Wine Country
winery & restaurant
Summer is outdoors. Finding a deck with a
The warm weather has gone to my head. The
chorus of cicadas mean its time to go barefoot
view, whether it be a green valley or green
and celebrate the simple things. Everyday feels
garden, sweeping sea or paddling pool. Fish
like Sunday and suddenly 11am seems quite an
and chips on the beach, with a zippy sauvignon
acceptable hour to pull a cork (or twist a cap).
blanc. A minerally pinot gris and a plate of
freshly shucked oysters heavenly! Head to a
Forget super sized sunglasses, at our place the
country restaurant, dine al fresco and be spoilt
essential summer accessory is a pair of wine
rotten before retiring for an afternoon snooze.
glasses in the glove box. That's beach ready.
Hail those long lazy days. The warm weather
Summer on the Peninsula is a feast
bringing a collective memory of summer
for the senses.
holidays home.
- Emily Davenport
Australia Day Weekend - January 26, 27 and 28
Dining at
EXPERIENCE
Join Five Sons Estateon Sunday 27 for a typical Aussie
BBQ. There will be Australian music playing on the big
screen, backyard cricket and volleyball on the lawn, flies will
Paringa Estate
AWARD WINNING WINES
be buzzing, .... all things Aussie!
The new summer menu has been
Harvest to Table - March 8, 9 and 10
IN OUR
introduced by Head Chef Chad Aldred.
The tradition of Dromana Bay Mussels will feature once
Some exciting additions include Coppa
again on the long weekend. Join them Sunday 9 for live
(a Spanish inspired air dried pork) with
AWARD WINNING
music, wine, food & fun with plenty of activities for the kids,
shaved baby fennel, green olive cheeks
& the decking should be the ideal place to spend the day.
& mustard fruits as a charcuterie
RESTAURANT
Meanwhile the cellar door is a regular beehive of activity
dish. A new entrée is a pan fried potato
with fabulous wines on offer, seasonally inspired meze
gnocchi, morcilla, roasted pear, blue
plates to share, great coffee and the latest art exhibition,
cheese with virgin olive oil. While with
courtesy of Gallery One, Mornington.
the mains a new dish is barbequed
Five Sons Estate is open everyday throughout January for
Wagyu rump steak (grade 8) served
wine tasting and their meze menu.
with pomme pont neuf, red onion jam
and salsa verde'.
The restaurant at Paringa is open for
lunch every day from Boxing Day until the
end of January, and dinner Thursday, Friday &
Saturday nights.
2008 ANNUAL RETROSPECTIVE PINOT DINNER
This unbelievably popular dinner will be held on
WINNER BEST BRASSERIE
Friday 7th March 2008. It is $150 per head for
a five course degustation matched to Paringa's
Telstra Country Wide Golden Plate Awards
current pinots and back to vintage 1997.
In 2007 this dinner attracted so much interest that
Opening Hours
two dinners were held. So please book early if you
would like to be part of this spectacular event.
Restaurant
Lunch - Wed to Sun
FROM THE VINEYARD
After an early budburst and
Dinner - Fri and Sat
very dry start to the 2007/2008
Summer Opening times
season, (even worse than
(Boxing Day end January)
2007) substantial rain in
November has transformed the
Lunch Every Day and Dinners
water starved vines into the
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
uncontrolled triffids.
Flowering and fruit set has
now occurred producing
good healthy crops. Canopy
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management work, foliage
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wire lifting and shoot tucking
has been a difficult task given
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the rapid growth of the vines, however it is now
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complete and our vine trimmer is flat out trimming
off the excess growth.
At this stage I am very optimistic for a very
good Vintage 2008 and hopeful that the weather
conditions over the coming ten to twelve weeks
PARINGA IS PROUDLY SERVICED
will be favourable.
BY RED HILL SHUTTLE
- Lindsay McCall, Paringa Estate
PENINSULA
