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Domaine Rolet Cremant du jura Blanc Brut

Domaine Rolet is a famous producer based in Arbois. Having prime old vine vineyards in the appellations of Arbois and Côtes du Jura. Made from...

MERITE Single vineyard 2015 Wrattonbully Merlot

This truely has been the best Australian Merlot I have drank since the early Irvine Grand Merlots.   Good dry red nose, in the mouth classic...

Avignonesi Rosso di Montepulciano 2018

Organic, Biodynamic, Vegan friendly as most European wines are made. (They just don’t mention it on the label in most cases) In the glass the wine...

Champagne Mousse Fils Perpetuelle Blanc de Noirs L’ OR D’ EUGENE NV

The Champagne Style of Blanc de Noirs is a wine made entirely from red grapes producing a white wine made from the clear juice...

JC’s Own 2016 Originale Grenache

Old vines On the nose The perfume of bright red cherries, white dusty purple plums with a hint of oak and the distinctive whiff of warm...

 Gosset Champagne Grand Rose NV. Brut $100

Aged a minimum of 3 years on lees before bottling.   The colour of this wine was a dark golden strawberry suggesting that it had been...

JC’S FERINE GRENACHE 2020

 This wine has been trodden by foot to break up the bunches and gain greater structure. Matured in used 500 Litre French oak puncheons....

 Thomas Hardy Cabernet Sauvignon

Hardy's select the best parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon from vineyards in the Coonawara, Margaret River and Frankland River regions to make this flag ship...

Tonic Grenache 2020 $57.00

For me the appeal of this brand is; The wine is sometimes produced in painfully small amounts, as little as 50 dozen per wine....

JOSMEYER Alsace Grand Cru HENGST Gewurztraminer 2000

This wine has been in temperature controlled storage. I opened this wine in the lockdown of 2020. I drank it over 3 days so tasting...

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Australian households embracing new habits to cut down on the 7.7 million meals wasted every day

Nationwide campaign ‘The Great Unwaste’ sparking positive change, with 4 in 5 households now recognising their ability to help reduce food waste New research released by not-for-profit End Food Waste Australia to coincide with Food Waste Action Week (17 – 23 March) has revealed substantial improvements in behaviours and perceptions around household food waste, with […]

Osmose and Neara are teaming up to enable utilities like CenterPoint Energy to evaluate asset risk with greater precision and improve underlying network data...

Neara founders Jack Curtis, Dan Danilatos and Karamvir Singh (left to right) Osmose, the leading provider of utility infrastructure asset assessment, restoration, and life extension solutions, and Neara, an AI-powered predictive modelling platform for utility networks, have announced a strategic partnership to help utilities better assess risk, improve data accuracy, and strengthen power grids. This […]

New machine makes it easy to return and earn in Tamworth

Family recycling at Return and Earn Return and Earn Tamworth residents have a new location to recycle their eligible bottles, cans and cartons with the opening of a Return and Earn machine at the Tamworth Home Centre. As the eighth return point in the Tamworth Regional Council area, it is now even more convenient for […]

Stockland powers up with the 2025 Big Battery Rescue school challenge

Stockland is again partnering with The National Theatre for Children (NTC) for the 2025 Big Battery Rescue School Challenge—a nationwide initiative aimed at educating and inspiring students about the importance of battery recycling and its environmental impact. Launching in March 2025, the program will run until December, reaching 23 schools and over 16,000 students across […]

Shaping the future of Melbourne as a garden city

Melbourne will profile its reputation as a garden city, as prominent visionaries from the horticultural, ecology and design industries take centre stage at Fed Square for a free Melbourne Conversations event on urban green space. The Future Proofing Green Spaces conversation on Thursday 27 March will focus on the importance of fostering Melbourne’s connection with nature. Panellists […]

Schneider Electric announces Pacific winners of the Sustainability Impact Awards 2025

SA Power Networks and WaterNSW topped the list as Pacific Customer Joint winners. Datacom and UPS Power Solutions were named as Partner Award winners. Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, has announced the Pacific winners of its annual Sustainability Impact Awards. Announced at Schneider’s Innovation Summit 2025 in Sydney, the awards celebrate […]

Boral launches Australian-first crumbed rubber asphalt bitumen surfacing derived from heavy-duty industrial vehicle tyres

Australian-first proprietary crumbed rubber asphalt bitumen that replaces common crumbed rubber with that from Off the Road (OTR) tyres was used in road demonstrations in Glass House Mountains, Diddillibah, and Nambour Boral Limited (“Boral”) has launched an Australian-first proprietary crumbed rubber asphalt bitumen that replaces common crumbed rubber with that from Off the Road (OTR) tyres – […]

Renewables to play essential role in product portfolio of oil and gas companies, says GlobalData

Global power generation is increasingly shifting toward renewable sources, reducing the reliance on fossil fuels. While global energy generation has risen by around 30% in the past ten years, renewable energy has nearly doubled over this timeframe. With the share of renewables in the global energy mix forecast to reach over 40% by 2030, it […]

HB11 Energy partners with University of Adelaide on Australian-first $8.2M national laser facility, out of Adelaide

Laser fusion energy company HB11 Energy has signed an $8.2 million agreement with Defence Trailblazer to commercialise the world’s first-of-a-kind laser developed by the DualTech-USPL research group at the University of Adelaide. This landmark partnership will, in the short term, result in a demonstrator for a design intended to become a state-of-the-art national laser fusion facility in Adelaide, which has already […]

COMPANIES FLAGGING CLIMATE RISKS IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DOUBLES IN FOUR YEARS

Chartered Accountants ANZ The number of companies reporting the effects of climate risks in their financial statements has more than doubled in the last four years, with energy and industrial companies leading the charge in Australia. The “Effects of Climate-Related Risks on Financial Statements” report, from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), the […]

Victoria’s dangerous native logging loophole exposed with critical wildlife at risk

East Gippsland Shire Council has approved a permit allowing the logging of 51 hectares of critical wildlife habitat, exposing a dangerous loophole that threatens to undermine Victoria's native forest logging ban. The privately owned forest is critical habitat for rare wildlife, including endangered Greater Gliders, Long-footed Potoroos and...

RACV’S TOP TIPS FOR PEDESTRIAN ROAD RULES AND SAFETY

RACV has released tips for pedestrian road rules and safety, addressing a critical safety need. RACV data shows four out of five Victorians regularly walk as a form of transportation and these tips aim to clarify often misunderstood rules that apply to all road users, including pedestrians, bike...