Holy Goat the big winner
If you’ve tried Holy Goat’s La Luna goat cheese, you won’t be surprised that it won the RAS President’s Award for 2010. This is a best of the best comp and Holy Goat was pitted against Bulla Dairy’s Light Sour Cream; 2008 Yalumba Hand Picked Shiraz Viognier; 2006 Peter Lehmann Wigan Eden Valley Riesling; Huon Aquaculture’s Banquet Slice Tasmanian Smoked Salmon; and T&R Pastoral’s Murraylands Premium Lamb.
I was fortunate enough to attend the nose-bagger’s dinner where the prize was announced and we tried all these fine products, perhaps most especially, at least in my case, the Yalumba Shiraz Viognier. What a tough judging gig, picking a winner across such a diverse range. I reckon any of them deserved it, but maybe Carla Meurs and Ann-Marie Monda’s sensational cheese deserved it most of all. And for all the doubters out there, remember that it’s made from pasteurised milk.
