Media Release ALL SWEET AND NO SOUR AT 2012 INTERNATIONAL SWEET WINE CHALLENGE On Saturday the Griffith Showground in Riverina NSW was full of sweet-talk with the 2012 International Sweet Wine Challenge announcing the winners of this year’s competition and shining a light on the variety and quality of sweet and medium-sweet wines from around […]
Hurtigruten is pleased to announce the extension of the Early Booking offer, where guests can save up to 25% on voyages within the 2013 brochure, if booked by 30 November 2012. The Early Booking offer, which was originally valid until 30 September 2012, now gives passengers more time to take advantage of this fantastic offer. […]
Hurtigruten is pleased to announce the extension of the Early Booking offer, where guests can save up to 25% on voyages within the 2013 brochure, if booked by 30 November 2012. The Early Booking offer, which was originally valid until 30 September 2012, now gives passengers more time to take advantage of this fantastic offer. […]
This weekend was a special celebration for McWilliam’s Wines when the Riverina Winemakers Association presented two of their wines the highest awards at the show. The 2010 Zeppelin Amelie Shiraz (Eden Valley) was named ‘Best Dry Red’ of the show and the 2010 Armchair Critic Chardonnay (Tumbarumba) claimed the ‘Best Dry White’ Trophy. And it […]
Paul Gauguin Cruises, operator of the Paul Gauguin and the newly acquired Tere Moana, has introduced a new 86-page, 2013 Voyages by Gauguin brochure. The brochure outlines five itineraries in French Polynesia that are available aboard the renovated Gauguin and 13 new itineraries encompassing the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe on the cruise line’s new […]
Paul Gauguin Cruises, operator of the Paul Gauguin and the newly acquired Tere Moana, has introduced a new 86-page, 2013 Voyages by Gauguin brochure. The brochure outlines five itineraries in French Polynesia that are available aboard the renovated Gauguin and 13 new itineraries encompassing the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe on the cruise line’s new […]
IN his continuing search for the more weird, whacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says colleague Graeme Willingham snapped this croc recently at Cahill’s Crossing on the aptly-named East Alligator River in the Northern Territory. Graeme, a Melbourne-based PR consultant, says there were actually four crocs (well, four that he could […]
Wc10Sep12 David Ellis STAR stand-out with Thaidishes or a range of seafoods. THE Southern Highlands wine region in NSW is one to watch for its often-stellar Sauvignon Blancs off vineyards that thrive in the cool-climate conditions that suit the variety so well. And one truly stellar performer is the small Banjo’s Run at Exeter at […]
Wc10Sep12 David Ellis STAR stand-out with Thaidishes or a range of seafoods. THE Southern Highlands wine region in NSW is one to watch for its often-stellar Sauvignon Blancs off vineyards that thrive in the cool-climate conditions that suit the variety so well. And one truly stellar performer is the small Banjo’s Run at Exeter at […]
THE Berlitz Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships has once again rated the 112-guest mega-motor-cruiser yachts SeaDream I and SeaDream II as Top Two in its ‘Boutique Ships’ category (50 – 250 passengers) for 2013. The Berlitz Guide, now in its 28th year, is researched and written by Douglas Ward, the world’s top authority on […]