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
Coaldale Walnuts is now officially a multi-generation family business, with Phil and Jane’s daughter Sophie and son-in-law Brad becoming business partners this month. Phil and Jane are excited to have new skills and energy in the business as it continues to grow. It also allows them to work towards a well-earned retirement with the knowledge
Thank you to Madeleine, who came along to our open weekend and shared with us this exquisite recipe for vegetarian walnut ‘sausage’ rolls. These were a hit with our whole family – kids and meat-lovers included! They are super-simple to make, hold together really well and are surprisingly filling. And incredibly yummy! Well worth a
A huge thank you to all the people who came along to our open weekend on 8-9 May – together you collected around 1300kg of walnuts from the orchard! We loved meeting everyone, talking walnuts all weekend and hearing some new recipes we can’t wait to try. If you missed out, we now have in-shell
We have just finished our harvest for this season and the nuts are looking great. When we harvest we do several passes through our 1,500-tree orchard with our little harvester, collecting the nuts that have fallen naturally to the ground. We then wash the nuts, remove any green husks that are still attached, do a
Come and pick your own fresh walnuts from our orchard and enjoy a lovely autumn day on the farm in the picturesque Coal Valley. Open Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 May, 10am-4pm. Bring a basket or bucket for collecting nuts and a picnic if you like – there’s plenty of room for kids to run
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
These chunky , cookie-like biscuits have been so popular that we’ve had several requests for the recipe. So here it is: Ingredients: 1/2 cup chopped dates 125g butter 1 egg 1 cup wholemeal flour 1/4 cup self raising flour 2 tbs brown sugar 1 tsp baking powder 3/4 cup chopped walnuts Method:Preheat oven to 160
Everything is coming to life in the Coaldale Walnuts orchard as the trees finally come out of their winter dormancy and put on a beautiful show of spring growth. Here are some photos – from afar the trees still don’t look very impressive but closer up you can see the lovely coppery new foliage and
