Udaberri

May 1, 2012 Bar Reviews

date of visit: Thursday 26 April 2012 Udaberri Pintxos y Vinos is the new cool kid on Adelaide’s bar scene. It’s at the northern end of Leigh Street, and if you don’t know it’s there and you’re not looking you won’t spot it. Wait. I knew it was there and I was looking and I [...]

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Working with Wine – Seminar One

April 30, 2012 Wines

Thursday 19 April 2012 As I mentioned on Friday, this year I’m taking part in Negociants Australia‘s Working with Wine program. The program is an incredibly generous initiative: it’s completely funded by Negociants and the dux of the program receives a trip to Europe. Back in February I sat the entrance exam (yes, it’s not [...]

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Louis Latour Macon-Villages Chameroy 2009

April 29, 2012 Wines

As I mentioned on Friday I’m on a mission to check out Chardonnays in the $15-20 price range. The first cab off the rank is the Louis Latour Mâcon-Villages Chameroy 2009 which I picked up from a very large national chain for about $17. This was a bit of a sentimental purchase – when I [...]

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Chardonnay Project

April 27, 2012 Wines

photo by Pete Markham This year I’m lucky enough to be participating in a couple of excellent wine programs. The one which has already started is Working with Wine, run by Negociants Australia. The first Adelaide session was run on Thursday 19 April and focussed on the white wines of the Côte d’Or in Burgundy, [...]

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Europa Espresso Glenelg

April 25, 2012 Cafe Reviews

    date of visit: Saturday 14 April 2012 We stopped in at Europa for a quick coffee on a Saturday afternoon. The venue is both café (or espresso bar) and restaurant – the two are divided by the bar itself – and the outside seating follows suit. As we were coffee and caking we [...]

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Iberian Invasion

April 23, 2012 Events

photos by Alister Robertson date: Monday 16 April 2012 I’ve been really lucky recently to be involved in a few excellent wine tastings. I don’t always get these written up (posts tend to be long and hard work!) but I’m going to try to get better with that – if only so everyone can feel [...]

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India House, Hallett Cove

April 20, 2012 Restaurant Reviews

    date of visit: Sunday 15 April 2012 I’m probably the last person on the planet who has got around to using a group buying deal for heading out to a restaurant. There are plenty of reasons for this but the main one is that people to have a very different experience when dining [...]

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Brighton Jetty Cafe

April 18, 2012 Cafe Reviews

date of visit: Thursday 12 April 2012 We’re still enjoying some really lovely autumn weather so what better to do than head down to the seaside and grab a coffee and cake? Apparently, it’s grab a coffee and some breakfast. A friend visiting from England was in urgent need of a sun (does anyone remember [...]

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Angs Coffee and Special Teas

April 16, 2012 Cafe Reviews

    date of visit: Saturday 7 April 2012 We live quite near to Marion and, while it’s fair to say I loathe the place, it’s incredibly handy if there’s any serious shopping that needs to be done. One thing we rarely do at Marion is stop to have a coffee because food wise Marion’s [...]

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Chocolate Brownies

April 13, 2012 Recipes

It’s been a while since I’ve had an opportunity to try out another brownie recipe, but a family lunch at Easter provided the perfect excuse to tick a recipe off the list. This one comes from Chocablog, which, not surprisingly, is a blog all about chocolate. Although based in the UK, Chocablog has contributors around [...]

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