Celebrate Your Mum!

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Joyeux Fete des Meres! Although festivals in honour of women's fertility date all the day back to ancient Greece, did you know that France, the birthplace of Champagne, only celebrated its first Mothers Day in 1918, under the influence of the … [Read more...]

First Ladies of Champagne Vue de Monde

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Celebrate Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 20th Anniversary in Sparkling Style! Pamper your palate and discover the secret history of champagne, as you unravel the fascinating stories of the powerful women behind the bubbles. Hosted literally … [Read more...]

Sydney’s Champagne Day 2011 Tasting Menu

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    SYDNEY SUNRISE ON CHAMPAGNE DAY TASTING MENU   Champagne Pierre Gimonnet Blanc de Blancs Variety: 1er cru chardonnay Green gold in colour and wonderfully fresh and fruity on the palate this is a delicate lacy style … [Read more...]

Top 5 Champagnes For Romance

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Secret Agent of Seduction Somehow seduction and champagne have always been inexorably linked. Perhaps its down to eighteenth century royal courtesan Madame de Pompadour (favourite mistress to Louis XV). She was the first beauty to spruik … [Read more...]

Get Your Champagne on Sydney! #MIM2011

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When you talk about alcohol for a living, you rarely get to drink. It's quite usual that you spit at events so that your audience doesn't have to. Feeling like you've been let loose in a candy shop to taste as you please (and swallow!) is a rare … [Read more...]

Greenhouse By Joost – finale party by Stix

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In keeping with Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority's ambitious plan to green The Rocks and Darling Harbour,  "Greenhouse by Joost" a pop-up design installation and waste-free cafe concept that showcases sustainable living, was delivered to Campbells … [Read more...]

International Women’s Day Centenary Champagne Celebrations

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On March 7th Women In Business Industry & Investment NSW and Commonwealth Bank’s Women In Focus program joined forces to host a special charity lunch celebration “Food For Thought” to recognise women contributing to the Australian Food … [Read more...]

Champagne ‘Boy’ Please!

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Born at Buckingham Palace in 1841, Edward eldest son of Queen Victoria, was crowned Prince of Wales at just four weeks old, but had to wait until he was sixty to ascend to the throne. Educated privately and Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge … [Read more...]

International Women’s Day Centenary 2011

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Champagne Celebration For 100th International Women's Day Since its birth in the bosom of the female suffragette movement a century ago, International Women's Day has matured into an inspirational world-wide phenomenon of recognition and … [Read more...]

Recipe For Success: #MIM2011

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March Into Merivale 2011 launched with a bang on Monday night at a special EST dinner where guests were entranced by 7 tastes of heaven on a plate, delivered by Andrew McConnell from AGT Restaurant of the Year 2011 Cutler & Co in … [Read more...]