As producer of Queensland’s most awarded wines, regional and seasonal food, the Granite Belt is a food and wine lovers paradise. With the largest number of cellar doors open to the public, Ballandean alone is home to a wide collection. There's Granite Ridge Tobin Wines Golden Grove and Bungawarra Wines not to mention Queensland’s oldest winery - Ballandean Estate. With its Gourmet Gallery and Barrel Room Café, it’s a must visit. The Puglisi Family and their staff have dedicated themselves ...
Food, wine & family…these are some of our favourite things. Put together a family-friendly festival to showcase the wares of the Granite Belt – producer of Queensland’s most awarded wines, regional and seasonal food - and we’re more than willing to drive the distance to be there! During spring the Granite Belt explodes with fresh produce, and as the spring blossoms bloom around Stanthorpe, new vintage wines are released - a perfect reason to celebrate! Primavera celebrates all things Spring ...
Stay, Melbourne
Pensione Hotel
Spencer Street, CBD
P - 1800 816 168 (Aust. Only)
E - Melbourne@pensione.com.au
W - http://www.8hotels.com/melbourne-hotels/pensione-hotel/
Should you be heading to Melbourne to explore..as I did The Pensione Hotel is a fantastic home base. It is a 5 minute wander from the Hub that is Spencer Street Station, no time wasted in finding the place I can tell you.
Inside you’ll find a hotel modeled on the original Pensione hotels of Europe that has transformed a turn of the century building into ...
Noosa...Part II
When we visited: May 2012 for the Noosa Food & Wine Festival
Where we stayed: Breakfree French Quarter Resort
Words: Rebekah Barnes
That weekend holiday feel consumes you as you walk towards the beachfront past Sails Restaurant. You can’t help but take a deep breath and breathe in the fresh air… sigh, let your stresses go because hey you’re in Noosa!
To your left, the boardwalk stretches off into the distance past some of the finest restaurants serving up fresh Queensland produce, ...
When we visited: May 2012 for the Noosa Food & Wine Festival
Where we stayed: Breakfree French Quarter Resort
Words: Rebekah Barnes
Part I
Noosa… how I’ve missed you! Too many years had flown past since my last visit. Your beach is breathtaking, your boardwalk is made for leisurely strolls, your restaurants are simply amazing…and Hastings Street… your assortment of lifestyle shopping is A plus! Add to this sunshine and blue skies and Noosa… there’s no wonder you’re one of Queensland’s top ...
Hamilton Island, the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, is celebrating a milestone year in 2013; the 10th anniversary of the Oatley family owning the Island. After more than $350million in investments and developments, this Island gem in Queensland’s Whitsunday region has never sparkled brighter.
The full list of monthly highlights can be seen at the bottom of the page, though cast your eye here for what will sure to be an amazing destination for food connoisseurs in the month ...
Australian food lovers have until the 30th April to take their passion for food to the next level in the gastronomic capital of the world. Highly respected cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu, is offering an exclusive scholarship to join their unique program all about the science of taste in Paris.
Spending one week in Paris and one week in Reims, Champagne, course participants will look beyond simple flavours and textures, in fact, the Hautes Etudes du Goût program, held at ...
