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More than a lakeside sipper: Why Lugana deserves your attention this summer
The mighty Concorde flew 5 miles above the standard aircraft, where the thin cabin air dulled the passenger’s taste buds by 30%, forcing the airline to serve salty caviar, rich foie gras, & fiery ginger not for luxury, but science so the food hit the nerves & not the tongue Concorde cruised at 55,000 to 60,000 feet, nearly five miles above where a regular jetliner spends its life, moving at Mach 2, or about 1,350 miles …
Person by person, grain of sand by grain of sand
Until the day before, the location was described only as “inner southeast,” and when my brother and I got there we found a guard outside. Such are the times we live in for any Jewish-run event. On a rainy morning a few Sundays ago the room held about fifty people, most of them Jewish, I assume, though a young Muslim woman later came forward to light a candle.
What’s hot on Sicily? Our editor’s 2025 guide
9 hours ago What could be more relaxing than sipping a glass of wine while kicking back on the couch to your favorite movie? Enjoying a glass of wine at a winery, of course. Whether partaking in a tasting session in a wine cellar or gazing over vineyards as you share a charcuterie board with friends, visiting …
2012 Champagne Laurent-Perrier, Alexandra, Grande Cuvée Rosé, Brut
2012 Champagne Laurent-Perrier, Alexandra, Grande Cuvée Rosé, Brut Colour Rosé Sweetness Dry Vintage 2012 Alcohol % 12% Maturity Ready - at best (2020 - 2037) Grape List Pinot Noir (80%), Chardonnay (20%) Body Full Bodied Producer Laurent Perrier Critics reviews James Button 99/100 Fascinating. Bronze with a green hue on the edges, showing dried oranges, blond tobacco, menthol, patisserie, dried strawberries and pie crust. Smoky and complex yet subtle.
2023 Siepi, Mazzei, Tuscany, Italy
This single-vineyard blend of Sangiovese and Merlot offers bold, plummy black fruit scents with some menthol, spice, currants and chocolate. In the mouth it's poised, and vertical in shape. Plush black fruits and grilled herbs are accompanied by touches of spice and chocolate, and licks of iron and salt, with fine, chalky tannins and a silky mouthfeel. The minty acidity is persistent, leading into a long, delicate finish with some floral lift and just a hint of alcohol. Classy stuff.
2022 Caiarossa, Tuscany, Italy
Description The 2022 growing season on the Tuscan Coast experienced a mild and dry winter, followed by a rainy spring from March to mid-May. Summer arrived early with hot and sunny weather. A low-pressure system on August 13th brought over a week of refreshing rain, which cooled temperatures and promoted a slow and steady ripening process, enhancing the freshness and complexity of the grapes. The ideal weather during harvest allowed the grapes to be brought into the cellar in excellent condition.
A brave plea for two peoples to turn their faces towards peace
The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared By Ittay Flescher (HarperCollins) Reviewed by James Button Two days after the October 7 massacre, a Jewish father phoned Ittay Flescher, who is education director of the Israeli organisation, Kids4Peace, which seeks to build friendship and trust between Jewish Israeli and Palestinian teenagers.
Button on Taxis: Licensing Law and Practice 5th ed
The fifth edition of Button on Taxis completely updates the text to take account of changes to legislation, case law and Guidance since the publication of the fourth edition.
Button on Taxis: Licensing Law and Practice 5th ed
ISBN13: 9781526525079 To be Published: February 2025 Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional Country of Publication: UK Format: Paperback Price: £150.00 The fifth edition of Button on Taxis completely updates the text to take account of changes to legislation, case law and Guidance since the publication of the fourth edition.
2022 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tuscany, Italy
2022 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tuscany, Italy Description This vintage has delightful, tranquil scents of sweet berries and wildflowers, lifted with hints of lavender and fresh sage. This is a firm yet silky Sassicaia with ultra-fine, polished tannins. Abundant flavours of blue fruit and blackberries lead to a stunning finish. It's controlled and refined, with bright acidity and will be wonderful to enjoy in a few years. Siggi Gunnlaugsson, Account Manager, Berry Bros.
2021 Chianti Classico, Castello dI Brolio, Gran Selezione, Ricasoli, Tuscany, Italy
2021 Chianti Classico, Castello dI Brolio, Gran Selezione, Ricasoli, Tuscany, Italy Colour Red Vintage 2021 Alcohol % 13% Maturity Ready - at best (2016 - 2028) Producer Barone Ricasoli Critics reviews Monica Larner 95/100 Now identified by the Gaiole subregion on the back label, the Barone Ricasoli 2021 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Gaiole Castello di Brolio reveals a beautiful bouquet that is packed tight with carefully ripened fruit.
Introducing The Conversation's new climate series, Getting to Zero
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Introducing The Conversation's new climate series, Getting to Zero Original
Australia, like many other countries, has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 – just 27 years from now. The Albanese Government has also committed to sourcing 82% of all electricity from renewables by 2030 – just seven years from now.
We stand on the shoulders of our readers
I’ve recently started reading a charming book called ‘Bhutan to Blacktown’, about Om Dhungel, a man forced to flee ethnic cleansing in Bhutan and rebuild his life in Australia.
We stand on the shoulders of our readers
I’ve recently started reading a charming book called ‘Bhutan to Blacktown’, about Om Dhungel, a man forced to flee ethnic cleansing in Bhutan and rebuild his life in Australia.
