We were thrilled recently when our pickled walnuts won a gold medal at the 2023 Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards, with the judges noting the product is a “standout example of Tassie excellence”. We even managed to back it up with a silver medal at the 2023 Sydney Royal Fine Food Awards. It’s an involved process to …
Coaldale Walnuts is now stocking a new variety of walnuts called Vina. Also grown in the Coal River Valley, these nuts have a deeper amber colour, with the same rich flavour and crunchy texture as our Chandler and Franquette varieties. This means we’ll have a longer supply of nuts throughout the year – great news …
Now you can also drink Coaldale walnuts! Stefano Lubiana Wines has just released their Occio! Nocino. This Italian liqueur has been made from our Coaldale green walnuts steeped in grape spirit. We love working with other local brands and it’s been great to see our walnuts transformed into something completely different. We visited the winery …
And that’s a wrap! We’ve finished all our pickled walnuts for the year and they are now matured and ready for sale. We won’t be back at the Farm Gate Markets in Hobart until late May but you can order them from our online shop. The following retail outlets also have new season Coaldale pickled …
The 2018 award season has seen Coaldale Walnuts bring home seven medals out of six categories entered … yes you read that right! In addition to medals for our pickled walnuts (two gold and one bronze) and fresh kernel (two gold and one silver), we were lucky enough to win an extra gold medal at …
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For all those people who have been enquiring about fresh walnuts – YES, they are back in stock. We commenced harvesting two weeks ago and should continue for another two weeks. We have been washing, drying and grading the nuts so they are ready to eat and they will stay fresh in shell for at …
Jane and I started the pickling season last week when we picked the first 7 barrels of green walnuts for pickling. They have now all been hand-pricked and are in barrels of brine. We start bottling after Christmas and will have the product ready for sale in February.
We recently installed a pair of electrostatic moisture monitoring probes in the orchard. These will allow us to capture the data on our iPhones and download it to our computers so we can better understand our water usage and plan our irrigation consumption more efficiently. Josh from Serve-Ag installed the equipment and is getting it …
We doubled production again this year and this required two two-week cycles of picking, brining and cooking. We also used a new commercial kitchen located about five minutes from the orchard and this made a huge difference. We purchased three new drying cabinets each capable of drying about 3000 nuts and this greatly improved our …