Food & Wine

IAN Mayo has joined Plantagenet Wines as general manager.The former Cape Mentelle general manager has been recruited to take on Plantagenet’s next phase of development, which aims to build sales up to

BASKERVILLE Wines has been sold and the new owners are looking at expanding the Swan Valley property to include accommodation.New owners and managers Geoffrey and Polly Hashman, who bought the propert

A NEW label based in Denmark has found a niche market with the recent production of its first vintage of preservative-free wines.

SO it’s out with the chef and in with the critic for the next series of Channel Seven’s reality TV series My Restaurant Rules.But it’s no food critic, but rather former Australian Idol judge Ian ‘Dick

MUST Winebar has received the State award at the 2004 Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards, coordinated by Tucker Seabrook and held in Sydney last week.The awards, which have been running nationa

THANKS to the growing number of diners looking to eat a little later than may be considered usual, Tsunami proprietor Brett Carbone has decided to keep his kitchen open until 10.45pm.And he’s busy tal

Pemberton winery Gloucester Ridge Vineyard will go under the hammer on Friday December 10.

Preparations for this weekend’s Margaret River Wine Region Festival are being finalised, with a number of personalities set to appear across the South West during the four-day event.

Former Palandri chief winemaker Tony Carapetis has joined Voyager Estate as an assistant to current Voyager senior winemaker, Cliff Royale.