DRIVE > The Most Beautiful Car In The World Electrified

The Jaguar E-Type is so very super stylish, so much so that Enzo Ferrari described it as "the most beautiful car in the world". And now thanks to innovators like Electrogenic in the UK you can drive an electric conversion that transforms beauty into a future proof masterpiece. …

ByEd ItorMay 8, 20230Comments

DRINK > WINE > Pinot Noir DRINK > WINE

WINE > Paradox Pinot Noir – Zero Alcohol (NV) 60/100 Points

Recently I heard from friends and colleagues that the quality of alcohol free wine had dramatically improved. Given I had set the challenge to my wonderful wife that we attempt to get through a dry May (well mostly dry), it seems that now is an excellent opportunity for us to face the challenge. So we…

ByEd ItorMay 8, 20230Comments

DESIGN CARS

DRIVE > Ineos Grenadier

Land Rover Defender The Ineos Grenadier features the marketing line “built on purpose” and that is exactly what you get with this new entry to the four wheel drive all terrain workhorse car market. If you are not aware of the back story of how in 2017 billionaire Jim Ratcliffe CEO of Ineos (a…

ByCrispyMay 5, 20230Comments

EAT > MELBOURNE EAT >

EAT > Ishizuka (Melbourne)

It's not easy to find Ishizuka, there are few discreet signs near the street entrance, leading down a narrow lane, to a door and what looks like an apartment complex lift lobby. Take the lift to the basement and you are ushered into a very special room where you are elevated to one…

ByCrispyMay 3, 20230Comments

DESIGN

TRAVEL > The Sights and Tastes of Spectacular Rioja

Just to the south of glamorous San Sebastián and to the south west of the towering Pyrenees Mountains you find the Ebro River. The valley of the Ebro River and its tributaries create the region of 'La Rioja' a part of Spain that is famed for its outstanding wine (predominately Tempranillo), a beautiful region…

ByEd ItorMay 2, 20230Comments

DRINK > WINE > Pinot Noir DRINK > WINE

WINE > Bindi Dixon Pinot Noir 2021

I have been a fan of Bindi wines for 5 or 6 years and a regular collector of the Bindi Dixon which has continued to be an outstanding representation of the best Pinot Noir from the Macedon region of Victoria. But there is something special about the 2021 release that lifts it above recent releases…

ByCrispyApril 28, 20230Comments

WHERE TO SKI >

TRAVEL > The Incredible Magic of Queenstown

As we start to feel the chill of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, plans for the best place for a ski trip are discussed, and a return to Queenstown (in New Zealand South Island) is always a serious contender for best wine and snow holiday. Queenstown in winter is a winter wonderland that should…

ByEd ItorApril 26, 20230Comments

DRINK > WINE > Chardonnay DRINK > WINE

WINE > OSSA Chardonnay 2021

THE WINERY Ossa began in 2017 when Rod and Cecile Roberts purchased their 600-hectare farm on the East Coast of Tasmania. The winery is named after Mount Ossa which is in central highlands of Tasmania and is quite a dramatic landmark of dolerite, granite and ice. Parcels of land in this now revered wine growing…

ByEd ItorApril 25, 20230Comments

DESIGN

TECH > The new Asko high tech wine fridge

For the last couple of decades the Vintec brand has been synonymous with quality wine storage solutions, but Swedish brand ASKO better known for dishwashers, refrigerators and ovens have arrived in the market with a solution that just might make you sit up and take notice. (That is if you have $15k to spend…

BySimonApril 24, 20230Comments

DRINK > WINE > Chardonnay DRINK > WINE

WINE > William Fevre Chablis 2020

THE WINERY William Fevre founded the winery in 1957 and the territory includes 12 hectares of premier cru and 16 hectares of grand cru vines. This is not a small Burgundy vineyard with 78 hectares across 90 seperate parcels but there is significant care to the cultivation and harvesting for all of the levels…

ByEd ItorApril 21, 20230Comments

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