Food & Wine

The southern stretch of Margaret River is home to Alexandra Bridge wines, a range that David Pike discovers has transformed itself. Alexandra Bridge has just released their premium range of wines called 101 after their Brock- man Highway address.

Western Australia’s best are recognised with the announcement of this year’s Wine Industry Association awards for excellence, as David Pike discovers.

Wine guru Shaun Maher has embarked on a new venture designed to produce wine lists and on-the-job training for staff, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

A new tavern opening in East Perth in early September will add flavour to the area’s tasty line-up, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

Howard Park’s regional wines display a distinctive style even though their treatment and handling are identical, and the Shiraz and Cabernet are remarkable, as David Pike discovers.

One of David Pike’s favourite WA wine industry events is just around the corner – Western Australian Fine Wine.

MARGARET River wine industry pioneer David Hohnen is on the hunt for a chief executive officer to take over the operations of Cape Mentelle Vineyards the company he co-founded in 1970.

The team at Fraser’s in Kings Park have decided that having one of the city’s best views isn’t enough ... there’s a new look inside too, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

David Pike profiles a region of South Australia that, while new to wine production, looks likely to produce some quality grapes.

Healthy and fast are two words that don’t often appear in the same sentence when descibing food, but as Julie-anne Sprague reports, that’s not always the case.

A new Australian wine producer opens for business every 61 hours, leading some to think there are too many labels in the market. David Pike reports.

The coffee-led revolution on Beaufort Street in Highgate shows no sign of slowing down, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

NEXT week’s Easter long weekend is a great opportunity to fill your belly with the good bunny’s chocolate treats and to spend some quality time with the family.

Working in the wine industry’s not all about drinking the stuff, as David Pike discovers, although he manages a bit of that too.

With the crusher cleaned, David Pike looks forward to the quiet of Easter and some of the delights April has in store for lovers of the grape.

INDIANA Tea House has had its fair share of celebrity visitors in recent weeks, with several talented Australians and international visitors dropping in for a bite to eat.

THERE’S no signage, no garden, and nothing from the busy Great Eastern Highway streetscape that screams ‘new restaurant’,

While the red berries are in no hurry to ripen, David Pike takes the opportunity to take into account a new offering.

IF you thought Peter Hayes was content with the $1.3 million refurbishment of the ground floor of The Oxford Hotel, think again.

In Margaret River for vintage, David Pike looks at an ambitious project from a noted winemaker. AS March draws to a close so too does the harvesting of white grapes in Margaret River. It is now up to the winemakers to craft the wines into bottled gold.

While reflecting on past sins during night shift at the winery David Pike contemplates the international successes of some of Western Australia’s wineries.

THE absence of a name or signage on a restaurant during the first two weeks of business may seem a little unusual but it has proved to be a talking point among Subiaco diners.

STRONG demand for wine education programs has prompted the Wine Education Centre to take its wine courses to Perth’s boardrooms.

WHEN it comes to a dream job many of us would  like to consider our true calling lies in gastronomy; spending all day doing something considered an extravagance – wine tasting, food critique … or ice cream connoisseur.

With ideal conditions for the gathering of the white grape, David Pike, on duty for the 2003 vintage, turns his mind to his favourite white grape – the chardonnay.

MATSURI Restaurant owner Yutaka Takeuchi has reopened his site at 900 Hay Street as a takeaway store and is evaluating other retail sites in the CBD for similar concepts.

The dawn is rising on another vintage and, as David Pike discovers, it could be a pretty good one. IT has approached that time of the year when I get to see dawn on a daily basis.

PERTH hospitality guru David Weinman has been commissioned by The Marketing Pepper Board of Malaysia to promote Sarawak pepper across the globe. And what better place to start than in his home town, Perth?

Rain, while desperately needed in the pastoral and cropping regions of the eastern States is proving to be a huge headache for winemakers, as David Pike discovers.

There’s plenty of activity in Applecross as some familiar names bring a little more choice and flavour to the area, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

WHILE Valentine’s Day was more than a week ago, Gusto couldn’t go past some of these great-night-out stories.

VANS Sidewalk Café has reopened under the ownership of Kevin McCabe and David Cooney.