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…
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Something A Little Different
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Here’s to Temperance. Here’s to Temperance, I know it is an odd sentence to start with, especially considering this a wine review. But I am reliably infromed that my Grandfather on occassion would toast to temperancee. With the exception of Champagne I usually drink red wine, probably because when I first started to drink wine…
Nigella Lawson Coming to Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
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Nigella Lawson is coming back for seconds at this year’s Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, with support from the Andrews Labor Government enabling an extra event to be added to the program. Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Martin Pakula today announced that following a sold-out Sunday Lunch with Nigella, a new event, Drinks…
2021 Mornington Peninsula Wine Show
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Weather episodes, pandemics, staff shortages and a year of lockdowns could not keep the Mornington Peninsula wine community from coming together today to celebrate the best wines and wine producers of the year, at the Mornington Peninsula Wine Show Lunch. Eight trophies were presented to seven different producers, with the chardonnay and pinot noir wines…
Three New Mediterranean Wine Varieties Developed Supported by WA Government
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The McGowan Government continues to support the expansion of the State’s wine industry, backing the local development of three new wine varieties from the Mediterranean – two receiving a medal at a recent Western Australian wine show. “Our Government is getting behind WA’s wine industry to optimise its potential by investing in scientific research on…
An increase in the Number of Australians Drinking Alcohol
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New data from Roy Morgan’s Alcohol Consumption Report shows the proportion of Australians who drink alcohol increased by 4% points to 69.7% in the 12 months to June 2021 driven by increases in the number of Australians drinking wine, spirits and RTDs. The data showed in the year to June 2021 a total of 13,908,000…
Interview with David Owen Director of Gruppetto Vino
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A big thank you to David Owen Director of Gruppetto Vino for talking to me over the phone about Gruppeto Vino’s Pink Prosecco Pink Prosecco Comes to Australia via the Hunter Valley For More about Gruppertto Vino
Australians’ drinking habits – the 100-glass breakdown
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According to recent research released by Roy Morgan in any given four-week period last year, Australian adults drank just over 426 million glasses of alcohol between them which translates to an average 23 glasses per person per four weeks. Andrew Price, General Manager – Consumer Products, Roy Morgan Research explained that for every 100 glasses…
Wine, Wine Wonderful Wine
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While the proportion of Australian adults drinking wine has been in decline for some years, there’s no denying our nation’s illustrious wine-making tradition. The latest findings from Roy Morgan Research indicate that 45% of Aussie adults (or just over 8.1 million people) drink some kind of wine — still, sparkling and/or fortified — in an…