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Dinner with the League of Extraordinary Gentleman

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Dear Saint Valentine

Each year, on the 14th of February we celebrate Valentine’s Day and each year we are challenged to find that ‘just-right’ way to say I love you to that certain ‘special’ someone in our...

Give Pais a Chance

Pais is an oft forgotten but still widely planted red grape variety of Chile, once the most planted variety in the country it only recently gave up that mantle to Cabernet Sauvignon. Whilst varieties like...

La Boheme – Act 4

  Rebirth of a Wine Region The Yarra Valley wine region is made up of two distinct areas, the valley floor and the Upper Yarra. Soils and micro-climates vary a great deal from mostly mountain derived...

La Boheme – Act 3

  Obituary: Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February 1931 (extract) Dame Nellie Melba, famous for more than 40 years as the greatest singer of the lyric stage of her generation, and as one of the most...

Armand’s Bistro

Armand’s Bistro -in the words of its inimitable owner, Khmer-born, French raised, Armand Gebrié- is a simple French Bistro. Perhaps Gebrié felt he’d earned some simplicity, to date he has managed a rather adventurous life,...

Gaja

    Piedmont The Piedmont region in the North West corner of Italy is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, bordering the countries of France and Switzerland. The region is largely made up of mountains and...

The Head of the Family

Back in 1969, New Zealander Ross Spence completed his studies in viticulture and oenology in California USA. He returned home to join forces with his viticulturist brother Bill and start a brand new winery....

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