Food & Wine

Tasmanian pub brand Fox Friday's proposal to open its first Western Australian venue at the former Blasta Brewing site has been estimated to cost $4 million.

A host of new players has emerged in the middle ground of WA’s hotel and bar scene. Click through to see our list of WA's pub owners.

These old vine Barossa wines are not big on production but speak eloquently of the famous region.

Administrators of a brewery and restaurant have succeeded in getting a court-ordered time extension after receiving 16 offers to buy the Rockingham business.

The administrators for troubled brewery Running With Thieves have insisted it's “business as usual” ahead of assessing a restructuring proposal for the South Fremantle business.

A change in the wine market has led to a new hospitality venture between Perth’s sole master of wine and an events veteran, focusing on the CBD office traffic.

An award-winning shiraz and two white wines are well-priced and primed for drinking as the weather warms.

Plans to convert an 1800s Pinjarra pioneer’s home into a destination diner are underway with the local government releasing an expression of interest for its use.

Administrators have recommended South Fremantle brewhouse Running With Thieves be liquidated with $9.3 million believed to be owed to creditors.

A Northbridge warehouse site bought for $4.23 million in 2019 has been earmarked for a 350-person tavern and radio studio.

The Sporting Globe will be moving into the former Hungry Jack’s site in Fremantle, which has sat vacant for nearly five years.

The well-known winemakers behind Picardy in Pemberton have nailed it with this 2020 vintage.

Western Australian wine producers have expressed cautious optimism about the potential reopening of China’s market after high level trade talks.

Rockingham brewery and restaurant Sound Brewing Co has appointed administrators from WA Insolvency Solutions, the second Perth brewer to do so in two weeks.

Former AFL players Will Schofield and Chris Masten alongside hotel operators and wine distributors are seeking to establish an ‘urban winery’ and restaurant in the heart of Fremantle.

Good Drinks Australia has reported record revenue of $107 million in the 2023 financial year, doubling its presence in the Australian beer market.

Miles from Nowhere’s Origin of Now range seeks to build on the winemaker’s 40-year reputation.

Nowhereman Brewing Co is set to be acquired by Fremantle-based hospitality group Triple-1-Three in a deal that will re-brand the West Leederville venue as Otherside Brewing Co.

Cherubino Wines acquires Bussell Highway production facility Margaret River Winemakers, with its winery and spirits brands.

Global investment firm PAG has bought hospitality group Australian Venue Co, owner of 210 pubs, bars and restaurants across Australia and New Zealand.

Fremantle boutique brewery Running With Thieves has been taken over by administrators who claim it's “business as usual” ahead of a potential restructuring.

Distilling equipment, 500 litres of raw spirits and demands over purple gin are at the centre of a business dispute that has been escalated to Western Australia's Supreme Court.

Pub group LocalsCo has lodged an application for the first stage of a major hospitality play including the art deco Geraldton Radio Theatre in the port town’s west end.

This year’s collection is as captivating as any Penfolds has released in the past 20 years.

The company that owns Dan Murphy's, BWS and more than 300 licensed pubs in Australia says it made a $529 million profit on sales of $11.9 billion in 2022/23.

The East Perth upmarket Cantonese restaurant has gone into liquidation with creditors believed to be owed in the order of at least $750,000.

Located at the northern end of Margaret River, Forester Estate captures the regional characters of this slightly warmer part of the region.

Melbourne-based Australian Venue Co and Scotland-based global brewery chain BrewDog have partnered up to open the first BrewDog venue in Perth.

George Kailis has set out a long-term strategy for his hospitality business to grow and make a mark in the state.

A trio of Margaret River wines has made a splash at the world’s biggest wine show.

Bryan Hughes-chaired My Foodie Box is in talks regarding a potential management buyout of the ASX-listed stock which has plummeted 96 per cent since listing 18 months ago.

Swinney’s Farvie range, which was two, has become three…well almost.