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The New Homestead Brewery & Improved Mandoon Estate Cellar Door in the Swan Valley

I was trying to hold off visiting the new and improved Mandoon property for a few weeks, but the sun was shining this past Saturday and it was just the perfect day for a nice cold beer or glass of vino in the sun. It didn’t take much convincing for Mr. Spittoon and I to…

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My Top Wine Picks from the Qantas epiQure Wine Fair 2014

Disclosure: Qantas invited myself and Mr. Spittoon to attend the epiQure Wine Fair. I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the inaugural Qantas epiQure Wine Fair on Saturday at the WA Ballet Centre in Maylands. This unique event put on by Australia’s leading airline is designed to showcase the Qantas epiQure Wine Club’s…

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The party of the year in the Swan Valley with Chef George Calombaris – Entwined in the Valley!

Buy an Entwined in the Valley ticket and you and a lucky friend could win a meet and greet with George Calombaris, and a cooking experience with Co-Op’s Kiren Mainwaring. Visit the Swan Valley website for full details. Terms and Conditions apply. It’s about time the Swan Valley stole the show! On Saturday August 30th from 7pm…

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NEWSFLASH!! What’s new in the Swan Valley & Upcoming Events

Things are spicing up in the Swan Valley at the moment with new stores, cafés, accommodation options and more popping up here, there and everywhere. There’s also a host of cool events coming our way so I thought it was about time I put a post together to keep you all in the loop and…

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Have Edgecombe Brothers created the best takeaway burgers in Perth?

The Swan Valley has a new burger contender in town! Of course there is the famous Alfred’s Kitchen in Guildford which is always pumping and known to have some of the cheapest and best burgers in Perth, but now up the other end of the Valley in Henley Brook a new burger kitchen has opened.

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Come quickly, I’m drinking Smurf Wine – The world’s first blue sparkling wine!

Recently one of my 2014 Wine Tasting Notes caused so much commotion across my social media channels that I thought I had better get my wine drinking butt into gear and do up a proper blog post for it so that all you lovely people can learn about and drink Smurf Wine too!!

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Introducing Vine Collective and why YOU should be on it today..

Vine Collective is the Trip Advisor & Urbanspoon for wine lovers in Western Australia (and soon to be the eBay for WA wine too with its eCommerce side to come!). It’s a website with bucket fills of information on WA wine regions, wines and wineries. Alongside consuming the information on the wine regions of Western…

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Raise a glass to fight the war on child cancer – Telethon Adventurers Wine Range

I don’t even want to think about how much money I spend on wine over a year. It’s safe to say that it’d be a large chunk of my income! Recently the lovely @_muffinqueen introduced me to a wine range that would not only satisfy my wino needs but support a very good cause at…

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Who’s behind the Champagne Cap Jewellery? Exclusive Q&A with Kiron Barui

Recently you would have seen my social media channels overtaken with a certain jewellery range. Wearing Memories is an exclusive jewellery range specially designed to hold the caps from Champagne bottles (or ‘plaque de muselet’ if you will). This line of specialised wine jewellery is the brainchild of Australian Designer, Kiron Barui who patented her…