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Neighbourhood Centre wine tour

Neighbourhood Centre wine tour. Maldon Neighbourhood Centre (MNC) invites locals to a wine appreciation tour through the Harcourt Valley region. Taste your way through a variety of locally crafted wines and enjoy the scenic charm of the region. The MNC’s friendly driver Stewart will ensure you can sit back, relax and fully enjoy the experience.…

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Cork Talk: Cork, cage & pressure – sealing the sparkle

Cork cage. Photo by Peter Burka. As I continue my sparkling wine learning journey, I’ve reached the final stage: sealing the bottle. After riddling and disgorging comes the closure – the cork and wire cage that holds in all that fizz and flavour. It’s easy to take for granted, but the way sparkling wine is…

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Cork Talk: From cloudy to clear

Champagne bottle with lees sediment prior to disgorgement. The Magic of Disgorging Lately, I’ve been spending time learning about what happens after riddling in the world of sparkling wine. Once all that yeast sediment has been coaxed into the neck of the bottle, what happens next? The answer is a process called disgorging – a…

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What does ‘dry’ really mean?

What does ‘dry’ really mean? Panacea Estate’s Peter Christen busts common wine terminology myths. Busting wine terminology myths The crispness of winter mornings has well and truly arrived at Panacea Estate. As the vines rest in their winter dormancy, I find myself warming my hands on a mug of coffee before stepping into the vineyard,…

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Cork Talk: Wine & Celebrations Through the Ages – Odd Traditions, Past and Present

Bacchus. After lots of thoughts recently on the future of Panacea Estate, I started to think of the past and what wine has been through the ages and may be going forward. Wine has always been more than a drink—it’s a witness to history. It’s been raised in toasts, spilled in rituals, offered to gods,…

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Cork Talk: A Toast to the Macabre – Wine for Gothic Gatherings

A toast to the macabre. For those who like their wine with shadows and style. There’s something undeniably gothic about wine. Its colour, its history, its slow transformation in the dark. At Panacea Estate, we often say wine tells stories—but sometimes, it tells ghost stories. If you’re gathering for Maldon’s Gothic Festival, hosting a mysterious…

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Cosy by Nature

Firelight feast In the depths of winter it’s an ancient human activity to gather around a fire for warmth and to prepare food. While baked bean jaffles prepared in a hot iron are a camp classic, it is possible to incorporate fresh and seasonal produce into your winter feasts. Regular campers in the goldfields region,…

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