. The Mullum Music Festival is a fantastic, grassroots and community based music festival taking place in the delightful Byron Bay hinterland town of Mullumbimby.
Sam and Simone Statham, family and friends are looking forward to being part of the action with a Rosnay tasting table at the Civic Hall. As part of the sponsorship Rosnay has obtained limited free festival tickets, which will be drawn through the many small independent liquor outlets that stock Rosnay wine in the Northern Rivers region.

Rosnay Sponsors the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra

Rosnay is pleased to present its range of wines at the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Concert on Saturday, 31st March, 2012, to be held at the Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School Auditorium, Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe.  The Guest Artist is pianist Amir Farid.

During interval patrons will be served a selection of Rosnay wines.

Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra is widely recognised as one of Melbourne’s most acclaimed non-professional orchestras, enabling it to attract talented and elite musicians from throughout Melbourne.
For over three decades, the HSO has been a valuable community asset by providing a venue for non-professional musicians to play, and offering an exceptional series of concerts each year to members of the community.

Other 2012 Concert Dates:

• Saturday June 30, 8pm & Sunday July 1, 2.30pm  ‘On the Waterfront’, Guest Artist – Tristram Williams – Trumpet
• Saturday September 15, 8pm & Sunday September 16, 2.30pm  ‘Heroes and the Wild Wild West’, Guest Artist – The Ashton Smith Singers
• Saturday December 8, 8pm   ‘Germanic Masters’, Guest Artist – Natsuko Yoshimoto – Violin

Bookings can be made at:      www.heidelbergsymphony.com.au

Flickerfest 2012 ends at Rosnay on 24 March!

Mark the date: Saturday 24 March is Flickerfest 2012 at Rosnay!

Its time to wrap your JAWS around some great bite sized chunks of cinema and a glass of great organic wine at FLICKERFEST 2012! Kicking off tonight at Bondi Beach, Sydney, it goes for 10 days then takes off on the annual national tour, culminating with the final screening under the stars at Rosnay! By the way, we have some spare tickets for both Sydney and the tour, so if you want to go as a Rosnay guest, call us!
This is the third year that Flickerfest's has screened at the Rosnay vineyard, projected onto the Pics in the Sticks outsdoor screen on the lawns in front of the Rosnay cellar door. Check out the tour trailer!

2012 Flickerfest prestented by ING DIRECT - Tour Trailer from Flickerfest on Vimeo.

When times are tough, go out with The Dining Table

Our newest supporters are the team from 'The Dining Table'. They have fantastic dining discounts at restaurants right across the Sydney area. Yesterday we met the founder of The Dining Table, John Glynn, and are now inspired to help promote what could be a great way to refresh the restaurant trade in tough times... DINING DISCOUNTS!

John's vision is simple: “The Dining Table guarantee is to provide members with great dining at the very best value.”

Buy a card and use it as many times as you like for 12 months. Even if you only dine out once a month you’ll still save hundreds of $$$.

The best bit is that the card only costs $49 (SAVE $40), which means that you only have to dine out once or twice and it has already paid for itself.

The Dining Table Card also makes the perfect gift; it's the gift that keeps on giving - for 12 months!!

The Restaurant Gallery is updated every month with fantastic value offers, keeping it fresh exciting all year round. We love the fact that its not jammed full of fast food and other advertising.

Go to www.thediningtable.com.au to find out more about The Dining Table, or buy the card from Rosnay for $49.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence

Our household has always been full of music, we play music when we can, and we support musicians as much as we can. The wise words by Robert Fripp, that "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence", are an echo of a couple of french quotes about food and wine: “Wine makes a symphony of a good meal” by Fernande Garvin, and “A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine” by Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin.

Our world would be missing a dimension without music.

Driven primarily by Richard Statham's passion for it, Rosnay has been an active sponsor of music since he organised David Miller OA, Director of Ensembles from the Sydney Conservatorium, to bring his first ensemble to play a concert in Canowindra's All Saints Church during Marti's Balloon Fiesta, in 2002. David has been coming back almost every year since.
In the last decade, some of Australia's best young ensembles cut their performing teeth at Canowindra, including the Greenway String Quartet. Great local talent including Helen Barnett have also graced Canowindra's All Saints Church and have helped put Canowindra firmly on the map of the bigger ensemble tours, like the 2010 Western Strings Tour from Orange regional Conservatorium supported by Arts Out West. Some of the students who have played at Canowindra in the past have gone on to brilliant careers on the world stage. For example, Korean born (now Australian) Sarah Kim is doing post graduate organ studies in France and is organist at Notra Dame’s Chapelle Royale.

Rosnay - Proud Organic Wine Sponsor of the Eco Xpo, Sydney, May 2011

EcoXpo, coming up on May 6th till 8th 2011 at Byron Kennedy Hall, Entertainment Quarter, 122 Lang Road, Moore Park, Sydney, is set to bring together over 200 Green exhibitors who are willing to make it easier for us to make the right choice as green consumers.

Rosnay is going for the whole nine yards with EcoXpo, as the core values of this bunch of like minded people are very much what we believe in: an eco-friendly, sustainable and organic/natural way of living.

