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and a new year begins
And so… to continue our tale of our New Year’s excursion. Our package at Casa Luna included breakfasts and dinners, as well as what was described as “a long and languorous candlelit degustation dinner of our Italian-influenced food, with every … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, food, holidays, King Valley, mountains, New Year's Eve, wine, wineries
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how deep in the valley
There was a newspaper article recently about impulsive online shopping while drinking and how the purchasers (what they called “boozy shoppers”) often regretted their choices. We recently had an experience doing this, but were thrilled with the results. A few weeks … Continue reading
Posted in cheese, cycling, holidays, King Valley, mountains, New Year's Eve, wine, wineries, winter
Tagged king valley, wine
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A yabbie dabbie doo Chrissie
So, what did we do on our first real southern hemisphere Christmas (we say real because last year we were in Ushuaia, Argentina but that was a novelty…a vacation, not how we live)? Well, on Christmas Eve we had dinner … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, birds, bogans, Christmas, food, hairy panic, holidays, wine, wineries
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pickers and permanent people
When we went to Young a couple of weeks ago, we sort of jumped the gun. A variety of other plans throughout the week got shifted, so we ended up with a free Saturday and we really wanted some cherries. … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Australia, Ballinaclash, cheese, cherries, festivals, fruit, olives, pie, pistachios, rural life, wine, Young
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capital radio
We’ve both been on the road this week, so not a lot of blogging time. The hilarious thing is that we both went to Canberra for work, separately. We overlapped a night – had some pretty good Moroccan pizza on … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Canberra, Clonakilla, cycling, Hilltops, Jugiong, Murrumbateman, wine, wineries
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Young and restless
A couple of weeks ago, while driving back from a work trip to Bathurst (CSU has a campus there, so we’ve both been a few times), Dan left a trail of cherry pits from Young to Cootamundra. He had just … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Ballinaclash, cherries, farmers market, fruit, Hilltops, strawberries, wine, Young
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“The festival will start small…”
This was a line in the Daily Advertiser article about the first Wagga multicultural festival, that took place last Saturday. We heard about it a few weeks ago, and were thrilled at the thought of food and entertainment from around … Continue reading
Posted in festivals, Visa, wagga, wagga wagga, wine
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Hot and stickie
When we told people in Canada (those who know about wine) what part of Australia we were going to, most had no idea where the Riverina was located. It is actually a distinct wine region, but not a famous one. … Continue reading
Goon squad
This week in the Wagga Daily Advertiser newspaper, there was an article about a local winemaker complaining that a proposed new tax structure might put him and other, similar boutique winemakers out of business. The purpose of the law is … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, bogans, Drinks, farmers market, Riverina, wagga, wine
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Wine and cheese at work
CSU has, as strange as it may seem, both a winery and a cheesery. Yes, that might seem odd, but then again, this is Australia, where many things are a bit odd. In our time knowing about them – from … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, cheese, CSU, wine
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