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Rarest Cheese in the World – A Monopole, Grand Cru, Single Cow Cheese!

Picked up a big chunk of the rarest cheese on the planet for a party we throwing at our house tomorrow night,… read more
Carrick Lamb
Another brilliant lunch at Carrick Winery, Bannockburn, Central Otago

I had lunch at Carrick Winery yesterday (Oct 15th) and can report that they are going from strength to strength with new… read more
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Pegasus Bay Sauvignon Semillon 2012, Waipara, New Zealand

It is definitively a product of old vines or perhaps I am showing my age, as it seems like I have been… read more
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Thomas Heitz Chef & Sommelier at Port Restaurant, Frenchman’s Bay, Canada

(Pronounced suh-mal-’yAy) In Medieval Provençal times they were saumaliers, animal pack drivers who evolved during Middle French kingdom to become court officials… read more
Amit Chavan, Sommelier at Hakkasan Doha at The St. Regis Resort, Doha
The Sommelier’s Palate – Amit Chavan, Hakkasan Doha at The St. Regis Resort, Doha

(Pronounced suh-mal-’yAy) In Medieval Provençal times they were saumaliers, animal pack drivers who evolved during Middle French kingdom to become court officials… read more
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The House of Roosevelt, Shanghai: Wednesday Wine Nights

If you are in Shanghai on any Wednesday, as a tourist, on a work trip or as a local, The House of… read more
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Happy New Year from the Wandering Palate

Inspiration for 2015 comes from John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America  “I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten… read more
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Merry Christmas from the Wandering Palate – Coming Home

It’s the Pōhutukawa tree that does it for me… our very own Christmas Tree Where else on the planet would there be… read more
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Noisy Ritual Urban Winery – Saturday 29th Novmber
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Zerotasking

Just love the card my daughter gave me for my birthday…
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Great Southern Seafood Feast with Wine hosted by Yilgarnia Wines

Yilgarnia Wines, a tiny and award-winning boutique winery in Denmark, Western Australia, will be our special host at Merchants Wine Cellar’s next… read more
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Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate – Matter of Taste Singapore – Nov 22

 
Matt Wilson's Home Brewed Belgium Ale
Beer Before Wine is Fine

When I left Australia in 2004, Victoria Bitter (VB) was the most popular beer, and Crown Lager is what we drank when… read more
Salomon winery - clay ferment vessels to be put underground
Sommelier Shalom Chin – Austria Vintage Blog – Day 12

Day Twelve: 07/10/2011 Rain, rain, Go away! The cold has set in and the miserable weather has begun. This is the first… read more
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Allegrini: Cutting Edge Tradition

Our Shanghai correspondent, Michael Knuppel falls l’amore with the Veneto region and the wines of Allegrini
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Hobbit’s Drink Pinot Noir from Middle Earth with their Mutton

“Mutton today, Mutton Yesterday, and blimey if it don’t look like mutton tomorrer!” It seems even Hobbit’s have a taste for Pinot… read more
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Alec Baldwin On Broadway “Orphans” – Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

Orphans starring Emmy winner, 30 Rock” star and Tony Award nominee Alec Baldwin and Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge opened on April… read more
Josh Jensen of Calera Wines, California
‘California Dreamin’ – the Calera way

Legendary Californian pioneer Chardonnay and Pinot Noir producer Josh Jensen liberates some incredible bottles from his cellar. California evokes so many surreal… read more
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