What we buy, what we eat and drink, what we drive, how we clean and what we do with our lives, homes and families is driven by our values. These values promise to come alive for us at EcoXpo. Those new to eco living, or at least curious about this way of life to come for ALL, will find us right up front with these early adopters! We at Rosnay love the idea of interacting with this like-minded group.

Over 200 green exhibitors will showcase the rapidly growing number of eco-friendly products and services available in areas such as: business / electronics, home / building, transportation / travel and energy / conservation.

For those interested in beauty, health and fashion, a huge collection of exhibitors will showcase wares dedicated to being in balance with nature. Whilst food lovers can rejoice in the organic food and wine area that promises a wide range of delicious, healthy treats.

The main stage will feature cooking demonstrations, environmental films and various speakers addressing a wide range of green topics.

To help celebrate Mother’s Day, all attendees are invited to nominate their mum for the ‘Eco Mum Award’ which will see the winner rewarded with a great range of prizes.

A dedicated Kid Zone featuring a baby animal park, art competitions and face painting is sure to keep little ones entertained and encourage the whole family to have fun whilst learning about sustainable living.

As part of its commitment to the environment, the Eco Xpo is a carbon neutral event and will plant one tree for every paying visitor.

Date: Friday 6th to Sunday 8th May, 2011
Place: Byron Kennedy Hall, Entertainment Quarter, 122 Lang Road, Moore Park, NSW
Times: 10am to 4pm
Tickets: $8 at the door. Children under 14 free. For a $2 ticket discount at the door, bring your pre-loved clothes and donate to St Vincent de Paul.
Further information: www.ecoxpo.com.au and their great Facebook page.

Black and White Ball - What a Night!

The Rosnay Table

Last night Richard, Sam and Simone Statham, along with 7 other family and friends, had the honour of attending the 74th Black and White Ball at the Sydney Four Seasons Hotel, as official wine sponsors. The Black and White Ball is an Australian tradition which begn in 1936 and which has for 74 years raised money for Vision Australia, the leading provider of blindness and low vision services in Australia. Many of the features of the first Ball were still featured last night:Attendance by high society and politicians (among whom Bronwyn Bishop), and awards for the best dressed ladies.

Lorraine and Alan

We congratulate the the Black and White Committee of women who have voluntarily raised more than four million dollars for Vision Australia (formerly the Royal Blind Society) through fundraising events. Susan Diver, the current committee President, did a great job organising the night and introducing us to so many lovely people. The entertainment highlight of the night for us was the Black and White Derby, or indoor horse race in which model horses are reeled across the ballroom floor by ballroom-gowned ladies complete with racing commentary and cheers from the crowd.The Derby tradition dates back to 1956! We all had a great night and would recommend next year's Ball to anyone wanting to support a good cause and have a glamorous night out.

In addition to organic wine, we are donating a weekend at the Rosnay cottage to the attendees of the 2010 Black and White Ball and the Black and White November Luncheon. To be in the running for this prize please just use the comments box at the bottom of this post to tell us, what the Black and White Ball means to you.

Rosnay Sponsors the Sydney Underground Film Festival

Attention film and wine lovers! The 2010 Sydney Underground Film Festival will take place from Thursday 9 September to Saturday 11 September at The Factory Theatre, Marrickville, and will be serving Rosnay wines and olives.

The festival will only program unique, quality independent films that transgress the status quo and challenge the conservative conventions of filmmaking: a perfect match with organic wine. The festival is devoted to renewing local interest in independent and experimental film as part of an international underground film culture and aims to change an engrained culture of cinematic complacency and revitalize an enthusiasm for cinema.

Sponsorship of SUFF builds on Rosnay's long term support of the Arts including the Peats Ridge Festival and Flickerfest International Film Festival, plus many artists, galleries and musicians.

Those who attended the Flickerfest screening at Rosnay in March will be glad to know that the sponsorship agreement extends to a screening of the "Best of SUFF" at the Rosnay vineyard on Friday 15 October 2010. We expect that the films will kick off at 5.30pm for music, dinner (by RSVP only) and drinks followed by films from 7.00pm. To book for dinner please call 6344 3215 before 11 October if possible.

Do you beleive there is a need for film conventions to be challenged?

Rosnay Sponsors Flickerfest 2010

It is with honour that Rosnay was invited to be the official wine supplier to Flickerfest 19th International Film Festival, alongside Coopers beer, Jameson whisky and Pheonix organic juices.

The selection of Rosnay Organic wine was part of a move by festival director Bronwyn Kidd and her team to make Flickerfest a green event, using as much organic food and beverage as possible.

For Rosnay, this is a huge opportunity for us to spread the ORGANIC word, and we are doing it through a fun trailer and a video competition called Go for the O!

Have a look now, its all happening at www.gofortheo.com.

We have some truly amazing prizes to give away, not only a grand prize of WINE FOR LIFE but also instant prizes for all entries to the comp, including double passes to Flickerfest sessions and of course, wine.

So if you love organic wine, why not pull out the vid cam and tell us all about it!?

Remember, in all things, “Go for the O!”