Purpose - Gather with Jim
To be alive, to really be living, one must have a sense of purpose. I truly believe this to be true. I’ve had times during this journey where I was alive, but I wasn’t living. I remember these as moments in time where I lost a sense of purpose. In all fairness the focus usually had to be on staying alive and often that meant all energy was intensified on self preservation vs fulfilment. I honour those moments and am proud of them. But the point remains.
Inspiration, not charity: how refugees from Bhutan thrived in Blacktown
When I meet Om Dhungel in a cafe near his home, he tells me about Merryn Howell. “She is my godmother,” he says, his eyes shining. “Every day I remember her.” Howell (then Jones) was a skilled migrant placement officer. Dhungel was a refugee of Nepalese ancestry from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, where he had been an engineer and a senior public servant at the Department of Telecommunications. In 2001, after three years in Australia, Dhungel completed an MBA.
‘Blacktown is a better place now’: how a former refugee and coach built pride in his community
Boys are running in rows of three down the court. Legs, shouts, the smack of bouncing balls. As one boy passes to another, the third fans out to take the next pass, then he leaps and dunks. Some boys are already in flight and soaring towards the basket when they take the ball, almost delicately, then slam it through the hoop.
The climate interviews
She always knew she wanted kids. Even at five years old, she had to hold any baby who came into the house. She loved going along when her mother worked as a volunteer in a home for abandoned children. As Jayde Harding grew up, whenever she heard a nice name, she would try to remember it. Her family migrated from South Africa to Perth in 1999, when she was 10. After university, Harding studied film and television in Melbourne, grew to love the place and stayed.
Inside the March issue of The Monthly
The Monthly Essays By James Button The climate interviews In the face of the looming catastrophes of climate change, how do we talk when we’re lost for words? The author speaks with everyday Australians to see if we can articulate hope and provoke action By Russell Marks All watched over How far away is mass surveillance when Australian governments are linking CCTV cameras to facial-recognition technology and providing photo IDs to a nationwide system known as ‘the Capability’?
Picking up the pieces
Since the Australian Labor Party’s utterly unexpected loss in the May federal election, its senior figures have agonised about why it is so hard for the party to win power in Australia. Many have recalled that since 1945 Labor has entered government just three times. The leaders who won those elections – Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke and Kevin Rudd – were charismatic, ambitious and popular. They had a sense of personal destiny; from a young age they had burned to be prime minister.
Inside the November issue of The Monthly
The Monthly Essays The Nation Reviewed Revolutions past By Don Watson Labor and the Liberals have abandoned their old ideological contests as they battle to define the values of the new middle class Arts & Letters Noted In Light of Recent Events X By logging in you agree to our Terms of service and Privacy policy. If you're an existing print subscriber, and you have never logged in, you may need to activate your Schwartz Media account. Want some assistance? We're here to help.
#JimSocks - Gather with Jim
It’s phenomenal to see the support for Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology. So many people reaching out with offers of help and suggested activities they could do to raise additional funds. Actually it’s kinda overwhelming. In a good way. I got together with Adam, Dave and Michael the other day as they wanted to do a final push on the #JimSocks fundraising.
Tributes flow for country newspaper editor who was made redundant at age 97
Ella Ebery, who died on May 16, aged 103, was a shearer's wife and cook who realised late in life - too late, she always said - that she could be more than a wife and a cook. She was 58 when she got her first paid job, as a welfare worker. At 63, she began editing North Central News, the newspaper of St Arnaud, in the Wimmera.
Dutton’s dark victory: The minister, Pezzullo and the demise of Immigration
The minister, Pezzullo and the demise of Immigration It’s a fine December morning in the northern Canberra suburb of Belconnen, and in the cafe opposite the Department of Home Affairs a crowd watches the busy barista. His black T-shirt says “Weapon of a security warrior”, and as he calls out names for coffees he reads “Walter White”, and theatrically rolls his eyes.
Comeback
The Fall and Rise of Geelong One town. One football club. One struggle for greatness. James Button fell in love with the Geelong Football Club as a boy. It was a family affair. But as the years wore on and the defeats mounted, one nagging question became louder and louder: would his team ever win a premiership again? Comeback tells the Geelong story—how a town unloved by the big city up the road turned to football to show it was as good as anyone.
Christmas Catalogue
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Soccer is for girls
What a father learnt on the sidelines “Have you noticed,” said my neighbour Nick as we watched our 11-year-old daughters during a match, “that when girls play soccer they’re always saying sorry? They knock someone, they say sorry. Their boot touches another player’s, they say sorry. The sound of girls’ soccer is ‘Sorry … sorry … sorry’.” I hadn’t noticed. I had noticed, though, that when one of our players knocked over an opponent by mistake, she’d stopped to help her up.
Soccer is for girls
What a father learnt on the sidelines “Have you noticed,” said my neighbour Nick as we watched our 11-year-old daughters during a match, “that when girls play soccer they’re always saying sorry? They knock someone, they say sorry. Their boot touches another player’s, they say sorry. The sound of girls’ soccer is ‘Sorry … sorry … sorry’.” I hadn’t noticed. I had noticed, though, that when one of our players knocked over an opponent by mistake, she’d stopped to help her up.
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