NOTE: Events listed subject to change - please check this website close to the advertised date
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Milawa Gourmet Region Series as part of the High Country Harvest Festival
Milawa Cheese Company – Home Cheese Making Sunday 20th May 9am-4pm
Discover the magic of turning milk into curds, you will learn how to make how to make a mascarpone, a gourmet feta and a camembert, all of which you will be able to take home with you. The class will start at 9am run until around 4pm, and includes all you need to make cheese on the day, morning tea, lunch and an afternoon cheese tasting. $175pp
Milawa Sweet Things - Chocolate Truffle Making Monday 21st May 10am-12pm
Wendy specialises in creating decadent chocolate and cake creations. She uses the finest Callebaut couverture from Belgium to create chocolates for lovers of all things indulgent. Chocolates and Truffles are filled with a luscious combination of ingredients to create centres to melt on your palate and awaken the senses. The ultimate indulgence. This will be hands on class with participants being able to take home their creations at the end of the class. $55pp
Milawa Sweet Things - Cake Decorating Monday 21st May 2pm -4pm
This will be hands on class with participants being able to take home their creations at the end of the class. $55pp
Walkabout Apiaries - Honey Spinning Tuesday 22nd May 10am-12pm
Learn how honey gets from the bee to your table. Get to meet the real makers, the honey bees themselves, at work in (a completely contained) honey comb. Hand-spin your own honey to take home and taste the difference different flora can have on honey. $35pp
Blue Ox Berry Farm - Preserve Making Wednesday 23rd May 10am-12pm
Wayne and Helen have been growing berries in Oxley for over 9 years and have developed a delicious range of preserves made from our abundant local harvest, what better way to celebrate the High Country Harvest than by learning how to preserve the flavour of our local seasonal produce. $35pp
Milawa Muscat Retreat - Cooking with Milawa Mustard Wednesday 23rd May 2-5
Mustard is much more than just a condiment; learn how to create a beautiful salad dressing, a fantastic marinade and other cooking preparations with Peter Hoppach formerly of the highly regarded Peter’s Cellar 47 Restaurant and renowned local chef. $75pp
Milawa Muscat Retreat – Cooking with Milawa Cheese Thursday 24th May 9am-12pm
A cheese platter is one thing but how about all the other delicious ways you can prepare and enjoy Milawa Cheeses? Peter will take you through different cooking methods to use when cooking with cheese. $75pp
Milawa Muscat Retreat – Cooking with Milawa Free Range Chicken Thursday 24th May 2pm-5pm
Learn how to use a whole chicken, start with a whole bird and learn to butcher it into the appropriate cuts, and then how to cook all of those pieces. From pate to stuffed chicken breast, Peter will show you all the tricks. $75pp
E.V. Olives – Extra Virgin Olive Oil tasting and appreciation workshop Friday 25th May 10am-12pm
Much publicity is about at the moment with the new Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil standard and the adulteration and mislabelling issues. Learn how to discover the real oil from the rest with Maureen and Eberhard who have conducted workshops both at regional and at state level and are qualified judges of Extra Virgin Olive Oils. $25pp
Milawa Cheese Company’s – Charity Cheese Ball Saturday 26th May – 6pm Silent Auction, 7.30 Dinner
Cancer is Australia's leading cause of death and will affect every single Australian at some point during their lives.
Annie Brown was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2008, a tumor too large to operate on was found in her oesophagus, and the prognosis wasn’t good. She was involved with a trial treatment at The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre involving ra-diation and chemotherapy and then finally surgery. Annie fought hard with the help of Peter Mac and has been cancer free now for the last 3 years. All of us want a future where this disease is completely eradicated. Only a continued investment in research will fulfil this wish.
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is the only hospital in Australia solely dedi-cated to people with cancer. They treat over 25,000 patients every year and are home to the largest cancer research centre in the southern hemisphere.
Milawa Cheese Company will be hosting a Charity Cheese Ball on May 26th as part of the High Country Harvest Festival to celebrate the life of our Mrs Cheese and all profit will be donated to Peter Mac, a silent auction will precede the ball and with your generous support we aim to donate $10,000 to Peter Mac.
