The Gen Y Get-together

Yen Young Woman of the Year Awards Gazebo Wine Garden, Elizabeth Bay

Batting Partner Says His Hero Always Tried To Do The Right Thing

ARTHUR Morris will raise a glass of red wine to his old batting partner today, and regards the Bradman Centenary as a chance to remind the modern cricket world of the values Sir Donald represented.

Outstanding Achievement Award - Con Christopoulos

'THE man is a brand unto himself." So we say in the 2009 Age Good Food Guide acknowledging the Con Christopoulos tsunami of influence over Melbourne during the past 10 years. "And its values? European food, wine and coffee sophistication; an anti-design aesthetic; and a casual chic that belies hospitality professionalism."

Reminder Over Wine Show

WINEMAKERS on the South Coast and Southern Highlands are reminded they still have time to enter the Kiama Regional Wine Show, set down for September 17.

Boutique Brands Blend With The Best

THE ROYAL Exhibition Building was abuzz with wine, food and other gourmet delights last night as the Taste of Melbourne festival kicked off.

Patience A Sicilian Virtue

A frank assessment of new Mediterranean wine impresses Jane Faulkner.

Tapas Treats On Easy Street

The wine's good, the food's great but it's all too simple for this talented chef. Ash St Cellar 14/20

Wine List Of The Year Awards

Art Gallery Restaurant, AGNSW, The Domain

Call To Break Up Foster's

ONE of the most outspoken critics of the disastrous foray into the wine sector by Foster's has warned the company may have to break up its wine portfolio because it is "too big and too complex", and separate it from its successful beer business.

Drink-drive Hearing Told Of 21st Celebration That Ended In Tragedy

THE 750-millilitre bottle of 50%-proof, silver-label whiskey was a 21st-birthday present for roof tiler Russell Murray from his boss. His friend Christian Dupuy had never seen "something special" like it before. Mixed with cola and ice, the whiskey was shared among friends into the early hours of May 26 last year. Mr Murray and Dupuy, who had already consumed red wine, beer, vodka shots and cans of pre-mixed spirits, were later clearly drunk.

Wine Pioneer Now A Household Face

COOLANGATTA Estate vigneron Greg Bishop will be on the fingertips of every household in the Shoalhaven during the next 12 months.

Wine Lesson 171

Pinot gris is a versatile food wine