RIDE > S-Works Turbo Levo SL

Oh wow this is super powerful, super light perhaps it is the ultimate eMTB? The model was launched in 2020 and everyone was immediately blown away by being incredibly light carbon frame (less than 17kg fully loaded) with the premium S-Works gear (and those good looks), full suspension (that includes 160mm of travel on…

ByCrispyMarch 29, 20230Comments

DESIGN

RIDE > Is the Black Crows ‘Mirus Cor’ – the sexiest resort ski this year?

The Black Crow created a very sexy inbound resort ski this year its called the Mirus Cor and it is described as a “ski object born of performance and design, to achieve an alliance between two worlds: freestyle and the most angular carves of the moment”. The ski has a long rocker tip and a…

ByCrispyMarch 29, 20230Comments

DESIGN

Quickmill Rubino Black

So you are thinking about buying yourself a spunky new home coffee machine and you have done your research and you know you are in for spending about $2500 on a Rocket Appartemento, a Bezzerra EZ10, or a Quick Mill Rubino. You will be looking for a copper heat exchanging boiler (all…

ByEd ItorMarch 28, 20230Comments

DRINK > SPIRITS

DRINK > Dutch Apple Pie Moonshine

In the Victorian Alpine, on 120 acre plot (just 10 minutes from the township of Mansfield), there is a tiny family-run distillery where sustainability and purity is central to the very limited artisanal product. The Dutch Apple Pie Moonshine is made in a still named "Sue" and is based on an apple pie recipe that…

ByEd ItorMarch 28, 20230Comments

DRINK > SPIRITS

SPIRIT > Iwai Gin

Iwai Gin is a celebration of Nozawa’s harvest seasons. The subtle flavors of sakura, plum and applewood deliver in this fruity and floral gin. Try it with tonic on ice.

ByCrispyMarch 27, 20230Comments

DRINK > WINE > Pinot Noir

WINE > Valli Waitaki 2020

The range of pinot noir from the Valli vineyard in Central Otago, New Zealand is superb, wine maker Grant Taylor has been making wine in the region for nearly 30 years and for his own vineyard for the last 25 years. The Waitaki vineyard is on the Waitaki river about 230kms to…

ByCrispyMarch 27, 20230Comments

DRINK > WINE DRINK > WINE > Chardonnay

WINE > Pimpernel Chardonnay 2020

The Chardonnay from Pimpernel is perfectly on point again with the 2020 release a fine blend of white peach, slightly acidic hints of lemon with a long drawn out and lingering palate. The fruit was gently basket pressed, then fermented in new and seasoned French oak barrels and maturation in the barrel on lees. …

ByEd ItorMarch 25, 20230Comments

DESIGN

Super Fancy Lilo

You probably never realised that you really really wanted a super fancy lilo, something that floated in your pool and provided a little back support. Just as useful on the lawn or on the lagoon and it is upholstered in beautiful linen patterns. Its clear from the advertising that these super floats…

ByEd ItorMarch 25, 20230Comments

EAT EAT > SYDNEY

EAT > Taruhachi Bento

Down a flight of stairs, past a coffee and focaccia bar, and barber shop there are a few high chairs lined up outside a mysterious door. I walked past this door not really noticing for nearly two years, until this week I ventured inside and was immediately transported to back to Japan. …

ByCrispyMarch 25, 20230Comments

TRAVEL

TRAVEL > Pluto Pod – travel pillow or personal isolation pod.

Travel pillows are one of those unfortunate necessities of the modern traveller, less space in seats that don’t recline as far as they used to, mean you need something to help you attempt to rest while your body contorts into a knot. Sure if you only fly in the pointy end of the plane…

ByEd ItorMarch 19, 20230Comments

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