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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="22051513.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>VATS Wine Club</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |    </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VATS Wine Club"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="tasting_calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tasting Calendar"><U>Tasting Calendar</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="vats_press.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VATS Wine Press"><U>VATS Wine Press</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="about_vats.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About VATS"><U>About VATS</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="statistics.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Statistics"><U>Statistics</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="winemaking.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winemaking "><U>Winemaking </U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="scores_2010.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scores 2010"><U>Scores 2010</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U>Picture Gallery</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="constitution.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Constitution"><U>Constitution</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="committee_members.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Committee Members"><U>Committee Members</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=133 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="18985272egerdp.jpg"> <div>  <STYLE type=text/css> #rollbutton4 a { color: #660000; font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana; font-weight:bold; text-decoration: none; border:2px inset light gray; background-color:#E0DCC7; display: block; width: 110px; height: 20px; padding: 5px 5px; margin: 5px; } #rollbutton4 a:hover { background-color: #CEB7AF; color:#000000; padding-left:3px; border:2px outset light gray; } </STYLE> <DIV id=rollbutton4> <DIV><A href="http://www.vats.co.za/tasting_calendar.htm" title="Return to Tasting Calendar" onfocus="this.blur()" target="_top"><center>Tasting Calendar</center></A></DIV> </DIV>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="190507c0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="124" ALT="Shane Dean" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="17" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Shane Dean</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18f5a7f0.jpg" border=0 width="90" height="127" ALT="Trophy Presentation" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Trophy Presentation</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="22051513.jpg"> <bR> <div> Congratulations to VATS !!! </div> <bR> <div> From Dave Moss</div> <bR> <div> Greetings,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> What a great evening for everyone. 46 people for this function (19 from VATS,27 from RATS)<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> The tasting was not easy.... as is most decision making is in life!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> The top tasters were:</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> Top Novice Taster - Shane Dean (VATS)<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Top Taster of the Competition - Shane Dean (VATS)<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Top Wine Club - VATS<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> To all the participants from RATS and VATS, just to say thank you-<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> And also to<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>Ian Grant for the most delicious grabba-burger hamburger!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Geoff Carter for a challenging wine selection, well done Maestro!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Terry Odgers and the Celllar Rats orgainising team, well done.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> And most heartiest CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and to all who took part in the tasting.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Awesome evening, thank you Cellar Rats, that was fun.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Keep those elbows high!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> From Terry Odgers (RATS)</div> <bR> <div> Hi all,</div> <bR> <div> I couldn't put it better than Dave Moss. </div> <bR> <div> The top tasters were </div> <bR> <div> Top Novice Taster- Shane Dean (VATS)</div> <div> Top Taster of the Competition- Shane Dean (VATS)</div> <div> Top Wine Club- VATS with 358 (RATS had 318)</div> <bR> <div> To all the participants from RATS and VATS, just to say thank you!</div> <div> Thanks also to Ian grant for all the effort with the burgers ... they were excellent!</div> <div> Thanks to Geoff Carter for a challenging wine selection, well done Maestro!</div> <div> Thanks to the Cellar Rats committee for organizing; well done!</div> <bR> <div> And most heartiest CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and to all who took part in the tasting</div> <div> Awesome evening, thank you to all who attended, that was fun!</div> <bR> <div> The top ten tasters from VATS are;</div> <bR> <div> Shane Dean 50 (Top novice, top taster) </div> <div> Owen McDonald 47 </div> <div> Dave Moss 39 </div> <div> Liz Scott 38 </div> <div> Arnaldo Ansermino 34 </div> <div> Laura Kirker 32 </div> <div> Kevin Ryan 30 </div> <div> Anneke Andrews 30 </div> <div> Craig Bracken 29 </div> <div> Mike Stokes 29</div> <div> Deanne Dovey 29 </div> <bR> <div> The top ten tasters from Cellar Rats are;</div> <bR> <div> Rudi Hiestermann 40 </div> <div> Barry Alport 32 </div> <div> Graham Fleming 32 </div> <div> Keith Bowen 31 </div> <div> Sarah Newton 31 </div> <div> Daphne Raymer 31 </div> <div> Carmen Snow 31 (CR top novice) </div> <div> Bianca Marais 30 </div> <div> Janine Fleming 30 </div> <div> Sam Linsell 30 </div> <bR> <div> From Ian Grant (RATS)</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> So, it turned into a VATS slaughtered RATS night!! Well done!!</div> <div> Congratulations to everyone at VATS who participated!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> And for some photos....</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11b7f600.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="11c7f600.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="11d7f600.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="11e7f600.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1197f600.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>