| James Packer pours $123m into wine brands |
Billionaire James Packer has secured a 5 per cent stake in the company that owns South Australian wine brands Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Wynns.
21 February 2012 Source: www.news.com.au |
| Time to get crafty |
The Australian beer scene is experiencing a seismic change. While sales of some major brands continue to slide, the popularity of premium imports and locally brewed craft beers is growing in a way that is being likened to the wine-industry boom of the 1990s.
21 February 2012 Source: www.theage.com.au |
| Faustino releases Rioja Chardonnay |
Rioja bodega Faustino is the first large-scale producer to make a white Rioja using Chardonnay in the blend alongside Viura.
21 February 2012 Source: www.decanter.com |
| Australian cheese rivals world's best |
A top French cheese judge is praising the diversity and quality of Australian dairy food being showcased in Sydney at the largest national awards for cheese, butter and ice cream.
21 February 2012 Source: www.abc.net.au |
| Cool climate hotting up |
With 330 leading wine scientists, academics, writers, winemakers and marketers from 12 different countries at one of the wine world's most important events -- the 8th International Cool Climate Symposium for Viticulture and Oenology -- in Hobart a fortnight ago, the global spotlight was well and truly on Tasmania.
21 February 2012 Source: www.themercury.com.au |
| Curse of the Michelin star |
Skye Gyngell's restaurant in a London plant nursery has dirt floors, wobbly chairs, toilets in a shed and a Michelin star. Yet being the first Australian female chef to receive the world's most coveted food gong has turned out to be no great blessing for the 47-year-old.
20 February 2012 Source: www.smh.com.au |
| Top wine communicators gonged |
The Wine Communicators of Australia (WCA) announced the winners of its communication awards at the 2012 WCA Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show lunch on Friday (17 Feb).
20 February 2012 Source: www.theshout.com.au |
| Liquid nitrogen "world first" for Sydney |
Sydney's hottest new bar and restaurant, The Roosevelt, is adding an element of theatrics to its cocktail service with an innovative liquid nitrogen drinks trolley.
20 February 2012 Source: www.theshout.com.au |
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