Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
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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Jass from Royal Sultan Restaurant & Bar. The Royal Sultan comes to Maldon and Newstead. Building on their success in Castlemaine, The Royal Sultan Indian Restaurant is now serving the communities of Maldon and Newstead each week. Their food van can be found in Maldon on Fridays from 5pm until 7.30pm on the corner of…
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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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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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Photo: Riccardo Pastore, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The art of riddling As promised last week, following the first article on sparkling wine and the different sweetness levels, I have a three-part series on sparkling wine that outlines my learnings in this area. I have this time for some learnings, as while there is…
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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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Bonfire at Panacea Estate — clearing the old and welcoming the new. Bonfire traditions and vineyard gatherings As we have been cleaning up some fallen timber, weeds and vines, we have been building some great bonfires that have set in motion this week’s article and while it is still nice and cold, we will start…
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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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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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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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