1 bottle of wine, 2 entrees, 3 mains and 1 dessert between 2 people… 4 weeks and 5 days Hoang Kim, the new Vietnamese Cafe Restaurant in Guildford has been open according to the lovely manager on duty (I just love that she had to give me the figure down to the day!). It’s always…
New 2013 wine releases and new Great Britain cheese board… I don’t really need an excuse to devour scrumptious cheese and delectable wines. But hey when I heard Olive Farm Wines (OFW) had some 2013 wines out and The Cheese Barrel had a new regional cheese board on offer, I thought it would be rude…
You’ll end up leaving the vineyard as a friend rather than a visitor.. After seeing the announcement on the Swan Valley Winemakers Facebook page that Tyler’s Vineyard had released a 2013 wine, and a white Grenache to be exact, I just had to get over there are try it! I visited Tyler’s Vineyard shortly after…
Tapas, wine, paella, wine, pizza, wine, cheese, wine…. To celebrate the 2013 vintage the wineries of the Swan Valley are putting on fantastic events over March the 15th, 16th and 17th. Here is a quick look at what you can expect over the weekend. Make sure to book, as spaces may be limited! A Paella…
On the weekend, Perth played host to the 2nd annual Western Australia boutique wine and food show – UnWined. The festival was held in Perth’s swanky suburb of Subiaco, where the organisers of the show, CMS Events, brought together the amazing flavours and tastes of the west coast for us to try in the one…
Receive free wine in exchange for pricing feedback? Did I hear that right? Yes in fact I did! Newcomer to the scene Ditch the Pitch (DTP) are wine aficionados who are wanting to put the power back into the consumers hands when it comes to wine buying. At the recent UnWined Western Australia boutique wine…
Sandalford is the oldest and largest privately owned winery in Western Australia and for that reason I had put off visiting them. I had thoughts of it being over-priced, overly touristy and completely commercialised. I was 100% wrong on all accounts. Having started out in the 1840’s, Sandalford now has 40 hectares in their Swan…
After 15 years of selling off their grapes to commercial wineries, the Tyler’s thought it was about time they started producing wine of their own. In preparation of owning and running a vineyard they have brought up triplets who are now 11 years old – geeeze I bet once you have accomplished this feat then…
An easy day-trip out of Perth is the first inland settled town in Western Australia – York. The cute country town in amongst the green rolling hills is a mere 100km from Perth city. It was my first visit to York since moving to WA and I was pleasantly surprised to see signs throughout the…