http://www.notabaddrop.com Wed, 15 May 2013 06:07:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US This June long weekend Brown Brothers invites you to join them for a Feast Fit for a King to celebrate our new vineyards in Tasmania. With King Neptune in mind, you can indulge in a five-course degustation of Tasmanian seafood, matched to our stunning new wines. The feast will take place on Saturday 8th June [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/bringing-a-taste-of-tassie-to-milawa/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/what-a-wine-and-chocolate-adventure/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/heathcote-delivers-the-full-monte/ By Caroline Brown, PR Manager, Brown Brothers I’m now sitting, well kind of slumped, on a chair in Milawa, after just devouring half of the new menu at Patricia’s Table at the Epicurean Centre. Tough job. As always, I was absolutely blown away by Head Chef Doug Elder’s new Autumn menu but I must warn [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/menu-showcases-delights-of-autumn/ Brown Brothers is pleased to announce that a fourth-generation family member, Caroline Brown has joined the business in the role of Public Relations Manager. Caroline is following in the footsteps of her elder sister Katherine, who has held the Public Relations Manager role for nearly 3 years, and will now be moving into the position [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/keeping-it-in-the-family/ I apologise for my long pause between posts, I’ve had a serious case of writer’s block. Well, it’s been over a month and I’ve had an incredible vintage adventure, and very proud to be part of the very successful 2013 harvest, but I’m also a tad upset. It’s going too quickly because the weather has [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/vintage-adventure-is-almost-over/ Brown Brothers and Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine invite you to an evening celebrating 10 years of Patricia wines. Enjoy a five-course dinner matched to the latest Patrica wines as well as some that have been cellared by the Brown Family. These will be benchmarked against fine wines from Australia and abroad. The dinners in Sydney, [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/join-us-to-celebrate-10-years-of-patricia/ Brown Brothers and Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine invite you to an evening celebrating 10 years of Patricia wines. Enjoy a five-course dinner matched to the latest Patrica wines as well as some that have been cellared by the Brown Family. These will be benchmarked against fine wines from Australia and abroad. The dinners in Sydney, [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/join-us-to-celebrate-patricia/ Katherine Brown: About a year ago I took a group of people to our family cellar and to my delight they were amazed by this cobwebbed hole in the ground. With this in mind I set to the task of give the cellar some love, a coat of paint and some new fixtures to make [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/family-cellar-gets-a-makeover/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.notabaddrop.com/meet-ernie-and-cobi/