Gourmands can look forward to some rare and tasty treats at the Pyrmont Festival of Wine, Food and Art, from 18-27 May 2012, with over 20 events announced in the program, its biggest yet. The Pyrmont Festival is a collaboration between the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce, the City of Sydney and the Mudgee Wine Region industry, bringing country flavours [...]
The Yarra Valley’s top winemakers, chefs and producers are gearing up for next months’ inaugural Yarra Valley Food & Wine Festival – April 26-29, 2012 – which will showcase the best of the Yarra Valley’s wineries, restaurants and local produce. The four-day festival will provide plenty of hands-on experiences and opportunities to learn from the experts – whether it’s a [...]
Breathing new life into the Potts Point scene, The Village is your new local favourite. Sprawled across two levels and encompassing three bars and an enviable courtyard, the venue can accommodate for up to 400 people despite its boutique feel. Exuding a style that can only be described as ‘casual luxury’, The Village complements its upmarket design with a flawlessly [...]
Crows Nest bistro Burlington Bar & Dining is disproving the theory that restaurant food doesn’t have to be heavy and rich to be super tasty and moorish. Head chef Jacqui Gowan along with experienced nutritionist Susan Nelan, have created a light lunch menu that is perfect for ladies lunching and that’s exactly what we did! This week a few of [...]
Now the silly season is well and truly over it’s time to ease back into our every day routines. As we come to realise we have successfully survived the Christmas and New Year indulgent period; it’s now time to return to a more heart friendly way of eating and drinking. But the big question is: how do we go from [...]
Now in its fourth year, the Lorenzo Galli wine scholarship celebrates the diversity and richness of Italy’s wine and history while showcasing the latest trends in Australia with its interpretations of Italian varietals. This is done through a comprehensive, rigorous blind tasting of about 150 top wines during a two-day masterclass to be held on June 18 & 19 2012. [...]
So the sun is coming out (hopefully) but either way we are celebrating! It’s just that time again. Work slowly starts to roll into one hangover after another, family appearances begin to grow and we are all starting to envisage a time in the near future that includes cocktails and not computers. Whatever way you celebrate these coming Christmas holidays, [...]
Dreaming of the upcoming holidays and just waiting for work to finally finish for the year? Well, why don’t I give you that little extra something to look forward to? Why don’t I get you to start thinking about your next holiday? I’m thinking Noosa in May next year, who’s in? Mmmm surf, sand and sun. Yep okay, well what [...]
Beaujolais Nouveau has arrived! Every year at one minute past midnight, on the third Thursday of November over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau will begin the journey through the quiet towns of France for the biggest race around the clock for immediate global shipment and it has finally arrived! Celebrate the first wine of the season with a glass [...]
Every year, as the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, over one million cases of France’s most famous red wine Beaujolais Nouveau begins a journey through the sleepy Rhone-Alpes to an excited Paris for immediate shipment of the season’s first beaujolais. Dubbed “Beaujolais Nouveau Day”, parties are held all over France and further afield to celebrate the [...]
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