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Iconic and Ageworthy Australian Shiraz

February 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Shiraz is Australia’s best-known and most widely planted wine grape. The country ranks second (behind France) in the production of this grape varietal. Some of its oldest vines date back to 1843. Shiraz is the same varietal that other countries call Syrah. It thrives in both warm and cool climates in Australia. This red grape […]

Filed Under: Australia, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Destinations, McLaren Vale, South Australia, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: D'Arenberg, Kay Brothers, Penfolds, Seppeltsfield, shiraz, Torbeck Winery, Wakefield

Australia’s Old Vine Wine

August 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

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The Australian Wine board recently held a curated virtual tasting of 11 different Australian wines in conjunction with the San Francisco Wine School. The wines were all sourced from “Old Vines” grown in a number of the country’s most renowned wine regions. As Covid was still restricting in-person wine tastings, we were sent small bottles […]

Filed Under: Australia, Featured-City, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine Tastings Tagged With: Australian Wine Boards, David Franz Wines, Edgar Schild Winery, Hewitzon Winery, Hickenbotham Winery, Jim Barry Wine, John-Duval Winery, Langmeil Winery, Maison Lapalus Winery, old vine wine, Olive's Vineyards, San Francisco Wine School, Tyrell Winery, Yangarra Winery

Happy New Year

January 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

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In 2017, we were fortunate enough to spend New Year’s Eve in Sydney Australia. Here is a fond memory.  Every once in a while, we try to experience New Year’s Eve in a major celebration location. In 2014, we went to Hong Kong for the holiday. It was a little disappointing, truth be told. So […]

Filed Under: Australia, Destinations, Featured-City, New South Wales, Oceania/Australia, Sydney, Travel Tagged With: New Year's Eve

Lizard Island Australia

December 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Another wonderful memory. Until we can travel again. We came to Australia’s Barrier Reef primarily to revisit one of the most memorial places and magical places we have ever visited: Lizard Island. To get there, we had to take a small plane from Cairns. Flying to Lizard Island What a hardship…to spend one hour trapped […]

Filed Under: Australia, Beaches & Coasts, Featured-City, Hotels, Lizard Island Tagged With: Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, Lizard Island, Wilson Island

Australian Wine Winter Trade Tasting

April 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Australian Wines The annual Australian Wine Winter Trade Tasting recently came to San Francisco. It took place at the pretty, The Pearl in the Dogpatch area. The event provided a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about and sample a wide range of Australian wines from most of the country’s dozens of wine regions—many of which are […]

Filed Under: Adelaide Hills, Australia, Barossa Valley, Barossa Valley, California, Coonawarra, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hunter Valley, McLaren Vale, Mornington, Mornington Peninsula, New South Wales, North America, Oceania/Australia, San Francisco, South Australia, Tasmania, Travel, United States, Victoria, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries, Yarra Valley Tagged With: Angove Warboys, Angove Warboys Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dessert Wine, Grenache, Henley Farm, Hewitson, Hewitzon Winery, Jim Barry Wine, Langmeil Winery, Moss Wood Winery, Nocton Vineyard, Penfolds, Peter Lehann, Pinot Noir; Shiraz, Semillon, Thistledown, Torbeck Winery, Viognier

Brisbane’s Northern Sunshine Coast and Noosa

September 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

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While we were in Brisbane, we took advantage of a car and drove to the city’s near north coast. This area is called the Gold Coast, and consists of dozens of suburbs and small beach towns that are known primarily for their beach activities, surfing and deep sea fishing. We skipped through the Gold Coast […]

Filed Under: Activities, Australia, Brisbane, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Noosa, Oceania/Australia, Restaurants Tagged With: Noosa

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