Tasmania is one of the most lightly populated, pristine, un-spoilt and beautiful food and wine regions on the planet, replete with thriving ancient forests, clean fresh air and pure, pristine waters.
Van Diemen’s Land was...
“I thought that all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
The ‘Roaring Twenties’ as the 1920’s were known in America or, as...
In France it is known as Pinot Gris, in Italy Pinot Grigio, in the New World wine regions, (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Americas) they opt for both names depending on their fancy.
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Master Meng
Internationally, Luu Meng is Cambodia’s most recognizable chef and is regularly visited by global celebrity chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and Anthony Bourdaine. Locally, he has earned the respect and admiration of his...
“The Streets were dark with something more than night”
Raymond Chandler
Move briskly along the outer wall of the Royal Palace, quietly past the machine guns, which always look alert and mischievous, whilst their owners...
The first time I met winemaker Randall Grahm, we were both at the eponymous International gathering of the Masters of Wine, way back in 1997. The expectant crowd of wine industry enthusiasts was seated,...
For most of us, life north of the 38th parallel is impossible to witness first hand and is only ever glimpsed through the eyes of the, (mostly western) media. Who can ever forget the...
Immanuel Kant, in his epic ‘Critique of Pure Reason’, posited that we can never truly know of a thing in itself, we may only know of a thing -that which we can obtain through...
