Wine And Food Show On Today

MORE than 15,000 people are expected at the 2008 Food and Wine Festival at Warners Bay today.

Getting A Taste For It

A new Kiama restaurant and wine bar has hit upon the novel concept of a bite-sized menu, writes ILSA CUNNINGHAM. Do you look at a restaurant menu and can't decide what to try first?

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Cool-climate wines are hot

Grape Hero In Our Midst

THE Illawarra and South Coast has a new regional hero. The chambourcin grape variety has been allocated varietal hero status in the Shoalhaven by the NSW Wine Industry Association.

Quiet Spot At The Quay

The Basement bar Macquarie Place, Circular Quay, 92512797 Crowd Not much. Vibe Not much of that either. Prices Beer from $6.40, wine from $7, cocktails $14.80. ... where the cocktails are jazzy and the food is generous.

Broke's Fordwich Wine Region

? BROKE'S Fordwich wine region is quickly becoming likened to the well-regarded Pokolbin.

Sunday Toast At Tyrrell's

ONE of the longest-standing Hunter Valley wine traditions has come to an end with Tyrrell's Vineyards opening its doors for Sunday trading for the first time - legally - in 46 years.

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Perfect pairings

Hunter Wine Lure To Lang

Temptation led north, writes Anita Beaumont.

Rathbone's Prize Pickings

Rathbone's prize pickings THE Parker Estate vineyard at Coonawarra, now part of the Rathbone Wine Group, has had strong links with the Hunter Valley.

Safety Check

THE State Government has announced a WorkCover safety campaign to target the wine industry following the deaths of winemaker Trevor Drayton and boilermaker Edgar Orgoin January