Food & Wine

It all began with an olive tree

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Yanni With patience, passion, and sixteen years of persistent work, two former corporate professionals can safely say they have created their dream property with Green Olive at Red…

From Furlong to Food

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Yanni In the iconic horse racing facility where Lee Freedman and his three brothers trained some of the greatest horses in Australian history is now the St Andrews…

Gravitating to success

Darrin Gaffy would be the first to admit he landed on his feet when he found and bought 10 hectares of land in Red Hill. In fact, he was so sure of…

Brilliant batch of beer

By Melissa Walsh   Photos Yanni Independent craft brewers across the Mornington Peninsula have united to brew up a storm with a new collaborative limited-edition beer which is being released this month. The…

Grab a bite Panda

By Brodie Cowburn Jim and Nicole Johnston are a peninsula pair aiming to provide a fresh new dining experience to the people of Blairgowrie through their new restaurant, Panda. Co-owner Jim, an…

All aboard… the Q Train

Queenscliff is beautiful. The buildings are beautiful, the rugged coastline is beautiful, and the food and wine is beautiful. Even better, it is so close to the Mornington Peninsula. Literally a 40…

It’s all about Amphora

By Melissa Walsh   Photo: Gary Sissons Since the days of Ancient Greece, man has used clay vessels for storing wine. Terracotta amphorae, arriving with the Greeks and widely distributed in Italy by…

Two guys name Chris make their mark

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Garry Sissons It’s a scary prospect for anyone to open their own business and perhaps even more so when you are only in your 20s. However, that didn’t…

Sacrebleu French Cafe

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Garry Sissons Growing up in France in a town close to Geneva in the Alps, Alain Mathieu was surrounded by delicious fresh food. His father had a vegetable…

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