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5 ideas for leftovers

What to do with leftovers?

Is your fridge jam packed with food even after you’ve had everyone over for Christmas and Boxing Day? Here's five ideas to try this holiday season.
Outdoor living

Holidays at Home

How are you spending holidays at home? Why not embrace a vintage holiday style of yonder? Exploring nostalgic summer locations with your tent or caravan?
Wine matching

L'Art de Vivre

Discover your own sense of l'art de vivre with wine, food and friends at your dining room table.

Is It Good or Not?

How do you know if your wine is good or not? Here are a few techniques to try when next opening a bottle of wine. Learn to assess the sight, smell and taste.
Copyright Amanda Ruck

Made By, Inspired By.

What inspires your creativity? Inspiration can come from any number of places. From the deep recesses of our early memories, from our family and peers, from moments of dreaming, from nature or the creative world.

Storing Wine Through Time

Wine has been an intrinsic part of society for many centuries, used in religious, celebratory and culinary rituals. There has been a diverse range of vessels used, some which have come by chance, some by design.

Wine and Movie Pairings

With so many of us stuck inside right now, I’ve no doubt you are enjoying a few movies to take your mind off the constant stream of COVID-19 news. When it comes to cinema choices the options are endless. So, here are a few of my favourite…
Winemaking

Power and Agency

Your Role at this Time of Need. I don’t really know how to be anything else other than a winemaker. And at this time of year, winemaking is a 14 hour a day job. There’s a whole lot of winemakers currently harvesting grapes, pressing and…
wine health

Is Wine Good For Your Health?

Our relationship with alcohol over the course of human history has been a conflicted one. In one moment, we might curse the effects of wine for having a head-ache, feeling tired and dehydrated. And in another moment, we could be reaching for…
duck recipe

For the Love of Duck

Duck for me is a delicacy. The sweet, gamey, textured, pink meat and its amazing versatility makes it hard for me to ever ignore duck when it is presented to me on a menu. It’s not something I cook regularly at home and maybe that’s why…