Held in the Historic Milawa Cheese Factory’s ‘Ballroom’ this black-tie candle lit ex-travaganza will showcase the regions fine wines paired to a 5 course regionally in-spired menu developed by Danny Neate (previously Brown Brothers Epicurean Cen-tre, now Little Small Batch) and Emily Thomas (previously River Cafe London, now at hobba coffee+kitchen) and prepared by our head chef Bob Langmead. Old school swing jazz tunes will have you dancing between the tables making for a great night out. $175pp
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Welcome to Wendy Houston's world of all things sweet!
I specialise in creating decadent chocolate and cake creations. I use the finest Callebaut couverture from Belgium to create chocolates for lovers of all things indulgent. Chocolates and Truffles are filled with a luscious combination of ingredients to create centres to melt on your palate and awaken the senses. The ultimate indulgence.
My delicious cakes are baked using quality ingredients sourced locally. I can create a unique celebration cake with handcrafted decorations for your special occasion. A combination of delicious flavours and creative designs.
Regional Country Harvest Festival
I will be teaching Cake Decorating and Chocolate Truffle making at the new education centre @ Milawa Cheese Factory during the Regional Country Harvest Festival Monday 21st May. read more.....
  
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Oxley Estate 2008 Durif
Durif is a highlight of North East Victoria, where is has resided for over 100 years. Discovered by Dr Durif as an abberation in a French vineyard in the 1880s, and named for himself, it seems to have found its niche in the Aussie soils and climate. For decades, it has been loved by a band loyal devotees, and in recent years has started to achieve the appeal it deserves.
Durif is typically an age-worthy beast, bearing cherry and plum flavour atop rich earthy tones. Ours has been described by wine writer Huon Hooke as somewhat "more elegent in style" than its counterparts, and whilst it cellars remarkably, is more than approachable in youth.
The 2008 has ripe, perfumed berry/cherry aromas atop a backbone of durif’s forest/earthiness and hints of vanillin oak. The palate has warmth and richness, ripe fruit, sweet toasty oak and loads of silky, velvety tannins. It is an elegant, integrated style with great length of flavour and balance. A great match for rich, slow-cooked meat/game dishes, or maybe tender barbecued beef or venison.
Bronze medal, Dookie Wine Show, Class 4, 2011; 88 points, James Halliday Wine Companion 2012
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"Walkabout Apiaries is a 3rd Generation family owned beekeeping business based in Milawa.
Our bees collect nectar from the blossoming eucalypts of the Victorian high country and the river plains of the Ovens, Murray and King rivers.
We take as much care in handling our honey as we do looking after our bees. Our happy, healthy bees make the best honey.
Honey tasting and sales are available at our farm gate shop, Milawa and other stores in the Milawa Gourmet Region."
Walkabout Apiaries (Honey)
Glenrowan/Myrtleford Road
Also known as the "Snow Road",
Milawa., 3678
Ph: (03) 5727 3468
Jenny & Rod Whitehead
Cellar door open 10am - 5pm most days
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Milawa Gourmet Region - Australia's first gourmet region was conceived in 1994 with each member providing a service to visitors and proudly displaying the gourmet region's logo.
The region is centered around the townships of Oxley, Milawa and Whorouly and is home to numerous fresh and processed food producers plus a number of Victoria's leading wineries.
The Milawa Gourmet Region is home to the makers of fine food, wine and craft offerings, from mustards and condiments, free range chicken, fresh berries in season, jams and preserves, olive oil and preserved olives, ceramic art, fine woven fabric, photographic art, honey, lavender products, plant nurseries, fine furniture made from Australian timbers and more.
Four times a year Milawa Gourmet members hold a "Producers Market" at the Crossroads Miilawa featuring local gourmet produce.
There are numerous options for accommodation, including classy B&Bs, motels, a caravan park, camping, and a five star hotel, as well as tourism operators who can tailor an itinery to suit, or provide bicycle hire and pick-ups/drop-offs.
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The Oxley Bush Market is an annual event held in and around the historic Oxley Shire Hall - in 2012 the market will be held on Saturday November 3, (during the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz).
The Oxley Bush Market features 170 stalls of homemade, home-produced, homegrown or new items, as well as gourmet food, drinks and children's entertainment. Stallholders travel from throughout south eastern Australia to sell their high quality wares.
Many charitable organisations also use the market as a fund-raising eventl. Widely recognised as the best market in regional Victoria.
The market commences at 9am and concludes at 3pm. Entry is free and no dogs allowed, except guide dogs.
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