‘Goon bag in quantity, champagne in quality’: This acclaimed wine tasting is paired with side-splitting comedy
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25.06.2024

‘Goon bag in quantity, champagne in quality’: This acclaimed wine tasting is paired with side-splitting comedy

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Words by Staff Writer

Indulge in an afternoon of wine, wit and whimsey with friends at this smash-hit comedy show coming to the resplendent Morris House on July 21.

In an experience that could only be described as “goon bag in quantity, champagne in quality”, comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh will be joined by wine expert Jordan Veltheer as they guide you through five wines and at least five jokes.

In Pour Taste at Morris House

  • Sunday, 21 July
  • Doors open from 4:30pm, show starts from 5pm.
  • Tickets: $49pp
  • Ticket includes five wine tastings

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Everyone from worldly wine wankers to clueless chardonnay chuggers will find something to make their glass half full, as all the wine industry’s most hard-hitting questions are answered: How far should I extend my pinky when sipping? What the fuck is a tannin? And who’s parked in the clearway out front, you’re about to be towed?

A smash-hit comedy sensation

  • Winner Best Overall Eat & Drink Award 2024 – Adelaide Fringe
  • Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2024 – Perth Fringe World
  • Winner Best Eat & Drink Weekly Award 2023 – Adelaide Fringe
  • Sold out season 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Your side-splitting sommeliers

As seen performing at Grapes of Mirth’s two-day festival Comedy in the Vines and on Wine For The People’s Comedians In Bars Getting Blind, Sweeney Preston & Ethan Cavanagh are two of Melbourne’s fastest-rising and extravagantly overdressed comedians.

Having toured across Australia everywhere from Darwin to Hobart, the pair also host The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase and produce Comedy On The Rooftop at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Book tickets here before they sell out.