June 4th, 2008

Gourmet North-East Victoria

What an amazing week I’ve just had.The passion and enthusiasm of everyone involved in the food and wine industry in this area is fabulous.

Some of the highlights were; making gnocchi at Rinaldo’s in the King Valley and sharing the warmth and love of an Italian family;walking in the cool, crisp air before sunrise at Casa Luna Gourmet Retreat in the Myrhee Valley and spotting 6 kangaroos in a meadow nearby;sharing some delicious Muscat (a fortified wine for which the Rutherglen area is famous) with  Tom Campbell the winemaker and his daughter.

Then there was the beautiful Asian duck lunch (see above) I shared with the young Brown siblings at All Saints Winery and the generous Damien Adams,  in charge of Rutherglen tourism, who showed me around the area and arranged a lovely dinner with two female winemakers.

The colours of the late winter trees around Beechworth and Bright were fading but there was still enough to imagine what the previous month would have been like for Autumn festival.

The whole experience made me realise why Vogue Entertaining just voted this the best wine and food region in Australia!

I would tell you more but need to save it for my article in the Inspire magazine coming out near Christmas.In the meantime if any of you are thinking about a trip to somewhere different with fantastic food and wine, watch out for a tour next year. I would love to go back there very soon.

Posted by Sue Story  //  Filed in Events

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