Food & Wine

Swan Valley and Regional Winemakers Association of WA president Arch Kosovich will this week tell his fellow winemakers 2006 has been a pretty good year.

Ice Fish Fishery has recently received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard certification from the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council.

Australia’s oldest operating family owned company has just invited a new guest to the table.

Western Australian winery Howard Park is the only Australian wine producer to be awarded gold at the 2006 Wine Masters Challenge – VIII Concurso Mundial de Vinhos in Portugal.

With a trophy cabinet full of medals and their sights set on capitalising on another vintage, a new release wine comes at an interesting time for Mount Barker winery, Xabregas.

Swan Valley favourite Chesters Restaurant of Heafod Glen has announced that its contemporary art award will be held in 2006.

Paul Medica, head chef at the Hilton’s The Globe Restaurant, has just announced a fresh menu that is moving diners into a new season of produce.

If you’re still eating regular ice-cream then unfortunately you seem to have missed the gelato revolution that is sweeping dessert circles Australia wide.

Almost a year after opening in Mt Hawthorn, Divido Restaurant has hit its straps and is offering some of the most interesting Italian-inspired food and wine this side of the Spanish Steps.

Dennis Yagmich is able to trace grape growing and wine production in his family as far back as the 15th century.

The Taste of the Valley Festival held every April in the Swan Valley brings together all of the best bits of the region’s festival held throughout the year. It’s not too big, not too short and often features some very unique events.

Some of Perth’s most seasoned diners have circled the wagons and are refusing to let Fremantle’s Roma Restaurant go quietly into the night.

The precious black truffles grown by the Wine and Truffle Company in Manjimup are prized for the similarities to the black Perigord Truffles of France.

After several months trading at their Collie Street address, owner/proprietor Michael Della Penna and the team behind The Gelato Company in Fremantle are moving.

On a typically beautiful Saturday afternoon in the Swan Valley, a group of people gather around a table at Sandalford Winery, drinking and discussing the various complexities of Australian shiraz.

Chris Taylor’s Bluewater Grill in Applecross is hosting this year’s first event for Devlin’s Cigar Divan.

St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Perth this year are taking a decidedly more sophisticated turn, thanks to the newly formed WA Lansdowne Club.

The Hilton Hotel, Rosemount Wines and Riedel, the world’s finest glassware manufacturer, have joined forces to present a special dinner event showcasing each of the company’s strengths.

Ben Andrijasevich stands at the kitchen window in his new cafe, Soda, prepping ingredients for lunch service. Just outside the front door are the Indian Ocean and the relaxed surroundings of North Beach.

Five of the United States’ most influential wine writers have arrived in Western Australia for what is being called the ‘Way Out West Tour’, or WOW.

It is shaping up to be a particularly successful year for the Moore River region’s olive producers, with estimates currently putting this year’s harvest between 8,000 and 10,000 tonnes.

The City of Perth’s most celebrated commitment to food begins on March 1 with the promotion of City Food and Wine Month.

Margaret River-based MadFish Wines will host the first outdoor screening of the 2006 TropFest, the world’s largest short film festival.

Beer lovers have a great opportunity to take part in a unique event over the March long weekend as Fremantle hosts what is believed to be the largest and most comprehensive international beer festival in Australia.

The Swan Valley Regional Winemakers Association recently announced Arch Kosovich as its new president.

It’s a little hard to believe but Perth is half way through summer. And while the comparatively cool weather may have caught some venues unaware, the timing and temperature are perfect for the Swan Valley’s Midsummer Feast.

The Commodore Hotel on Hay Street has continued its multi-million dollar renovation with the completion of a new restaurant – the Armada Bar and Grill.

January 29 marked Chinese New Year as the year 4,704 began on the Chinese calendar and the Year of the Dog was ushered in.

Amberley Estate, one of Margaret River’s most dynamic producers, is highlighting this summer’s food and wine scene with a semillon and seafood match.

On February 3, the Hyatt Hotel will re-open the jewell in its fine dining crown – Gershwin’s.

When European settlers arrived in Australia to colonise this country, they brought with them the foods and food production methods that had sustained the British Empire.

All the talk around the premium olive growing region of Moore River at the moment is of an imminent announcement regarding an exciting new food event – oil related no doubt.