REVIEW:
Eat & Drink spent many school holidays on a property outside Orange; pretty countryside dominated by Mount Canobolas, stocked mostly with sheep and grain crops. Returning in the mid 90s to visit an upcoming winery, found the vineyards neighbouring the old farm now a showpiece of nut & fruit orchards and specialty crops. This is the story of Orange, a veritable food bowl of premium produce, fine grapes with potential for some of the country's best wines, and some of the finest restaurants outside Sydney. And the locals promote the plethora of riches through such bodies as F.O.O.D (Food of the Orange District). Go visit ...
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Restaurants -
Bistro Ceello Highland Heritage Loc Sing Lolli Redini Nagano Shinshu-Mura Provvista Wood-fired Pizza Racine Bistro Ceello Union Bank
Tonic, Millthorpe
Bars -
Food Outlets -
Allan James Fine Food Essential Ingredient Fourjay Farms, Forest Reefs Harris Farm Hawkes General Store M & J's Butchery Mandagery Creek Australian-Farmed Venison Orange Growers Markets Proven Artisan Breads That's Better Health Food Store Waru Organic Farm, Lucknow
Cafes -
Lords Place Cafe
Cellar Doors -
Belgravia Vineyards (by appointment) Bloodwood Estate (by appointment) Brangayne of Orange (by appointment) Burke & Hills (by appointment) Canobolas-Smith Cumulus Estate Highland Heritage Estate Ibis Wines Indigo Ridge Orange Mountain Wines Pinnacle Wines (by appointment) Prince of Orange Ross Hill Estate Templer's Mill Turner's Vineyard Word of Mouth