The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is just around the corner. Mark your diaries for fine food, wine, master classes and markets »

Bring your friends and family for a great day out of old fashioned fun at Como Historic House and Garden. Entry fee includes a huge range of free entertainment and ... read more

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Quiet parkland setting with giant Western Redwoods, Shady powered and un-powered sites. Fully self contained, air conditioned modern cabins, barbecue area, playground, ... read more

Gita Braybrook is based in the Melbourne area of Victoria but grows grapes in the Yarra Valley in the Dandenong Ranges. read more

The Macedon Ranges sit just on Melbourne's door step, less than an hour from the city. The region's vineyards are located along either side of the Great Dividing Range, with the wine reflecting the climate and topography of this area »

Pinot gris has been singled out as one of the more impressive new grape varieties doing well in the Geelong wine region.

Just northwest of Melbourne, the Macedon Ranges takes its name from a rocky volcanic outcrop on Australia's Great Dividing Range. Warmer sites in the north produce a range of premium quality table wines while those in the south are known for earlier ripening Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and superb bottle-fermented sparkling wines »

In recent years, Gertrude Street in Fitzroy has become one of Melbourne’s most interesting food and wine hubs. The mix of shops on the once seedy strip includes superstar pizza joint Ladro, the Gertrude Street Organic Bakery, Books For Cooks, Organic Gertrude, Yelza and, most recently Gertrude Street Enoteca »

They say you get what you pay for and it's the little things you remember but this hotel was so big on little things it was little wonder Max Crus was keen to get out of there.