Winestate Magazine

CENTRAL & WESTERN VICTORIA

LUNCH IN THE CLOUDS

ONG lunches at Passing Clouds winery in the Macedon Ranges have become so popular that the country chic meals in the atmospheric Dining Room are now being served five days a week. The expansion is a tribute to the work owners Cameron and Marion Leith have put into the Passing Clouds venture at Musk, just outside Daylesford, along with chef Cameron McKenzie. Now also available on Thursdays, the “feed me” menu is on offer for just $60 per head, or individual share plates can be ordered from the menu for parties of fewer than six. Minimal intervention is the watchword here, where cooking is done over hot coals and the wines from Macedon and Bendigo reflect their terroir. The constantly changing menu reflects both the seasons and what is being grown

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