Food & Wine

Ismail (Ish) Tosun doesn’t want to have another year like 2006.

Gusto sends a birthday greeting to La Vigna bottle shop proprietor, Michael Tamburi, who celebrated his 50th birthday at the weekend.

It has been about a year since Joel Hubble convinced a friend to part with some hard-earned and back a new online venture focused on providing information on Western Australian restaurants and cafes.

Ian Love has been a master of the hospitality game for the past 30 years, with much of that time spent at the iconic Coco’s Riverside Bar and Restaurant on the South Perth foreshore.

Elmar’s in the Valley plans to broaden its wine list after successfully convincing the Liquor Licensing Authority to change conditions on its liquor licence.

The popular South West destination of Margaret River has undergone somewhat of a commercial transformation during the past 12 months.

The owners of The Mill Bakehouse on Fremantle’s cappuccino strip have set up a bigger sister operation on Norfolk Street offering a similar menu to the popular cafe on South Terrace.

Margaret River has lived up to its reputation as Western Australia’s summer holiday boom town, with the 2006-07 tourist pilgrimage easily soaking up the additional beds and dining tables that popped up during a flurry of accommodation and restaurant openi

FANS of the popular Subiaco restaurant Yahachi, which was forced to close due to redevelopment of The Colonnade, will be able to experience a similar Japanese experience whe

Ben Andrijasevich made an incredible sea change about 12 months ago.

It may be a challenging time to release a new cabernet, but a gold trophy win at the prestigious National Wine Show of Australia, held in Canberra recently, has provided Capel Vale chief executive Peter Pratten with confidence in his decision to release a

The creators of the Margaret River Chocolate Company are behind a new $1 million cafe and retail outlet that will undoubtedly make the to-do list for hundreds of foodies taking their annual pilgrimage to the South West this festive season.

The global slow food movement marks its 20th anniversary this year, and proponents hope the milestone will serve as a reminder of the benefits of the slow food revolution in a fast food world.

One of the most eagerly anticipated and colourful events of the world’s wine calendar has just passed – the release of the new vintage of beaujolais nouveau.

Once the preserve of a select few, Harvest Moon has opened its doors to the public.

The Western Australian Wine & Food Festival has been bought by Australia’s leading organiser of wine and food exhibitions, Diversified Exhibitions Australia.

Just when you had become used to screw caps on wine bottles, Margaret River winemaker Palandri this week unveiled the latest innovation in wine packaging.

There are only a few more days to catch the match of the month at Must Wine Bar.

It’s on again; the biggest and most keenly awaited wine event on the local calendar – the Margaret River Wine Region Festival.

Hard on the heels of its impressive five-star rating in the 2007 edition of James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion, Millbrook Winery is celebrating again, with its Estate Shiraz Viognier receiving a top 100 award at the 2007 Sydney International Wine

Howard Park seems to be giving itself all the presents as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.

A group of the most influential hoteliers in the country sat in Sydney’s Hilton Hotel recently and confirmed what many of Perth’s Sunday session devotees and midweek revellers already knew; the Brisbane Hotel is the best hotel in the country.

The Margaret River region will host the MasterCard World Wine and Travel Summit from November 13 to 17.

Wagyu, the Japanese breed of beef famed for its marbled fat, has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in recent years.

In a climate where the state’s microbrewery stocks are surging ahead and consolidating across Perth, it is worth noting that the Western Australia’s most isolated brewery is quietly and efficiently going about its work.

The wine business has bruised more than a few entrepreneurs in recent years but it certainly didn’t dissuade the Rathbone family from stepping across the Nullarbor to claim their own piece of Margaret River.

The Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia broke with almost three decades of tradition this year when, for the first time, the event was held in Perth.

Corey Diamond says there are two standards of coffee in Western Australia – his, and everyone else’s.

When Damien and Dion Trinder swung open the doors to their new restaurant, The Pony Club, just over a week ago, they did more than introduce Perth to its newest restaurant - they further entrenched Mt Lawley as the state’s hottest food venue.

Simon Devlin may have put cigars on the map in Western Australia, but his new venture may stamp his authority over the luxury good on a national scale.

Peel Estate winemaker Will Nairn takes shiraz about as seriously as it’s possible to take it.

The unearthing of two truffles weighing nearly 300 grams and 750 grams each during a recent Truffle Hunt Day has further entrenched Manjimup’s Wine and Truffle Co’s viability.