FEBRUARY NEWS

Our Open Day at Oasis Collection Centre at Glen Alvie, Victoria, turned out to be a great exercise and we were pleased to meet so many Wagyu aficionados, as well as growers of other breeds who came to look at our  strange, exotic animals.

The tastings of Wagyu rump and porterhouse were VERY well received and Kevin Oates did a great job in cooking the meat to perfection on his state-of-the art barbecue. Thanks must go  to CWB, the “House of Quality Meat”, 27-29 Booloora Rd, Springvale, who supplied the superb steak.   http://www.cwb.com.auWe even had a visit from a local chef, Lee Macdonald, who on trying the Wagyu, came up with a veritable stream of inspired recipes straight off the top of his head.  Can’t wait to try some of them, hopefully at his restaurant, Divas, in Korumburra.  We can really recommend Divas, which we had only discovered the night before and where we had a brilliant feast.http://gippsland.com/web/DivasRestaurantBar

Our entry in the Beef Week project generated a lot of interest from the Press too, with articles in the Weekly Times as well as the local papers and of course, the Stock and Land.This is the article on the calendar page of the Weekly Times. Don’t our bulls look great!?The Guest book at Oasis shows that we had guests from Queensland to Tasmania and all places in between.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the steak and the  Yarra Valley wine especially designed to complement Wagyu, and they all oohed and aahed about the cattle on display.  We are planning to join Beef Week 2009 as 2008 was a fun day all round!