Raffles Praslin Seychelles invites guests to experience a new level of wellness indulgence on the idyllic isle of Praslin in the Indian Ocean
April 2013 – Recognised as one of the world’s Best New Hotels on the 2012 Conde Nast Traveller ‘Hot List’, Raffles Praslin Seychelles is the first purpose-built Raffles Resort in the world and home to the first Raffles Signature Spa. Starting in Spring 2013, this spectacular 30-acre property is introducing tailor-made ‘Body & Soul Journeys’ for guests looking to experience a transformative personalised wellness programme combining spa treatments, fitness activities and spiritual rejuvenation. Read More >
A summer fling!
The story so far: three industry veterans go to Vietnam, drink beer, eat amazing food and are inspired to share the fun and simplicity of their newest discovery: bia hoi (fresh beer) and the food that goes with it. Read More >
The Wandering Palate is currently featured on winesearcher.com with his intoxications, delusions, hallucinations and wanderings of delirium on duck and Chianti; be enlightened following the link
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Australian Master of Wine, Peter Scudamore-Smith, updates us with his latest newsletter and vineyard tours in Europe.
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With the Northern Hemisphere summer school holidays starting, expatriates in Asia will most likely be heading back home, travelling great distances by air. Every time we fly we are also increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
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With a good friend of mine getting married this August, a press release from The Leading Hotels of the World on exclusive wedding destination hotels is inspiration for posting this piece, and what could be better than having an entire Leading Hotel completely to yourselves for this once-in-a-lifetime occasion? Here are just a few outstanding properties that can be engaged for the exclusive use of your wedding party and guests, assuring that this most special event will be exceptional, unique and unforgettable. Read More >
Champagne Sunday Brunch with friends and family is the epitome of decadent weekend pleasure. Waldorf Astoria Shanghai has elevated this cherished occasion to a new realm of sophistication by combining two of the Bund’s most coveted venues to share the ultimate Sunday Brunch journey. Read More >
Trevor Mast is one of the great names of Australian wine. Quiet but forthright, with a trademark tangle of curly hair and an expert palate, he was renowned as both winemaker and judge.
He pioneered the Grampians as a winemaking area; was among the first to plant Italian varieties and to resurrect shiraz at a time when the fruit was more often going into muffins than bottles.
By the early 1990s his vibrant purple, peppery Mount LangiGhiran cool-climate shiraz was lauded, here and overseas, as the archetypal, essential Australian shiraz. Now he doesn’t even drink the stuff.
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