Brad Hickey describes his wines as “more ballerina than boxer”. The phrase should seem a little incongruous coming from this tall and broad Chicago-born winemaker, who was once at home curating million dollar wine lists and serving New York’s elite in the Big Apple’s finest restaurants – but it doesn’t. Brad believes in the gentle […]
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You could use any number of clichés to describe Vinh Giang’s last few years: “success story”, for example, “overachiever”, and even “a man with many irons in the fire”. But it’s perhaps best summed up by the famous John Lennon song lyric about life being what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.
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By David Russell Imagine running on to Adelaide Oval with your football heroes, sitting with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in front of thousands of people or being pursued by a ghost through a haunted house. Well, you don’t have to. Adelaide company Jumpgate VR have made the impossible a reality, albeit a virtual one. And
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South Australia is home to some of the best brands in the country. By using the State Brand you can help put South Australia on the map. And if the world knows where the best brands come from that’s good for your brand, and all South Australian businesses. Join the revolution – download and use the state brand
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By Sarah Walsh At the age of 48, John Swan was lying on his mother’s floor for six days straight. Given just one month to live, his liver was three times the size of a healthy one and he was losing a lot of blood – a direct result of many years of alcohol and
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Portable music is about to get a whole lot better, thanks to two former Adelaide DJs. They’ve created a tiny amplifier that’s small enough to fit into the coin pocket of your jeans yet delivers hi-fi quality sound from your smartphone, tablet, laptop or MP3 player. Bart Kowalski and Joe Chehade came up with idea
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When Dr Gill Hicks was named the 2015 South Australian of the Year it was bittersweet. While the award recognised her tireless work campaigning for peace, the event that inspired her drive to change the world continues to haunt her. When Dr Gill Hicks hopped into the carriage of a London tube train on July 7 2005,
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Two Adelaide women have combined their passion for event management and the arts to build the company behind some of the biggest parties in South Australia. Bespoke is a partnership that has attracted an impressive suite of clients. The duo has created high end events for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide
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Thirty years ago, a group of forward-thinking ‘Barossians’ packed a selection of premium wine and locally-grown food into their cars, drove to Adelaide and served up a unique tasting experience. They called it the Barossa Gourmet Weekend. Fast forward three decades and thousands of people from around Australia will make the annual pilgrimage back to
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Adelaide is bidding to become the next UNESCO City of Music on the back of its tradition of music festivals and events. The bid, submitted by South Australian Arts Minister Jack Snelling, would place Adelaide alongside other music cities including Seville, Bologna, Hamamatsu, Glasgow, Gent, Mannheim, Bogota, Brazzaville and Hannover. “Adelaide has a long and
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