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Sod Wimbledon. The real competition has already been decided at the 2014 Gin Masters.Flex your tatts and get out your be...
03/07/2014

Sod Wimbledon. The real competition has already been decided at the 2014 Gin Masters.

Flex your tatts and get out your bell bottoms because the Navy Strength category has been awarded to one of my all-time favourites, a cask-aged gin by Master of Malt, a small distiller in Kent.

It's made with gorgeously named Bathtub Gin and aged for six months in small 50 litre casks. With 'bashed up' botanicals lending depth, get on board for 57% ABV (alcohol by volume). You'll be singing sea shanties in no time.

http://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2014/06/gin-masters-2014-results

Grab a glass of Two Hands with both hands and get drinking. The boutique cellar door, in a historic building with fire r...
20/06/2014

Grab a glass of Two Hands with both hands and get drinking.

The boutique cellar door, in a historic building with fire roaring and some of the Barossa’s best quaffs, is not to be missed.

Their shiraz ambles across your palate, a goliath of soft fruits and low tannin. Crafted by winemakers who know the US market inside out, it’s a robust but easy style akin to a California smile and a “c’mon in sugar”.

At around $26, their fun ‘picture’ series (you’ll get it when you see the label) is enough to put me under the table, but if you’re happy to fork out $60, go for the structure and elegance of the ‘garden’ series. Bella’s Garden to be specific. Bella knocked me for six, and her friends Lily and Max weren’t so bad either.

The cellar door staff are one of Two Hands’ biggest asset. They’re as jolly as the wine, posing in leopard-print dressing gowns for tongue-in-cheek labels like Smooth Operator and Sexy Beast.

Grapes are sourced from the Barossa, McLaren and Clare Valley, Padthaway and Langhorne Creek. If you like your wine big and friendly – put your hand up.

Two Hands Cellar Door: Neldner Rd, Marananga, South Australia

Uh oh. This could get messy. Deliciously messy.
03/06/2014

Uh oh. This could get messy. Deliciously messy.

My favourite breakfast treat. Papaya with lime. Silky sweet flesh with a flash of astringent citrus. Let the weekend com...
24/05/2014

My favourite breakfast treat. Papaya with lime. Silky sweet flesh with a flash of astringent citrus. Let the weekend commence.

And for the boffins, yes papaya (Carica) and paw paw (Asimina) are different fruits.

The papaya originates in the tropics of Hawaii, the West Indies, South America and India whereas the paw paw is native to North America and Canada. The papaya tree is much bigger than the paw paw shrub.

Palmer & Co is sultry and petulant, just like a cocktail bar should be. You'd be petulant too if you had to put up with ...
15/05/2014

Palmer & Co is sultry and petulant, just like a cocktail bar should be. You'd be petulant too if you had to put up with prohibition.

Open late (and I mean sunrise late) it's a posh cocktail hit for both pre-dinner tipples or post-I-should-have-got-that-cab-home raucous fun.

Interiors are fit for a dalliance. Think brick walls, lamps and bric-a-brac cabinets shielding you from prying eyes.

Drinks are carefully mixed classics, bar service can be a little dour but waitresses in flapper dresses cheer things up.

Grab your lover's hand, sneak into Abercrombie Lane and don't look back.

A little hard to find, Palmer & Co is in Abercrombie Lane, Sydney. You can also get in through the Mr Wong basement door.

Do you need to down whole fried Yamba prawns, sip prosecco and soak up the sun in one of Sydney's prettiest bays?If the ...
12/05/2014

Do you need to down whole fried Yamba prawns, sip prosecco and soak up the sun in one of Sydney's prettiest bays?

If the answer is "hell yeah" then may I suggest the Watson's Bay Hotel.

Legendary Sunday sessions (they have a shuttle bus people), options for a bushwalk and a swim pre lunch and tables pretty much on the beach are all draw cards.

Food is gastro pub style, counter service makes life easy for everyone and sufficient bar staff mean you're not detained from your harbour views for long.

Getting hammered and catching the ferry home is just a bonus.

It's OK John Milton, I know you lost paradise but I've found it again, well in its pasta incarnation anyway.Fratelli Par...
06/05/2014

It's OK John Milton, I know you lost paradise but I've found it again, well in its pasta incarnation anyway.

Fratelli Paradiso in Sydney's Potts Point has cultivated dark and sexy to an art form.

Daily menus are scrawled on the wall and the waiters seem to enjoy reeling it off at your table more than you'll ever enjoy reading it. They are good at their trade and I rely on their judgement, especially for the Italo dominant wine list.

You'll always get house baked bread on arrival and a glass of chilled cortese will help you settle into the bustling cafe style dining room.

People watching is a key occupation but food of this quality will draw you back soon enough.

Calamari Sant' Andrea is named after one of Fratelli Paradiso's original chefs. Seasonal crudos such as salmon, fennel, caperberry and saffron come up trumps every time but it's pasta who is king.

Just choose your flavour of the day; unctuous ragu, lasagnetta or FP's stalwart - spaghetti scampi. Burly, simple flavours will have you kissing your fingertips.

Fratelli Paradiso: 12-16 Challis Avenue, Potts Point, Sydney.

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