A wine and chocolate adventure
By Emma Porter, Epicurean Club Manager At Brown Brothers we have long been advocates of enjoying a spot of chocolate and wine and since discovering Sisko Chocolates our boundaries have seen no end! Sisko’s Chocolatier Christina Tantsis founded Sisko Chocolates in late 2007. Specialising in creating custom-designed sculptures, centrepieces and flavours by combining both the [...]
Heathcote delivers the full Monte
By Andrew Harris, Brown Brothers Wine Ambassador Experimentation has been the backbone of the Brown Brothers philosophy since day one and our small-scale Kindergarten winery allows us to try out a range of different varietals and offer Cellar Door visitors something really special. In 1989, the year Brown Brothers celebrated its centenary of winemaking, John [...]
Meet Ernie and Cobi
With more than 50 years of service between them, we talk to two of Brown Brothers’ most cherished employees – Cobi Howden, Customer Services Experience Officer, and Cellar Door’s Ernie Menichelli. When did you start at Brown Brothers? Cobi: I began my journey with Brown Brothers at the tender age of 19. To tell you [...]
Patricia Celebrates a Decade of Fine Wine
The Brown Family is excited to launch the 10th release of their Patricia range of wines this March. The Patricia name is a dedication to their matriarch, Patricia Brown, for the love and commitment she gave to her family for more than 60 years. Her contribution has been fundamental in helping to make Brown Brothers [...]
Netting time in Tasmania
By Mick Griffith, Vineyard Manager, Kayena Vineyard Whilst the Victorian vintage is well underway, February and March is ‘bird-netting’ time at the Tasmanian Vineyards. As the grapes reach veraison, hundreds of birds begin to move into our vineyards. Despite several strategically placed gas-guns and resident predator bird species (e.g. hawks at White Hills), the only [...]
Our wines in Top Aussie tasting
By Andrew Harris, Wine Educator Every year UK wine writer Matthew Jukes compiles a list of the 100 Best Australian Wines and, following the launch of the list in London, holds a tasting roadshow in 12 locations around the UK . On Friday, February 8, I attended a tasting of the 100 Best Australian Wines [...]
Adventures in wine beat jet lag
By Andrew Harris, Wine Educator The UK is such a great place for wine enthusiasts. It has a very long history and culture of drinking wine and with only small vineyard plantings of its own draws wines from all over the world to enjoy. I arrived on a Sunday morning at 6am. With our flight [...]
Wine & Chocolate – Yes Please!
By Emma Porter, Epicurean Club Manager Anyone for an hour of chocolate and Brown Brothers Wines? Yes Please! On the 25th September Readings Bookstore, Hawthorn, Melbourne, hosted a wonderful event with 50 lucky Epicureans and Readings customers! Sisko Chocolate and Brown Brothers wines were brought together to present five wines and chocolates perfectly matched! As [...]
Epicurean Club Seafood Adventure
By Emma Porter, Epicurean Club Manager Crave Sydney International Food Festival brings foodies from all over Australia together to enjoy a month-long celebration of local restaurants, top chefs and a nice glass of Brown Brothers wine! From the Night Noodle Markets that transform Hyde Park into bustling hawkers market to the World Chef Showcase treating [...]
Spring brings goslings to Kayena
Spring has come to our Kayena Vineyard in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley, home to our Tamar Ridge wines. Vineyard Manager Michael Griffith, who is a keen photographer captured these pictures this week. “There is a flock of about 10 geese who live around our dams and move into the vineyard to feed. They had a couple of [...]
