Peppers Experiences

It’s a subtle difference, but I’m a much bigger fan of diving into Australia’s great whites than diving with them. I’m talking about wines of course and the hotly contested title of Australia’s greatest white wine. Traditionally there are three in contention; chardonnay, riesling and semillon.

Boardwalk Restaurant is a true gastronomic experience, to emphasize the flavours and local produce of each dish they each have a specifically paired wine. Here, Nicholas Redsell the Executive Chef explains the importance of that pairing to the Boardwalk menu...

When choosing drinks for Christmas three things are non-negotiable. First things first and there’s a big call for bottles of bubbles, sparkling red wine is a bit of a tradition and white's of all shapes and sizes should be served in plentiful amounts...

Choosing a wine to give as a gift is a very different exercise to that of choosing a wine to drink. A lot of things like notoriety, rarity and reputation come into play but the greatest thing of all is the idea that you give a gift that will keep on giving for many years to come...

Australia’s highest profile wine trophy, the Jimmy Watson, is the top gong at the Royal Melbourne Wine Awards, read on to find out what happens to a wine producer after receiving this prestigious award...

I was talking to a friend recently about the change of season and the way in which spring just always seems to leap out of nowhere. As I walked away I was thinking about the way in which the weather influences what I choose to drink...

If there is one wine that is, quite literally, on everyone’s lips these days it is Pinot Noir. In Australia and New Zealand, we are right in the eye of a perfect Pinot storm, here Nick Stock explores how to best enjoy this delicious drop...

I get asked all sorts of questions about wine but, more often than not, I get asked questions about how to get the most enjoyment from each and every bottle. One of my mottos with wine is “drink less and drink better”...

The world of food and wine is a busy one, it is amazing the way that Australians have embraced the urge to travel with the idea of exploring food and wine. I find myself almost constantly on the road in search of great wine and food and the month of June got a great head start after we hosted the very successful Great Canberra Wine Dinner at Peppers Gallery at the end of May...

Nick Stock - Award-winning Wine Critic: As clichéd as it can be sometimes, I really do love the changing seasons. I embrace it. It’s probably why I choose to live in Melbourne where I can get all four in one day, sometimes in a morning...

Nick Stock - Award-winning Wine Critic: I’m excited. Later this month I’m heading across the ditch to Peppers Parehua for our first Wine Wars event in 2015 and I've just put the finishing touches on the wine selections. This is a special Wine Wars dinner at which we will celebrate the ANZAC spirit with a friendly exchange of wines between two legendary wineries...

Nick Stock - Award-winning Wine Critic: This year at Peppers we have planned a very exciting program on the wine front with an exciting line-up of wine events and an expanded premium wine offering across Peppers’ restaurants...