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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 […]
All Aboard for Svalbard
Just 600 miles from the North Pole lies the island group of Svalbard, of which Spitsbergen is the largest. Variously occupied and exploited by the Dutch, Russians and Norwegians, in 1920 it was decided by treaty that the Norwegians should administer it and the capitol, Longyearbyen, flies the Norwegian tricolour. The archipelago, named and first […]
All Aboard for Svalbard
Just 600 miles from the North Pole lies the island group of Svalbard, of which Spitsbergen is the largest. Variously occupied and exploited by the Dutch, Russians and Norwegians, in 1920 it was decided by treaty that the Norwegians should administer it and the capitol, Longyearbyen, flies the Norwegian tricolour. The archipelago, named and first […]
BUBBLY REWARD FOR SINGAPORE SHOPPERS
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning 9 July 2007 travel tips: with david ellis BUBBLY REWARD FOR SINGAPORE SHOPPERS STAY four-nights in Singapore’s luxury Shangri-la Hotel for a Lion City shopping spree, and back at the hotel when you need to revive with some canapés, a beer, soft drink, a […]
BUBBLY REWARD FOR SINGAPORE SHOPPERS
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning 9 July 2007 travel tips: with david ellis BUBBLY REWARD FOR SINGAPORE SHOPPERS STAY four-nights in Singapore’s luxury Shangri-la Hotel for a Lion City shopping spree, and back at the hotel when you need to revive with some canapés, a beer, soft drink, a […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: WATERSHED Wines in WA’s Margaret River region is just six years young, but is already making its mark with exceptional Shiraz that has some asking if this variety from the maritime-climate region (warm days, cool nights) could ultimately be hailed amongst Australia’s best. The 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz has sweet cherry and […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz
ONE FOR LUNCH: WATERSHED Wines in WA’s Margaret River region is just six years young, but is already making its mark with exceptional Shiraz that has some asking if this variety from the maritime-climate region (warm days, cool nights) could ultimately be hailed amongst Australia’s best. The 2004 Watershed Premium Shiraz has sweet cherry and […]
GAMBLE MADE NZ WINE HISTORY
BACK in 1973 when Ross and Bill Spence started a small family-affair winery in West Auckland, they hoped that many of the techniques they planned to employ would assist revolutionise New Zealand’s fledgling wine industry. They called their venture Matua Valley Wines, and within a few years had far exceeded their wildest expectations: after gambling […]
HUNTER VALLEY GARDENS’ TALLAWANTA LODGE GOES GRAND
Tallawanta Lodge to join Grand Mercure hotel collection Tallawanta Lodge in the Hunter Valley Gardens complex is set to go ‘Grand’ following the announcement today that the hotel will join Accor’s Grand Mercure collection from 21 January, 2008. The Grand Mercure Hunter Valley Gardens, as it will be known following the rebranding, is a 72-room […]
HUNTER VALLEY GARDENS’ TALLAWANTA LODGE GOES GRAND
Tallawanta Lodge to join Grand Mercure hotel collection Tallawanta Lodge in the Hunter Valley Gardens complex is set to go ‘Grand’ following the announcement today that the hotel will join Accor’s Grand Mercure collection from 21 January, 2008. The Grand Mercure Hunter Valley Gardens, as it will be known following the rebranding, is a 72-room […]
