When the sun rose there was a white fog, very warm and clammy, and more blinding than the night. It did not shift or drive; it was just there, standing all round you like...
‘To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.’
Montesquieu
Graves is the region that established Bordeaux; cultivated grape vines were first planted in its famous gravel soils by the Romans. Graves’...
Have spent the past two evenings tasting the latest Bordeaux shipment with Hanoi's finest from the trade and thought I would share some of my highlights here with you.
Bordeaux Tasting Notes
Tasted at Warehouse, Hang...
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Dinner with dear friends last night, a veritable League of Extraordinary Gentleman, ‘Rascals’ to a man!
As we sat in the small, stylish...
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...
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...
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...
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...
