Coldstream Hills Cellar Door
I’ve always believed that the best wines have stories behind them, and Coldstream Hills Cellar Door is a case in point. The first time I stumbled into the Yarra Valley, my GPS had other ideas – it wanted to drag me up the side of Mount St Leonard, but eventually set me straight towards the […]
Jayden Ong Winery & Cellar Bar
My first encounter with the Jayden Ong Winery & Cellar Bar was on a thoroughly gloomy afternoon rolling into Healesville, VIC, one of those Yarra Valley days where the air carries the scent of damp bark and the hills are constantly shifting between light and dark. As I, Oleksandr Honcharenko, strolled along Hunter Road on […]
Top 10 Yarra Valley Small Wineries
Writing top 10 Yarra Valley small wineries really brought back those crisp Yarra Valley mornings when the mist clings low over the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, and you catch the first sniff of fermenting Pinot Noir – and you know you’re in one of Australia’s laid back wine regions. For me, Oleksandr Honcharenko, […]
Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
The charm of Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery hit me the very first time I was driving down Eltham Road and into Christmas Hills – those rolling hills in morning sun, and somehow the smell of handcrafted chocolates just wafts across the place – 40 acres of land and you can’t help feeling like […]
Domaine Chandon
Stepping into Domaine Chandon for the very first time is a pretty special feeling – and as a bloke who’s spent his fair share of time traipsing through the world of sparkling wine, I know a place with some real character when I see one & that’s definitely the case here. The Yarra Valley vineyards […]
Tarrawarra Museum of Art
Most art galleries feel like sterile white boxes, but the first time I – Oleksandr Honcharenko – stepped into Tarrawarra Museum of Art, tucked into the Yarra Valley, it felt like entering a quiet, intimate story set on Wurundjeri Country. The building seems to be shaped by the land itself – from the rolling hills […]