Tag Archive for France

Bottle Shock

Director Randall Miller Starring Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman & Chris Pine Rated M Score 5/6 The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”. I sat down to watch Bottle Shock, certain that I…

The French are Coming to Circular Quay

This July, the French are returning to Sydney for 5 days of Food, Wine and Arts Revolution – Get ready for a tricolor party in Circular Quay. If you’re not familiar with it yet, the Bastille Festival is a French cultural celebration – It is free-entry and we are proud of it. With 70 pop-up…

Z Special Unit Soldiers Laid to Rest

Lance Corporal Spencer Walklate and Private Ronald Eagleton, The final two Z Special Unit soldiers killed on Kairiru Island during World War II have been laid to rest at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery in Papua New Guinea. The soldiers were buried with military honours in the presence of their families. Also attending was…