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January 11, 2018

Favourite Ingredient: 3 Surprise Ways To Cook With Wine

Hi, Yowie here! Welcome to a story about one of my favourite topics – cooking with wine. Not only is wine the nectar of the gods, I firmly believe it is the key ingredient that transforms a dish from ‘good’ to ‘phenomenal’! Today I’m going to share with you the three ways I love to […]

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December 14, 2017

Wine, Celebrations, and All That Is Holy!

Festive season is upon us! Yes, again! And, for a lot of Australians, that means fully embracing the trifecta of ‘Eat, drink, and be merry!’ Here at Woongooroo Estate, we love the silly season, and we love the fact that our boutique wines are featuring in so many family feasts. However, before we all launch […]

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Somerset Region Winery
November 9, 2017

A Yarn From Yowie: Wine & Food – A Match Made In Heaven

Hi there, Yowie here! I thought it was time to share a little bit more about our beautiful home, and all of the delicious food you can find in the area to accompany our wines. Yes, food to accompany wine, not wine to accompany food! Because, let’s be honest, around here the wine is the […]

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Somerset Valley Winery
October 12, 2017

A Yarn From Yowie: The What, How, and When of Wine Decanting

Is decanting really necessary, or is it just wine pomp and show? Let’s start at the beginning, where all good yarns begin! Decanting wine is essentially a process of pouring (decanting) the contents from one vessel (typically a bottle) into another vessel (typically a decanter). Usually the wine is then served from the decanter, however […]

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Kilcoy Winery
September 14, 2017

A Yarn From Yowie: The Best Way To Store Leftover Wine

While according to the memes on Facebook, “leftover wine” is an oxymoron, in the non-social-media world, we’ve all had the rare need to save half-opened bottle of wine.

Phil & Gail have received an upgrade! Well, not them per say but their Web-Presence and ability to supply you with Woongooroo Estate Award Winning wines!

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August 13, 2017

A Yarn from Yowie: Woongooroo Wines Refined & Coming To You

Hi! In case we haven’t met, I make guest appearances at Woongooroo Estate Winery.  I’m also the Yowie from “Yowie’s Yarns”, and have I got a yarn to share with you!!

Phil & Gail have received an upgrade! Well, not them per say but their Web-Presence and ability to supply you with Woongooroo Estate Award Winning wines!

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April 24, 2017

Phil’s Guide to Wine Tasting

A Guide to Wine Tasting Like a Professional With white wine, generally speaking, a darker colour can indicate an older wine. White wines may go from pale straw, to straw, deep straw, pale gold, gold. A brownish edge at the meniscus (the curved upper surface of a liquid in the glass) could indicate some oxidisation, […]

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April 8, 2017

The Woongooroo Estate Winemaker

In this article, the Woongooroo Estate Winemaker, Ray Costanzo steps us through the wine making process. When setting up a vineyard, it is most important to produce top quality grapes for the making of premium wine. The other half of the equation is the services of a top quality winemaker. Our Estate chose Golden Grove […]

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Crusty Damper Recipe
April 1, 2017

Crusty Damper

Serves: 6Preparation Time: 20 minsCooking Time: 25 mins Ingredients 3 cups self raising flour ½ cup of water ½ cup of milk 1 – 2 teaspoons salt 90gms of melted butter 1 egg extra milk for glazing extra flour for dusting Method Step 1 Preheat oven to moderately hot 210 degrees Step 2 Brush oven tray […]

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  • Favourite Ingredient: 3 Surprise Ways To Cook With Wine
  • Wine, Celebrations, and All That Is Holy!
  • A Yarn From Yowie: Wine & Food – A Match Made In Heaven

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