Food & Wine

A WESTERN Australian roughie has streaked the field in the past few weeks to find itself on James Halliday’s list of top 10 new wineries nationwide and with a gold medal from last week’s 2004 Sheraton Perth WA Wine Awards.

Visy Board ‘most successful exhibitor’ award Rosily Vineyard Emirates chairman’s award for the ‘best individual entry’

The kitchens at the PCEC will be bustling with activity ahead of the opening night party on August 26. Julie-anne Sprague spoke to executive chef Adrian Tobin.

Millbrook Winery is on the hunt for a new functions coordinator following the departure of Juanita Towell.

Western Range Wines, made up of a group of high-profile investors including Malcolm McCusker, Terry and Kevin Prindiville, and Marilyn Corderoy, has been selling cases and cases o

Many Perth chefs and Western Australian foodies will want to check out a new store opening later this month.

Matt and Jackie Jarvis bought a property in Bramley, a stone’s throw from Margaret River, three years ago.

Michael de Marte has been busy the past year establishing St Georges Terrace coffee icon Rosso Espresso but, as Julie-anne Sprague reports, his attention has reverted to Shafto Lane where he plans to relaunch Café Bocca this September.

Paul McArdle has been appointed as Must Winebar’s new wine consultant filling the shoes recently vacated by Natasha Court.

The TV cameras may have left Room Nineteen but that hasn’t stopped its Scottish head chef Iain Lawless from getting his fair share of publicity.

The owners of Leederville’s newest eatery are hoping to extend the popular Oxford Street cafe strip beyond a block either side of the Oxford and Vincent streets intersection.

Evans and Tate continues to go from strength to strength, having recently released its Mosaic brand.

Caffissimo will launch two more stores in Western Australia this September, taking its tally of coffee shops to 10.

Jason Walker learned his trade from some of Europe’s finest chefs, and Altos is the beneficiary, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

The old saying that good things come in small packages could well be a marketing line for Baby Cakes, the Tuart Hill-based business of former pastry chef Sarah Brigden.

Warren Mead’s Oyster Bar brand is poised for significant expansion in Western Australia and on the east coast.

Low-carb diets may have changed the eating habits of some, but a little Aussie pasta shop in Dalkeith has maintained its winning formula, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

Wills Domain will be opening its new cellar door just in time for summer with the official ribbon cutting set for this November.

The label names give a clue to the attitude driving one of the South West’s up-and-coming wineries. Julie-anne Sprague reports.

Barwick Estates has added two new members to its team, with Andrew Rohrbach and Donelle Lyndon-James joining the winemaker recently.

Wine Industry Association of Western Australia chief executive Kim Pervan has left the organisation after only four months in the job.

Former Xanadu group marketing and sales manager Kelly Renouf has moved out of the wine industry and into the family business, Renouf Real Estate.

A Fremantle icon with a focus on familiarity is preparing to celebrate 50 years in business, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

Gull Petroleum has fired the latest salvo in the ongoing battle for market share with Coles and Woolworths by providing a suite of new products based on consumer convenience.

WINE NEWS with Anne Dawson 

Blue Cow Cheese Company’s growth is set to continue with the launch of a new gourmet products division, Blue Provedore, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

It appears Loose Box executive chef Alan Fabregues has as much talent for auctioneering as he does for French cooking.

IT may only have been the second day of trade at new Shenton Park restaurant Galileo Buona Cucina, but co-owner Una Hosgood was run off her feet when she met Gusto for an interview last week.

VASSE Felix will re-open its cellar door on June 24 after undergoing renovations to the original cellar.