Food & Wine

Food - Unfried "Fried" Red Snapper

Heat oil carefully until boiling, then pour over fish so that it sizzles and serve quickly. Ideal as an appetiser or accompanied with sparse but well dressed salad.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 22

A zingy white to enjoy year-round with fish and seafoods is Primo Estate’s  La Biondina, a 100 per cent fun-blonde Colombard from South Australia’s Adelaide Plains. But thats not all...

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 21

Australian winemakers, particularly those who rely heavily on export orders, have become as much caught up in the world’s current economic turmoil as any other industry, but there are many who are rubbing their hands at the thought of the bargains.

Food - Chilled Chickpea and Potato Salad

To prepare the dressing: mix all the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl or add all the ingredients into a jar with a lid and shake well; set aside and allow to stand for at least 10 minutes. This allows the flavours to blend.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 20

Although Doctor Aniello Iannuzzi and Dr Eve Tsironis only ventured into winemaking in the Hunter Valley in 1999, their appreciation for the juice of the grape is rooted back years in two of the Mediterranean’s most passionate winemaking regions.

Wine - Out Of the Bottle : Volume 19

Margan Family Winemakers in the Hunter valley have just released their 2007 single vineyard White Label Semillon, a drop that’s classic Hunter Semillon down to its bootstraps.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 18

This is the packaging in which Wolf Blass has just released its new Green Label wines – a lightweight recyclable plastic (PET) bottle that, probably best of all for many, helps produce 29% less greenhouse gas emissions.

Wine - Out Of the Bottle : Volume 17

A Business-savvy retired builder and a young-gun winemaker have joined forces to put the Hunter Valley’s Ballabourneen label back on the shelves.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 16

Created from fruit from a small low-yielding, water-shy block whose vines produce small berries of extraordinarily concentrated flavours, this 2005 Shiraz is beautifully rich, full-bodied and elegant with concentrated cassis flavours.

Wine - Out Of the Bottle : Volume 15

Many refer to it as “Poor Man’s Grange,” while the more reverend opt for “Baby Grange” when lingering over a few glasses of Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 12

Senior Winemaker at Climbing Wines, Debbie Lauritz spent some time working with Pinot Gris in Alsace and has a passion for the variety that’s reflected in the exceptional 2008, a somewhat voluptuous wine with beautifully concentrated zesty pear and apple flavours.

Wine - Oakvale Semillon : Gold Rock 2008

Wonderful lime citrus and with slightly herbaceous characters, a drop that should be a must-buy for Semillon buffs is the 2008 Gold Rock.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 9

If Westend Estate’s 2007 Richland Shiraz was a beer, you’d be putting it into the biggest glass you could find and quaffing it in great swallows while the steaks cooked on the barbie.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 8

Sydney-siders, or visitors to the Harbour City this month, should shout themselves lunch or dinner at any of fifty or so of the city’s top restaurants that are featuring menus designed to celebrate NSW Wine Week.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 7

It may come as a surprise, but the wine that’s currently out-pacing the rest of the field in the local popularity stakes is Pinot Noir.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 6

Its from boutique maker Monteith’s, and is their Radler Bier – a “fruit beer” that’s a concept which originated in the Bavarian Alps back in the 1920s, but is somewhat new here, with the beer being infused with lemon and lime juice.

Wine - Out Of The Bottle : Volume 3

Three years ago the Hunter Valley’s Andrew Margan from Margan Family Wines, and Hamish MacGowan, the brains behind Angus the Bull – that exceptional and aptly-named carnivores’ blend of Cabernet Sauvignon from Victoria and South Australia – decided on another bit of blending.

Food - Tandoori Chicken

Ever wanted to make authentic grilled Indian chicken - without buying a jar of tandoori paste from the supermarket? Look no further. With ingredients such as coriander, garlic, fresh lemon juice, ginger, cumin and yoghurt. 

Wine - Talking Wine : Volume 80

This week we look at a restrained powerful robust intense red. A complex wine with wonderful aromatics and an impressive structure. Polished pure distinctive fruit takes it place at the fore, varietal in nature with generous fruitcake characters.

Wine - Talking Wine : Volume 79

Wine connoisseurs take note: the Coriole Redstone Shiraz 2005 is a very, very good wine. As you'll read in the wine review, the Shiraz stands out amongst its rivals: priced at around $25 it scored an 'excellent' 93 out of 100.