Review: Rutherglen Estates 2014 Tempranillo The Rutherglen Estates’ Tempranillo wine lifts the bar with a sweet, succulent and rich bouquet. It’s everything a ripe and lush Spanish-styled tempranillo…
On September 10 Dal Zotto Wines and The Meat Room will host the inaugural King Valley Salami Festa, an Italian-themed celebratory event that is now calling for home…
Alex Smit’s Murray bank River Deck Café has helped put Albury NSW back on the culinary map. The redeveloped café-restaurant and hole in the wall kiosk-styled servery attracted…
Makes 1 large tart – Serves 6 Shortcrust Pastry It is okay to use a quality store-bought pastry but this recipe is quick, simple and well worth the…
Just annouced: Tolpuddle have been awarded ‘Gold’ for their fresh goat milk with a score of: 18.33 (Class 100: Milk) at the 2016 Sydney Royal Cheese & Dairy…
Photography Richard Cornish Fresh hops smell like dope. Weed. Cannabis sativa. They also can smell like tropical fruit and flowers. When you pour hot unfermented beer over them…
‘My earliest memories were the many stayover visits from my elder siblings and their ever-expanding families,’ says Mary Dussin of her childhood home Valli, now an impeccably renovated…
with sweet tamarind and prosecco dressing, salted-peanut palm sugar caramel Serves 4 (entrée size, 1 crab per person) Chilli Soft Shell Crab (fried in tempura batter) Tempura Batter ½…
Matthew Jukes discovers a new breed of wildy expressive ‘young gun’ table wines among the historic fortified classics of Rutherglen, Victoria. I recently had the honour of tasting…
Freshly Shucked Oysters with Prosecco Jelly, gingered honeydew melon, nori salt and fried noodle knots To serve 1 dozen oysters Prosecco Jelly (Makes approximately 550ml) 400ml good prosecco 150ml water 4…
Served with pickled beets and horseradish cream Serves 6 Kholodets 300g pork trotters 300g pork shins Salt 1 tsp black peppercorns 4 bay leaves 2 brown onions, 1…
Throughout the deeper reaches of the Swiss and Austrian alpine valleys, German forests and Russian villages, traditional winter foods, preserving techniques and family recipes are handed down from…
I drive deep into the valley, passing majestic pines, rows of moss-covered orchards, fields of cattle grazing quietly and a series of small farmlets positioned along the river’s…
It’s the hottest snow-dining destination in the state. It has appeal so broad that it is attracting a mixed mob that sees pinot-gris-sipping après ski couples sitting next…
Extraordinary UK wine columnist Matthew Jukes is regarded as one of the world’s leading wine writers, having worked in the wine trade since 1987. He hosts corporate and consumer wine…
Warm light spills from the old brick shop down a quiet laneway in Bright as the sun struggles to punch through the chill mist. The aroma of chocolate…
Who said fine dining was dead? Doesn’t anyone appreciate art? We do! The Mountain View Hotel with its wraparound verandah and creek flowing through the beer garden stands at the…
It’s one of the highest-altitude breweries in Europe, with an international reputation for making premium quality ales using locally grown alpine barley-malt and hops. BierVision-Monstein Brewery, sited 1625…
Chef Mark Mason takes a stubby knife. He grabs a container from the kitchen bench and steps out into clear morning light of the King Valley. Mason is…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today remains the leader in cabin interiors and premium service offering on its Airbus A380 and Boeing B787 Dreamliner aircrafts,…
Reinvigorated and reimagined with style, the King Valley’s own Mountain View Hotel serves up a refreshing new take on fine European culinary arts. Richard Cornish explores a refreshing…
This autumn, Sicilian chef Rosa Mitchell opened her new restaurant, Rosa’s Canteen, in the heart of Melbourne’s legal district. We caught up with her just before she opened…
Richard Estes, Downtown, 1978, Oil on Canvas, 122 x 152 cm Photo © museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien Loan by Österreichischen Ludwig Stiftung An Austrian exhibition of…
Over the past three years the Snowline Hotel Harrietville’s head chef Kurt Adam has steered its menu from award-winning ‘parma’ palace to a newly evolving Melbourne gastro pub-deluxe…
Popular, affordable bottle shop brands vs boutique cellar door wines. I have a confession to make. When I walk into my local supermarket bottle shop, I wouldn’t have…
Lolly Pop, Lolly Pop: It’s difficult to read that expression – is she lost in a sea of intoxication or is she working up to a siren-like hypnotic…
Beechworth is rightly known as the “Elegant Dame.” Taking in the historic sites, the stunningly preserved examples of Victorian architecture – you can almost hear the swish of…
Whatever took me so long: I’d been a fan of Chrissy Amphlett and Divinyls since the release of their 1983 Monkey Grip EP, yet it took me until…
There’s a warm apple strudel on the outside table and the aroma of fresh fruit fills the air. It’s mid-morning in the King Valley and Katrina Pizzini is…