Sandi Sieger’s guide to what’s hot and happy(ning) this week. Eat, drink, buy, try, visit, read and be merry.
EAT: At The Culinary Celebration of Dame Nellie Melba
On Saturday 6th April, Coombe Yarra Valley will be arriving at well renowned, Little Collins St Kitchen, for a decadent day where local food and wine meets opera, in a culinary celebration of Australian Opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba.
This special day will consist of a native Australian three-course lunch at Little Collins St Kitchen, featuring the Peach Melba Dessert and exceptional food and wine parings.
Guests will enjoy a once in a lifetime opera performance, and listen to a guest speaker of Coombe to learn more about the property that Melba once resided at, and truly lived a larger than life existence.
For $99 guests can enjoy a carefully curated afternoon of delicious, premium food and wine, and a wonderful performance.
To book, click here: www.lcskmelbournerestaurant.com/news/coombe-yarra-valley
DRINK: Rosé Rosé’s New Spiced Pear & Fig Spritz In A Can
The party-starters behind Rosé Rosé wine-in-a-can have added a seriously sip-able and ‘gram-able new addition to the bar cart.
Rosé Spritz was born from a project of love between Batch & Co and Wine & Wine. Think the same single-serve 250ml tinny you’ve been cradling on the weekends, but now with a powder-blue exterior.
Building on the original Rosé Rosé flavour, Spritz offers an extra dash of spunk with notes of spiced pear, fig and soft florals to make for a thirst-crushing, sparkling Pinot Noir Rosé.
While summer has officially been retired, Spritz distils the season into a can so that the taste of warmer days and sun-doused arvos can be enjoyed all year ‘round.
More than just an aesthetic asset to your Friday night knock-offs and Sunday BBQs, Spritz ranks in at 1.9 standard drinks per can and a 9.5% alcohol volume.
Rosé Spritz is now available at Dan Murphy’s stores nationwide and is best served at arctic temperatures among good company.
BUY: CocoBare Baby For The Little One In Your Life
From a brand that is as pure as a baby laid bare comes a naturally derived range of baby products, CocoBare Baby. Using the purest of ingredients, and formulated for babies delicate skin, CocoBare Baby is safe for both bub and the environment.
Containing organic essential oils and the healing effects of Coconut Oil, the range is dermatologically tested, paraben and palm oil free, and does not test on animals.
Unlike many ingredients in baby products today that are only designed to heal external tissue, the coconut oil used in CocoBare Baby penetrates deeper, moisturising and nourishing the skin. Coconut oil protects the skin from potential bacteria, and can help soothe skin conditions like nappy rash, eczema, and dry scalp.
More: www.cocobarebaby.com
TRY: Something new at Super Bloom Festival
Super Bloom Festival is a new boutique wellbeing event redefining the conventional festival experience. Super Bloom Festival embraces the exploration of wellbeing and invites people to pursue a more extraordinary, well-lived life.
Held in the grounds of Abbotsford Convent, one of Australia’s largest multi-arts community hubs, Super Bloom Festival will transform the site into a sprawling village of discovery – bringing together a program of over 100 sessions that include wellbeing leaders, experts, practitioners, philosophers, performers and artists. Attendees will be immersed in a weekend of curated experiences, performances, classes and workshops.
Wellbeing leaders such as clinical psychologist, life coach and yogi Dr. Lauren Tober; pioneer of holistic medicine and wellness revolutionary Professor Marc Cohen and sexologist and relationship expert Dr. Nikki Goldstein will deliver talks on health, healing, happiness, relationships and sex to improve fulfilment and quality of life.
Also joining the expert speaker series are international community-designer, mindfulness and movement facilitator, Al Jeffery who will discuss human connection and cultural stewardship, alongside leadership coach and Victorian meditation teacher, Asher Packman.
Culinary and nutrition experts Lola Berry, Reece Carter, Jess Sepel and Tobie Puttock will provide tantalising live cooking demonstrations and insightful lectures on healthy eating and nutrition.
Teams from The School of Life and Dumbo Feather will be on hand, leading a series of interactive and informative workshops and panel discussions.
The Festival will also be host to an extensive series of yoga, movement and dance inspired group classes to activate the body. Visitors can participate in everything from hip hop yoga by Yoga 213, to slow and sweaty grooves by award-winning first nations choreographer Amrita Hepi. Those with an active flare can flip through the grasslands with acro yoga from Warrior One, whilst the more gentle-minded can combine traditional sculpting barre repertoire with a yoga flow and Pilates poise in workshops from the cult-hit, Barre Body.
More: www.superbloomfestival.com
VISIT: Sovereign Hill’s Lost Trades Program
The blacksmith needs a new apprentice. There’s animals to be fed. And Brown’s Confectionery Manufactory has lollies to make.
This Easter holidays (Sat 6 April – Mon 22 April), Sovereign Hill are exploring the working life of the goldfields. Relive history and discover the lost trades with a range of exclusive workshops and free events that will transport you back to the busy goldfields of Ballarat.
The Lost Trades program will run from Saturday 6 April until Monday 22 April, 2019. Many of the Lost Trade workshops need to be pre-booked, so to find out more, or to make a booking, visit www.thestoryliveson.com.au.
READ: My Family Doesn’t Look Like Your Family
Written by Tenielle Stoltenkamp and illustrated by Go Suga, My Family Doesn’t Look Like Your Family is an Australian children’s book that celebrates diverse families and shares themes of inclusion and belonging.
Challenging the status quo of today’s ‘traditional family,’ the book uses colourful illustrations that depict gender-fluid human figures to encourage conversations about the things that make every family unique. Removing titles, roles, race and gender, the book uses counting and inclusive questions to seed the idea that even though every family looks and does things differently, we all have a place we belong.
More: www.myfamily-thebook.com
