Online Bidding with Greater Giving

What You Can Expect

This year’s auction will use Greater Giving Online Bidding – allowing for a paperless bidding system. You will bid using your smartphone or tablet on silent auction items. Also, you can easily track Packages by “following” their activity without having to continuously return to a table or bid sheet. 

How to Mobile Bid with Greater Giving Online Bidding

• Register your mobile number and credit card information on our registration page in advance of the event or upon arrival.
• When the auction is open, you will receive an automated ‘Welcome’ text with your bidder link.
• After clicking the link in the text, begin searching for packages by name, number, or category
• Select the package you wish to bid on.
• You can Bid the next increment or Bid More than the next increment
• If you choose to Bid More you can choose to set your Max Bid. If your max bid is the highest, the system will automatically bid in your favor until you are outbid or until the silent auction closes. If your bid is lower than the highest max bid on that package, you will be prompted to enter a higher bid.
• To purchase a package at the Buy Now price, select the Buy button.
• To "watch" a package, select the star icon on the package.
• To make a donation, select the Donation button on your home screen and choose a preset amount or select the Custom Amount button to enter the amount you wish to donate.
• If you’re out-bid at any point before the silent auction closes, you will receive a text message.
• To view packages you are bidding on, click the menu button and select Bids.
• To view packages you are watching, click the menu button and select Favorites.
• Once the auction closes, the guest with the highest bid will win.
• Under the Bids area you can check your winning packages.

Woodcutter’s Semillon 2019

With the use of an age-old, robust, pink-skinned Madeira clone, found mainly in the Barossa, and maturation in both stainless steel and seasoned French barriques, the Woodcutter’s Semillon is reminiscent of the savory, food friendly white wines found in the central and southern regions of France. It is not a typically lemony Semillon, showing more complex aromas of smoked almonds and honeysuckle as well as buttery textures from the natural malolactic fermentation.

VINTAGE

The growing season was defined by a continuously warm to hot summer with no effective rainfall, wind and hail at flowering, and followed with three major frosts - resulting in an earlier and much smaller harvest than average. These tough conditions produced smaller clusters of intensely dark berries with thick fleshy skins contrasted against brown mature stalks. Whilst yields were down, once these vineyards were fermenting in our cellar the concentration of color, tannin and aroma of the 2019 vintage was revealed.

TASTING

A traditional variety that takes great pride in Barossa vineyards, the acidity and medium body of Semillon working well with fine acids, fresh citrus notes of lemon and lime juice and kaffir lime leaf. The palate is tangy with acidity and cleansing to the finish. Either as a fresh young wine or aged for up to 10 years to reveal brioche and lemon curd pastry like notes. The Lemon butter complexities are a real delight from 5-10 years.

VARIETY: 100% Semillon (Madeira Clone)

VINEYARDS: Rowland Flat

HARVEST: February 7^th – 21^st 2019

MATURATION: 6 months 90% stainless steel tank, 10% seasoned French barrique.

ANALYSIS: Alc/Vol 13%, pH 3.11, Acidity 5.82g/L

COLOR: Pale green

AROMA: Lifted citrus notes of lemon and lime balanced by quince marmalade. As it ages it will develop complexing French pastry like notes akin to brioche and lemon curd tart.

PALATE: Medium bodied, tangy acidity with kaffir lime and lemon scents balancing vibrant acidity and cleansing mouthfeel.