fizzmeup

Brown Brothers is one of my absolute favourite wineries. My love affair with the Brown’s started years ago when I first tasted their deliciously fruity Zibibbo, which costs a fraction of what you think it would when you first let it fizz around on your taste buds. When I moved to Albury-Wodonga earlier this year, you can’t even begin to imagine how excited I was to discover that the Brown’s lived just a 40 minute drive away!!! Seriously, three exclamation marks does not even come close!

So there was no hesitation on my part when I discovered that over the weekend, there would be a food and wine festival taking place at Brown Brothers. My little gastronome soul nearly floated off to heaven when I further discovered that as a part of this festival, you could partake of a four course rolling lunch with matching wines, consumed whilst roving about the winery and getting a little glimpse of where the magic happens behinds the scenes!!

The food was amazing – goats cheese and marinated octopus hors d’oeuvres (paired with Prosecco) – chicken, duck, and pig terrine served on a creamy green salad with cherries (paired with Tarrango) – melt-in-your-mouth-tender steak served on creamy potato mash with orange and purple carrots and parsnips dressed with mustard gravy (paired with the amazing Shiraz, Mondeuse & Cabernet which, incidentally, I am drinking again right now!) – and finally, a blue cheese panacotta (paired with a Late Harvested Patricia Noble Riesling, which doesn’t even have a link because they’re down to their last 198 bottles at the cellar door! … They had 200 before I showed up).

A long day at a winery, learning about how everything works, enjoying amazing food and delicious wines – this is my idea of heaven.