Food & Beverage

By F&B's Esmond Kwan Movie buffs argue endlessly over the greatest films; foodies will draw knives & forks at dawn to debate the world's finest restaurants; music lovers will dispute who is the greatest band of all time (it's Fleetwood Mac), and as for sports - all I'm saying is the All Blacks. [...]

– By Ryunosuke Satoro -By F&B's Esmond Kwan Partnership and collaboration are at the heart of the Club's motto Honour & Friendship. In our Members Bar, these values ring true, particularly when we are talking about oysters and maritime whiskies – because just like oysters, whiskies have provenance too and they collaborate at [...]

By F&B's Esmond Kwan The winners of the 2022 Halliday Awards were all outstanding, but Yarra Yering was the first winery to ever win two major awards, claiming both Winery and Wine of the Year. Located in Yarra Valley in Victoria, Yarra Yering is one of the oldest and most beautiful vineyards with [...]

By F&B's Esmond Kwan To continue with the success of the other categories in the Halliday Companion, of the 8000 wines tasted, you might be surprised to know that riesling has been dubbed Australia's best-value grape. While Clare Valley did lead the charge when it came to regional standouts, Tasmania followed closely behind [...]

Scotland’s national drink is unmistakably Scotch whisky, but the booming popularity of Scottish gin is prompting distilleries to diversify. And the same has been done right here in Australia - distilleries producing both gin and whisky. Cape Byron distillery was co-founded by Eddie Brook and renowned master distiller Jim McEwan in 2016. The distillery [...]

The Italians have a long tradition of not only making vermouths and liqueurs but cocktails too, especially the Negroni. But have you ever heard of the White Negroni? I am sure by now you have enjoyed the massively popular classic Negroni cocktail that was created in the 1860s in Milan where a request for [...]

Wine couple Brendan and Laura Carter from Unico Zelo have aimed at producing Italian-inspired wines with Australian examples of Mediterranean varieties. One of their sustainable creation is the literal Fresh A.F. wine you will have ever tasted.  This 2021 iteration of Fresh A.F. is undeniably their freshest and finest from Unico Zelo. This [...]

F&B's Esmond Kwan Part of a good diet, pasta has great satiating power and is an excellent source of B vitamins for athletes or anyone who does sports. Any Members who try to avoid eating pasta because they think it's a bad diet and full of bad carbs will realise it is actually [...]

By F&B's Esmond Kwan There was a period when we were quite famous for our overindulgence in shiraz, especially Hunter Valley shiraz which was highly sought after in the 70s & 80s. McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant, home to the Old Hill Vineyard planted in 1880, is one of Australia’s most treasured vineyard sites in [...]

By F&B's Esmond Kwan A shot of Fernet-Branca is often called the 'Bartender's Handshake' because of its popularity among mixologists - it is the most iconic Amaro in the world and Italy's most celebrated spirit.  But the first time I came across a bottle of this was when I was just 17 years [...]