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Mulling over spiced wine
Everything you ever wanted to know about mulled wine.
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The flame thrower
Alice Feiring is not just a writer and passionate advocate for natural wines. She’s also controversial, as Felicity Carter discovers.
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Hunting as conservation
Hunting for pleasure? Or hunting as valuable contribution to society? A look at Germany’s ‘protector and caretaker’ system.
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Gordon Ramsay: the mouth that roared
Felicity Carter survives an interview with the colourful over-achiever, Gordon Ramsay.
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Where are all the wine stories?
One of the biggest buzzwords in wine today is ‘stories’, with producers constantly being told to tell their stories. So…
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Why eating together is important
Nutrition is about more than the quality of your food. It’s also who you share it with.
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A foodie’s guide to Lyon
Lyon is the historic birthplace of French culinary culture and it remains the gastronomic centre of the country, where the…
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24 hours in Pisa
A leaning tower may be its claim to fame, but Pisa is also propped up by a fine Tuscan food…
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The zest for limoncello
True limoncello is made from Sorrento lemons, from trees overlooking the Mediterranean. But an artisanal Australian version might be even…
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Harry’s Café de Wheels
The view over the Harbour might be every bit as spectacular as that of a waterfront restaurant, but you couldn’t…
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A foodie’s guide to Vienna
When most people think ‘Vienna’, they think chocolates, cake and coffee. But modern Vienna is a European culinary capital.
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MW: the masters of wine
To pass the formidable MW exam, students need to understand forks and DAFTAs, and have a robust backside.
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Airline wine in the good old days
When Pamela Polglase worked as a Qantas air hostess in the early 1950s, she looked after just 30 passengers. That…
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Absinthe: Bohemian green
Why was absinthe so important to the Belle Epoque? Felicity Carter threw a soiree to test its creative powers.
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Monk business: Chartreuse liqueur
It sounds like something from The Da Vinci Code. The year was 1605 and, in a small suburb of Paris,…
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The vodka wars
Felicity Carter discovers Europe is in the middle of a new Cold War. The chilling topic? Vodka.