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RINGMASTER: A CRACKING GOOD DROP
WHEN Andrew Michael, owner of the Clare Valley’s Koonowla Wines wanted to come up with an eye-catching name for a high-quality second tier wine, he didn’t bother with concept companies to come up with an answer. Rather, he and his small staff and a few vignerons, winemakers, marketers and other mates in the industry simply […]
GO NUTS WITH SAMOA DEAL
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning 23 July 2007 travel tips: with david ellis GO NUTS WITH SAMOA DEAL STAY seven nights but pay only for five at Samoa’s laid-back Coconuts Resort and Spa through Adventure World on select dates until March 31 2008, if booked by October 31. The […]
GO NUTS WITH SAMOA DEAL
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning 23 July 2007 travel tips: with david ellis GO NUTS WITH SAMOA DEAL STAY seven nights but pay only for five at Samoa’s laid-back Coconuts Resort and Spa through Adventure World on select dates until March 31 2008, if booked by October 31. The […]
Shop til you drop in Taiwan
Taiwan recently joined the ranks of mega shopping complexes with the recent inauguration of the nine-storey Kaohsiung Dream Mall, located in the Kaohsiung Multifunctional Commerce and Trade Park. As the largest shopping centre in Taiwan, sixth largest in Asia and the 11th largest in the world, the Dream Mall covers 399,399 square metres of floor […]
Shop til you drop in Taiwan
Taiwan recently joined the ranks of mega shopping complexes with the recent inauguration of the nine-storey Kaohsiung Dream Mall, located in the Kaohsiung Multifunctional Commerce and Trade Park. As the largest shopping centre in Taiwan, sixth largest in Asia and the 11th largest in the world, the Dream Mall covers 399,399 square metres of floor […]
DINE LIKE A RAJAH AT KIMS
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning 16 July 2007 travel tips: with david ellis DINE LIKE A RAJAH AT KIMS VISITORS to Sydney seeking the ultimate add-on coastal escape can get three nights for the price of two mid-week until August 31 at the boutique Kims Beach Hideaway just over […]
DINE LIKE A RAJAH AT KIMS
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning 16 July 2007 travel tips: with david ellis DINE LIKE A RAJAH AT KIMS VISITORS to Sydney seeking the ultimate add-on coastal escape can get three nights for the price of two mid-week until August 31 at the boutique Kims Beach Hideaway just over […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Wild Vine Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: IF you’ve a big winter’s-time BBQ on the horizon and you’ll be needing more than a few bottles of red to accompany those sizzling pepper steaks and jacket potatoes, consider De Bortoli’s inexpensive Wild Vine Shiraz. This one’s got everything going for it in the value stakes: plenty of berry fruit, varietal […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli’s Wild Vine Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: IF you’ve a big winter’s-time BBQ on the horizon and you’ll be needing more than a few bottles of red to accompany those sizzling pepper steaks and jacket potatoes, consider De Bortoli’s inexpensive Wild Vine Shiraz. This one’s got everything going for it in the value stakes: plenty of berry fruit, varietal […]
SUCCESS OF A SWIFT SEA-CHANGE
ED and David Swift were only in their twenties when they decided on an earlier- rather than a later-in-life sea-change: Ed with an engineering background and David with one in design, decided they’d venture into the winemaking business. So in the mid-1990s David started building a winery on Mt Canobolas in the Orange region of […]
