SKI > Hakuba Valley

Located in northwestern Nagano Prefecture of Honshu (the main island of Japan) at the base of the 3,000m tall Northern Japan Alps, you will find the town of Hakuba and the centre of HAKUBA VALLEY which is a group of 10 resorts (Happo-one, Iwatake, Tsugaike, Hakuba 47, Goryu, Kashmayari, Sanosaka, Jigatake, Norikura and Cortina). …

ByEd ItorSeptember 7, 2023

DRINK > WINE DRINK > WINE > Pinot Noir

WINE > Dry River Pinot Noir 2020 (96/100 points)

The Dry River vineyard was established in 1979 by Dr Neil and Dawn McCallum and was one of Martinborough’s first wineries and over time it has become one New Zealand's most iconic wines. It was named after one of South Wairarapa’s earliest sheep stations, Dry River rests on the very arid, gravelly, free-draining soils near…

ByEd ItorSeptember 5, 2023

EAT > KYOTO WHERE TO EAT >

EAT > Nikuryori Oka, Kyoto (17/20)

Nikuryori Oka is restaurant that obsesses with beef, and not just beef but A5 marbled wagyu beef largely agreed to be the most flavoursome, melt in your mouth beef in the world. Hidden away amongst the beautiful machiya tea houses of Gion you will find a restaurant and a chef who will…

ByEd ItorSeptember 5, 2023

DESIGN DESIGN > TECHNOLOGY

DESIGN > OB-4 Magic Radio from Teenage Engineering

Yes the Swedish cool kids are at it again with the very coolest blue tooth speaker you could ever wish to own. The OB-4 is a portable high fidelity loudspeaker, with the emphasis on 'loud'. The OB-4 has two 4" bass drivers and a pair of neodymium tweeters delivering sweet crystal clear…

ByEd ItorAugust 29, 2023

DRINK > WINE

WINE > Roberto Voerzio – Disanfrancesco Nebbiolo 2020 (93/100 points)

In recent years Roberto Voerzio has become somewhat legendary for his Barolo wines some of which are attracting huge prices (€900-€1200 per bottle at release and much more at auction), the wines are known for the depth of flavour and showing less of the tannin and oak that other well known Barolo wines might have. …

ByEd ItorJuly 22, 2023

DRINK > MELBOURNE

DRINK > Myrtle Wine Bar

There is something wonderfully comfortable about entering into Myrtle Wine Bar on Warburton Lane off Little Bourke Street. It is so Melbourne, down a lane, which is off another lane, in an old two story redbrick warehouse space that started as a blacksmith (but more recently was a Spanish restaurant). It could be the…

ByEd ItorJuly 7, 2023

SKI > NZ WHERE TO SKI >

SKI > Treble Cone

It is said that legends are made at Treble Cone and there is no question that when it comes to truly gnarly off piste skiing, Treble Cone Ski Resort (the South Islands largest skiable area) is insane. This must be some of the most stunning views in the world - you get to the…

ByEd ItorJuly 4, 2023

SKI > NZ WHERE TO SKI >

SKI > Mount Hutt

There is something quite special about Mt Hutt, situated about 90 minutes from Christchurch above the town of Methven, Mt Hutt is a vast bowl that offers a rich variety of terrain and it is for a very good reason that Mt Hutt has won best Ski Resort in NZ every year since 2015. The…

ByEd ItorJuly 4, 2023

SKI > NZ WHERE TO SKI >

SKI > Cardrona Ski Resort

Cardrona Alpine Ski Resort is incredibly popular for all types of skiers because of the three spectacular basins that each offer a huge amount of terrain to explore. Combined with an innovative and highly modernised snow making system it opens up an enormous amount of terrain to ski, board and play. Many resorts…

ByEd ItorJuly 4, 2023

SKI > NZ WHERE TO SKI >

SKI > Coronet Peak Ski Resort

Just 20 minutes out of Queenstown, Coronet Peak is probably the most accessible ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere. It was the first commercial ski field in New Zealand when it opened in 1947 and now more than 75 years later it is still one of the most popular places to ski. Anyone…

ByEd ItorJuly 3, 2023

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