Food & Wine

John Philip Sheahan was onto a good thing when he built a pub in Jugiong in 1845. Intended to meet the needs of travellers on the track between Sydney and Melbourne, he’d be pretty chuffed, maybe a bit agape, to see The Sir George today. There are few people far and wide who haven’t heard of The Sir George. The...

With international travel off the table, Kiama on the South Coast of NSW has become a vacation hotspot. A new addition for foodies in the area is Fish Tribe, offering the freshest seafood to satisfy holiday fish and chip cravings. Located in the scenic town of Kiama Downs on Johnson Street’s rapidly growing ‘eat street’, Fish Tribe offers locals and...

If there's one thing we can justifiably be proud of, it's our region's amazing produce. Fine wine, fine dining, home-grown goodness and fresh, fabulous seafood – the capital region is famous for it all. We've put together a dozen of your favourite food and wine stories from 2020. It's not hard to guess what hot beverage came in as number one....

Here at Region Media, we're spoilt for choice when it comes to home-baked cooking. Group editor Genevieve Jacobs is a dab hand in the delectable pastries department, supplying an array of baked delights at our weekly all-staff meeting. But a new (festive) benchmark has been set by our social media coordinator Etta McEwan who brought in the best fruit mince pies...

Tourists and locals have long known that Narooma rocks, now the NSW South Coast town is planning to take that message to the rest of Australia. A new tourism brand, Narooma Rocks, was launched last week by the company that delivers the town’s flagship event, Narooma Oyster Festival. The company plans to build on the success of the annual oyster...

They survived the bushfires and the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic – even running an e-market that allowed locals to order fresh produce to their door. However, Moruya’s SAGE Farmers Market is missing the usual flurry of customers this November, leaving organisers scratching their heads. Stuart Whitelaw, one of the market's founders, says this lull couldn't have come at a worse...

Of the countless things to do with cherries, the one thing people are finding hard to do right now in the Hilltops region is pick 'em. As the hills come alive to bucket bearing swarms of visitors, producers faced with the vagaries of the season are now finding it hard to keep up supply with demand. In a season where...

It’s hard to imagine a better office than the one Jo Lane heads to each week. The crystal clear waters of Mystery Bay and Glasshouse Rocks on the NSW South Coast form the backdrop for her morning ritual of gathering the golden kelp that has washed ashore overnight. Marine scientist Jo and her husband Warren Atkins own Sea Health Products,...

Some Vietnamese community members in Sydney and Canberra are probably on the starting blocks ready to zoom down to Young, NSW, for the cherry season. According to Chris Hall, from Hall Family Orchards, the trips to the South West Slopes are quick, but very fruitful. “They’ll put in orders for the whole family and they might drive back with 50...

The thought of fresh Aussie oysters on the table at Christmas is a delicious image, however oyster farmers on the NSW South Coast need rain to hold off during the coming weeks if they are to satisfy the nation's insatiable hunger. It's been a long year for people on the Clyde River with bushfires, COVID-19 and rain impacting business. The...

Dreaming of Perigord truffles, a rich and creamy camembert or a Mediterranean-style seafood platter accompanied by a jaunty little Verdelho? The good news is that you don’t need to head to France, Spain or Portugal to satisfy your craving. All this, and much more, is available on our doorstep, and a new gourmet food trail will make it easier than...

In the Hilltops region, locals know that several things denote the start to cherry harvest. One is erratically parked cars. Another is hordes of disorientated people wandering the streets. And best of all is the proliferation of everything cherry in the town. Cherry pies. Cherry jams. Cherry wines. Cherry merchandise. Cherry ice-cream. A cherry festival. Pip the Cherry. Welcome to...

A lot has changed at Mimosa Wines since Gail and Glenn Butson bought 23o acres of coastal bushland midway along Tathra-Bermagui Road in the late 1970s. "It was a beef farm with a fibro shack on it back then," smiles Gail. Now Gail and Glenn are ready to sell up, but the sprawling property will stay in the family, with...

Eurobodalla Shire Council is on the hunt for the region's best artistic barista at the inaugural Eurobodalla Latte Art Championship in Moruya on Thursday, 12 November, as part of the Taste Eurobodalla event running through November. Council’s events coordinator, Tegan Benfield, said Taste Eurobodalla has all the right ingredients to get foodies and caffeine lovers integrating with the shire’s producers...

Retired regional journalist Niree Creed is, with the help of Ulladulla Milton Lions Club, helping farmers in southeast NSW get back on their feet after a challenging year plagued by drought, bushfires, floods and an unprecedented pandemic. Niree fell in love with farming during her days as a reporter with ABC's half-hour regional television program, Cross Country. READ ALSO: SAS Australia...

The Bega Valley's iconic history of cheesemaking continues thanks in part to Kameruka cheesemakers Lisa Kremmer and Wayne White, whose small outfit is located on Niagara Lane, opposite the site of a historical cheese factory. "As far as we know, the Niagara Lane factory was one of three cheese factories in Kameruka and it operated into the 1960s and 1970s...