A huge thankyou goes out to Costa for giving so much time to come out to Canowindra last weekend. Here are a few pics! Launching the Canowindra Community Garden… Inspiring at the Union Bank… Inspecting the Rosnay olives… What more could you ask for from a mortal man?
Lets not stop with a curvy main street. The brand new Canowindra Community Garden, to be launched by no less than Costa himself next week, is looking awesome following the working bee, or better, “bendy backyard blitz”, of last weekend. Looking forward to Julia’s blog post on this soon, but for now, here’s just a … Read more
Its shaping up to be a busy spring… Here are a few upcoming events with Rosnay involved… Saturday 22 October, at Canowindra, join us for the Canowindra@Home NIGHT MARKET. This event has been running for a few years now and its an excellent night out. Local producers cook up their produce in small $5 plates … Read more
By Florence Statham Ingredients: 100g breadcrumbs2 cloves1 lemon juice and rind1 egg lightly beaten1 teaspoon dijon mustard2 tablespoons olive paste1 bunch fresh parselyBlack pepperSalt not needed Mix all in a bowl with hands, make a ball and stuff into chicken before roasting normally. We put some Rosnay olive oil and black pepper on top of … Read more
The Good OilOur last season report was after vintage, looking back on one hell of a difficult summer season. Now, looking back, we can only say, thank god for Canowindra’s heavenly mild winters. Since the end of the grape harvest, its just been beautiful here. The olive harvest was the main remaining task, beginnning with … Read more
When trying to think of a new, cooler name for our classic white wine blend, the Chardonnay-Semillon, we had a mental “blanc”. Yes, its French for “white”. This post is to announce the release of the new, bold, 2011 Blanc. Still only 2 weeks under the lid, this wine is already available in a few … Read more
We love our wwoofers. WWOOFer stands for Willing Worker on Organic Farms. This worldwide movement is growing in leaps and bounds as the pre-eminent way for young people, travellers and life changers to participate and learn about organic and natural farming. Building.. In Australia alone the growth is amazing: In 1997 there were 6424 WWOOFers … Read more
With our new partners from Kaleidoscope Gallery in Danks St, Waterloo (Sydney’s art hub), Rosnay’s “Go for the O” art patronage has taken on a new life. Samantha Mitchell-Finn and her friends and colleagues have nominated dozens of amazing artworks to be in the running for the “Go for the O” winner to be announced … Read more
By Sam StathamI have just had a wonderful three day tour meeting dozens of wonderful small businesses in northern NSW with our vibrant sales representative Lorraine Thomas. Our “Rosnay Organic Wine Trade Tour” took us through the many small hamlets, villages and regional centres of a most beautiful part of Australia, inhabited by some of … Read more
By Sam StathamI have just done some pretty interesting statistics. They are of course rubbery, but still interesting. They are based on our farm. I have been looking carefully at our 2010 soil test reports and calculated how much carbon has been sequestered by Rosnay since we converted it to organic farming in 1998. In … Read more