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Story by Jack Foley |
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IT PROVED a g’day for all things Australian at Richmond Athletic Ground
on Saturday (July 13, 2002), when the Flavours of Australia Festival rolled
into town, attracting hundreds of sun-seekers.
Boasting the type of scorching hot weather that is usually reserved for the
likes of Bondi Beach (a particularly fine PR trick on this dampest of summers!),
the scene was set for a mouthwatering day of food and wine, complimented by
some really good tunes by Aussie music sensations, The Superjesus, who performed
two acoustic sets throughout the day.
Australia is perhaps the most well-known of the new world wine regions and
has a reputation for producing highly distinctive, excellent quality wines,
and the festival ensured that as many of them were represented as possible,
including New South Wales, Victoria/Tasmania, South Australia - south and
north of Adelaide and West Australia.
Guests could therefore choose from a Clare Valley Riesling, a Hunter Valley
Semillon, a Barossa Valley Shiraz or a Yarra Valley Chardonnay in order to
warm up the taste-buds for the glorious Australian menu which followed.
But anyone expecting a well-judged, finely researched review about the quality of the wines on offer, or the food for that matter, had better st