Taste of Tassie in Milawa
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 [...]
New menu captures delight of Autumn
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 [...]
Family Cellar gets a makeover
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 [...]
Chefs create tribute to Patricia
By Douglas Elder, Head Chef, Epicurean Centre Last weekend we held the annual Patricia lunch at our Milawa site. As both a celebration of family matriarch Patricia Brown, and as a platform for the launch of the latest releases of the company’s flagship wines named in her honour, the lunch is also a chance for [...]
Fresh Figs Signal the Start of Autumn
Even though it may not feel like it, autumn has begun and the signs of its presence are starting to arrive in the kitchen. This long, hot and dry summer has been perfect for one autumn fruit, the fig. Native to the Middle East, this summer has brought perfect conditions for fresh figs. The fig [...]
New twist on a classic dish
By Douglas Elder, Head Chef, Epicurean Centre It has been some time since my last article. And we’ve had a long, hot, dry and extremely hectic summer period at the Epicurean Centre here in Milawa. The Christmas holidays are one of the busiest times of year for us, with thousands of people flocking to the [...]
Wine & Food adventures for Easter festival
Brown Brothers has added some new wine, food and learning experiences to the line-up at this year’s Easter Festival (Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st March 2013). Making its debut this Easter weekend is the Culinary Adventure Stage showcasing local producers, Next Generation chefs and artisans presenting a series of Masterclasses over the two-day festival. It [...]
King of the Hills
Wine writer Jane Faulkner enjoys a trip along the King Valley Prosecco Road, discovering the delights of the King Valley wineries, Katerina Pizzini’s cooking school and enjoys King Valley hospitality. In Milawa she samples Brown Brothers’ fare prepared by Head Chef Douglas Elder at the Epicurean Centre and enjoys some of Brown Brothers’ cellar-door-release wines. [...]
SEARCHING FOR THE BEST BOLOGNESE SAUCE
By Douglas Elder, Head Chef, Brown Brothers Epicurean Centre In light of the amazing news that Italian and Juventus superstar footballer Alessandro Del Piero is to come Down Under to play for Sydney FC , I thought that it would be a good opportunity to talk about Italian cuisine, and in particular the Aussie favourite, [...]
Matched to perfection
Open House Magazine takes a look at wine and food matching at the Brown Brothers Epicurean Centre and chats to Head Chef Douglas Elder. Download the article: Food_wine_matching PDF (232Kb)
