Tag Archives: wine

Jacob’s Creek ‘Cool Harvest’ Wine Range Giveaways

Jacob’s Creek ‘Cool Harvest’ Wine Range Giveaways

Keep it ‘Cool’ with Naomi Watts this summer. [Competition is now closed] Everyone has friends, I have a few. My small circle of friends are pretty diverse, some I met through flickr, then some I met through food blogs, and recently I even tried to organise a supper club for the boys that I have [...]

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Taste of Barossa Valley – South Australia

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Where it all began. First time I visited Barossa Valley was probably 10 years ago. I wasn’t much of a wine drinker back then, even now I still consider myself a moderate alchohol drinker, I am a quality over quantity sort of guy. So my knowledge about wine is still not as in depth comparing [...]

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Taste of Coonawarra – South Australia

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The ‘Red’ Centre. My Jacob’s Creek wine tour continues. After an educational day in Adelaide Hills filled with fine wine and artisan cheeses and chocolates, it is time for me to explore another wine region in South Australia. This time I am heading down south, a long 4-hour journey to Australia’s finest ‘Red’ center. Well, [...]

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Amazing Hunter Valley Race – Hunter Valley region, NSW

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Race through the vines. With living only an hour and a half from the lower Hunter Valley, I should have no reason not to visit this wine region more often. But you know what they say, you don’t normally visit your own backyard as there’s always another opportunity, and that opportunity finally happened. An invitation [...]

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South Australian Tourism Commission Showcase Dinner – QUAY, The Rocks, Sydney

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Welcome to the S of A. South Australia, has opened its door to welcome everyone to this beautiful city of churches, gardens or something a little bit more attractive to a food enthusiast like me, – the surrounding wineries. “Over 200 cellar doors on your doorstep”, a promising slogan of the new South Australian Tourism [...]

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King’s Vault Pop Up Bar – Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW

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Sydney is slowly warming up to the new concept of “secret dinner” which a group of strangers will be randomly selected for a dinner party where the venue will only be revealed on the exact date via SMS or email. I am a sucker for surprises; if I was a cat, I definitely the first [...]

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Boeuf Bourguignon, Julia Child would’ve been proud.

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I am amazed that the diet in this household has changed tremendously since last year, especially within the last couple of months. A huge factor that causes such change would probably is because of this blog, food has suddenly become more exciting, dinner has become more elaborate, and every conversation will evolved around food. Almost [...]

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Spring Party @ Ivy Bar, Sydney CBD

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I have a date with Spring. But a little piece of winter is here to stay. Don’t worry, is a good thing – especially when food involved. Due to popular demand, the Merivale Winter Feast has been extended until the end of September so more people can grab this opportunity to experience some of the [...]

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Terrigal Food & Wine Fair 08, NSW

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“Cheers!”- a contagious chant and the clinking sound of wine glasses are still ringing in my ears from this year Terrigal Food and Wine Fair. This event also marked a year since I moved up to Central Coast. We were informed by the real estate agent about this event last year while inspecting the new [...]

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A story about cheese, wine and an unleavened herb bread

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This is a fairy tale and the story goes like this, “Once upon a time, there was an old grumpy oaky fellow called Wine. He’s been living in the dark cellar (they called the cellar ‘garage’ in modern days) for more than 6 years with his other old friends, some are white, but most are [...]

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