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Book Club: The Year of Miracles by Ella Risbridger
Book Club: The Year of Miracles by Ella Risbridger
A glorious mix of sweetness, sadness and recipes. Read more...
Book Club: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Book Club: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
This month, Fifi shares one of her fave recent reads: Read more...
Book Club: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Book Club: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Are we sad about two pictures of Stanley Tucci featured above? We are not. Are we sad about anything in this book? Mostly, we're just envious, really. Read more...
Book Club: What Happened to You by Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Book Club: What Happened to You by Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey
I knew it was ballsy to pick this one up airside on my way back to Hong Kong, and into a week of quarantine. In some ways it was the best place... Read more...
My Adventures on the Wine Route
My Adventures on the Wine Route
I considered making this a little travel diary, a compendium of which special people I saw; which cellars I visited; and which wines I tasted from tanks, barrels and bottles.... Read more...
Book Club: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Book Club: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Originally recommended by my favourite high school English teacher, Tuesdays with Morrie is a book I like to revisit every few years. It's a book I will always buy when... Read more...
Meg Mason - Sorrow and Bliss author and book cover
Book Club: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
A recommendation by a dear friend who clearly knows me quite well. This was a joy to read, even when it made me cry.  Read more...
Unpacking Wine Words: Texture
Unpacking Wine Words: Texture
What do we mean when we talk about 'texture' in wine? It's the fabric of the wine world! Read more...
Book Club: What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking by Terry Theise
Book Club: What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking by Terry Theise
As Terry Theise reveals in this gem of a book, answering the seemingly simple question “what makes a wine worth drinking” requires us to look beyond what’s in our glass... Read more...
Unpacking Wine Words: Terroir
Unpacking Wine Words: Terroir
Terroir is one of the cornerstone concepts in wine.  In its most simple definition, terroir is the influence of where you plant a grapevine.  It is everything that exists in the vineyard... Read more...
Book Club: The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
Book Club: The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women... Read more...
Ewan Mackenzie - The Wine Thief
Meet the Maker (kinda): The Wine Thief
Originally from the UK, he's a sommelier with a background in beer. Using his somm-spidey senses, he works closely with a handful of wonderful winemakers dotted across South Africa to... Read more...