The great wines of the world, in historical terms, were often sweet. Sweet wines can be made by a number of methods but the most famous are undoubtedly sourced from botrytis affected grapes first used in wine making in Hungary – by accident.
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Hospitality is returning to Hepburn with the opening of Hepburn Café on the site of the old Harry’s Cafe and with the imminent reopening of the Savoia Hotel.
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Morgan Williams pays tribute to his father, Trevor, who died last week. Trevor and his wife, Stef, opened the Mingus Gallery, now Radius Art Space, in Hepburn Springs ten years ago.
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“Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country” is an interdisciplinary and intercultural story across time, cultures, contested histories and unsettled relationships, uniquely traversing First Nations and unsettler, history, geology, ecology, anthropology and reserve management. Author Barry Golding will discuss his book at Yandoit Cultural on April 26.
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Calling all Creatives! Words in Winter is back for 2025 and we want your work! This beloved community festival celebrates the power of words and art and we’re inviting our region’s talented makers to contribute.
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On March 22, in Glenlyon, Victoria, artists, community and audiences gathered for Radical Fields, a one-day contemporary art festival held entirely in a paddock. Moving art outside the gallery and into the natural landscape is both a bold and humble gesture—embracing the elements, the mess, and the magic of the land itself.
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Once the heat of summer is gone, there is plenty to do in the garden. Now is the time to feed your plants, top up mulch, lightly prune autumn flowering plants and fill in the gaps in your garden or even start a new project.
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Helen Garner’s new book, The Season, follows her youngest grandson’s season playing with an under-16s Australian Rules football team in Melbourne’s inner west in 2023. Garner writes with honesty about her experience of ageing – not just the physical changes – but the fear of being alone and redundant as she watches her grandchildren move into adulthood.
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Rosemary Hodgson, one of Australia’s finest lute players, presents a magical afternoon of lute music in the excellent acoustics of Yandoit Cultural. T
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A gripping adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 is set to captivate audiences at the Castlemaine...
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The Clunes Booktown Festival returns this weekend marking its 19th year as one of Australia’s most cherished regional literary events.
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Tuberous Begonias originated in The Andes, particularly Bolivia, in a harsh environment. They tolerate minus 12 degrees and so are well suited to local winter conditions. Pete Harris from Whitehouse Nursery in Ashbourne spoke to the Daylesford Horticultural Society about care and propagation of begonias.
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