Kyneton Olive Oil wins medals at Royal Melbourne Show 2011

The results have come in and this year sees Kyneton Olive Oil winning more medals for their fabulous olive oil. GOLD medal for their Family Selection EVOO

SILVER medal for their Gourmet Blend- CONGRATULATIONS and well done. Its great to see our members acheiving such wonderful accolades.

Kyneton Olive Oil have recently sent another export order to the US (New York) for the 3rd year in a row - great to see the local produce from central Victoria hitting the world platform.

Sher Wagyu awarded medal at 2011 Produce Awards

Victorian beef producers Nick & Vicki Sher of Sher Wagyu have been awarded a gold medal at the prestigious Australian 2011 Produce Awards. The awards were held at the Sydney Opera house on Monday night and were attended by a who’s who of chefs and artisan producers from around Australia with the irrepressible Matt Preston as host.

This is the third year in a row that Sher Wagyu beef has been recognized in the “From the Paddock” category of the national awards brought to you by ABC delicious magazine. The Sher’s have been producing the Japanese breed of cattle for nearly 20 years, the cattle famous for marbled beef which is tender and delicious.

Products are judged within their state before being shortlisted as a finalist for judging by Australia’s leading chefs Alla Wolf- Tasker, Maggie Beer, Matt Moran, Phillip Johnson and Cheong Liew . The award recognizes outstanding quality amongst a field of the highest caliber producers from around Australia.

“Our team works very hard to produce an excellent quality wagyu beef and we are very proud to be a medalist again”, said Vicki Sher.

Sher Wagyu is on menus in many of Australia’s leading restaurants as well as exported to 11 countries including Japan, Korea, USA, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.

Delicious Produce Awards 2011 - Finalists Announced

Congratulations to our members that are finalists in this year's produce awards

From the dairy

FRESH CHEESE - Meredith Dairy - Fresh Goat's Curd

SOFT CHEESE - Holy Goat - La Luna

From the paddock

BEEF - Sher Wagyu - wagyu beef

OTHER - Fernleigh Free Range - chorizo

From the earth

HERBS & SPICES - Angelica Organic Farm - garlic

  For full details on the winners for 2011 please click here

Pergeric wins avmedal at the International Wine Challenge 2011

Following recent success at the 2010 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine and Spirit Competition where it was rated the Best Australian wine with Braised Abalone in the food matching judging, the 1999 PEGERIC Pinot Noir has won a medal at the 2011 International Wine Challenge ( IWC ), the worlds most prestigious and influential independent wine competition. A record 48 countries entered this years competition. Winning a Commended medal, PEGERIC was in the same company as a number of Premier Cru  Burgundies and some Australian classics such as Wynns Michael shiraz 2005 Shaw and Smith shiraz 2009 , D’Arenberg Dead Arm 2008 , James Irvine Grand Merlot 2006. Also included in this category were champagnes from G H Mumm , Piper Heidsieck, Pommery, Veuve Cliquot, Taittinger and Moet and Chandon. There were over 9000 wines entered in the IWC and  the 1999 PEGERIC was one of the oldest Pinot Noir wines to win  an award. This medal  reasserts previous wine show awards and shows that the PEGERIC vineyard  is capable of producing world class Pinot Noir with great cellaring ability. Further details at www.pegeric.com      

Daylesford Cider Company & Gourmet Traveller

2009 Green Label Cider was recently made an appearance in Gourmet Traveller. Here's what they had to say...........

"This cider includes proper varieties (including dabinett and Blumer's Norman)from David Stagg's own organically grown farmed trees. It has a lovely soft apple perfume with a touch of spice and floral characters, and while it is round and pleasantly sweetish, there's also true cider bite and grainy texture on the finish. 5.6 percent alcohol, minimal preservatives added."

Lavandula's 20th Lavender Harvest

This summer is Lavandula's 20th lavender harvest. Carol White bought a property at Shepherds Flat (north of Hepburn Springs) because the golden stone buildings reminded her of Europe. They were built
in the 1860s by Italian-speaking Swiss. To match, she planted a Europeangarden, and lavender, a crop that could be managed by a woman and her two sons.
20 years ago she realised her farm would produce enough lavender to sell cut flowers. Tentatively she opened her garden for 6 weekends during the summer, while the lavender was harvested slowly, by hand with sickles. As the crop grew in size Carol needed to learn how to process it, she trialled and developed her line of body products. Now the garden is open daily through the warm months, and the lavender products have forged a reputation for efficacy and good value. The fragrant annual crop is harvested, slowly by hand with a sickle, right through January.

Sault - Worth its Sault

Little Fault with Sault - Stephen Downes gives his HIGHEST score ever - to read Sault's review 

Worth its Sault

Congratulations to the Team at Sault.

The Age Good Food Guide 2011

Congratulations to all our members that are winners in the The Age Good Food Guide 2011. This years results

country two hat awards

Lake House - Daylesford

country one hat awards

Royal George Hotel - Kyneton

Mercato @ Daylesford - Daylesford 14.5/15

Farmers Arms - Daylesford 14/15

The Cosmopolitan Hotel - Trentham

Delicious Produce Awards 2010

Daylesford Macedon Produce is proud to annouce the following members that were finalists and medal winners in this year's Delicious Produce Awards. The August edition of Delicious Magazine has the whole story.

Congratulations to you all, well done and well deserved for all your hard work.

From the EARTH

Angelica Organics - Gold medal- Garlic

Daylesford Organics -Gold medal - Heirloom Vegetables

From the DAIRY

Holy Goat Organic Goat's Cheese - Category winner

Meredith Dairy - Gold medal

From the PADDOCK

Fernleigh Free -Range Farm - Finalist

Sher Wagyu - Gold medal - Wagyu Beef

President's Medal Winner's Announced

Holy Goat Cheese at Sutton Grange in central Victoria has beaten some of Australia’s most famous farming dynasties to be named the best agricultural producer for 2010 by the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) of NSW.

 Carla & Anne-Marie from Holy Goat Cheese

Holy Goat Cheese, nominated for its La Luna Goat Cheese, was awarded the Champion Cheese of Show and Champion Sheep, Goat and Buffalo Milk Product at the 2010 Sydney Royal Cheese and Dairy Produce Show, making it eligible for the President’s Medal.

The six finalists nominated for this year’s award were selected from the 96 products that reached Champion status at the Sydney Royal Wine, Dairy and Fine Food Shows. They were then judged on a whole of company approach to the production and marketing.

13^thJapan Wine Challenge 2010 - Seal of Approval for the 2003 Pegeric Pinot Noir

After previously winning a Gold Medal at the 2007 Japan Wine Challenge with the   1999 Pinot Noir , PEGERIC has now had further International success by winning a Seal of Approval at the 2010 Japan Wine Challenge with the 2003 PEGERIC Pinot Noir .

The Seal of Approval recognizes regional style and drinkability and amongst the winners were Champagne Piper Heidsieck Rose Sauvage NV , 2008 Sandalford Prendiville Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and 2008 Shaw and Smith Shiraz .

With 1500 wines from 23 countries the Japan Wine Challenge is now firmly established as Asia’s most prestigious wine competition .

The 2003 PEGERIC  Pinot Noir is a single vineyard wine with a production of around 1200 bottles and will be released later this year at $59/ bottle . Despite the tiny production , PEGERIC is one of Australia’s most successful  producers of award winning aged Pinot Noir.