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More winemakers are devoting themselves to distillation. Alicia Miller explores the growing trend of spirits by winemakers and picks six to try

Steggall ends budget week with Olympian Blue Mountains effort We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Zali Steggall is no slouch. The independent MP for Warringah and slayer of former prime minister Tony Abbott took on the daunting UTA100 ultra-marathon trail race through the Blue Mountains over the weekend. The 100-kilometre track through the mountain range had a combined elevation gain of 4460 metres through the Gol...

Elite Sydney school’s apology after email blunder implicates high-profile family We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Hell hath no fury like an army of rich parents and it seems one of Sydney’s most prestigious private boys’ schools has a lot of explaining to do. Last week, parents at Cranbrook junior school were issued a health alert that a pupil had contracted impetigo, a highly contagious b...

The federal government will increase the excise refund cap for small distillers, as new alcohol consumption data reveals the growing demand for gin.

Booze prices are set to tumble around Australia as alcohol producers are handed a tax cut to boost the hospitality sectors recovery. Australian drinkers have long endured some of the most expensive pints in the world, with Perth ranking second only to Oslo, due to enormous taxes.  But on Saturday the federal government announced tax cuts of up to $250,000 a year for liquor producers hit by coronavirus. The move will come into effect from July 1, and will be unveiled when the federal budget is ...

Cummins & Partners CEO Chris Jeffares moonlights at brewery business February 10, 2021 10:18 Cummins & Partners CEO, Chris Jeffares, will now be splitting his time to support his brother’s brewery Stomping Ground. Global CEO and co-founder, Sean Cummins, told Mumbrella all staff and clients have been made aware of Jeffares new interest in the business and it is business as usual at the agency. Chris Jeffares ADVERTISEMENT “He has an interest in his brothers’ burgeoning beer business Sto...

Who’s going to take Eddie’s hot seat? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size The racism controversy engulfing Collingwood Football Club and outgoing president Eddie McGuire is a fiasco and is concentrating minds on who might replace him. McGuire announced he would depart Collingwood after 23 seasons at the end of 2021. Let’s see if he lasts that long. Eddie Maguire and Christine Holgate. Credit:John Shakespe...

Murnain’s happy news amid the long wait for ICAC report Save Normal text size It’s been almost 18 months since NSW Labor’s former general secretary Kaila Murnain sensationally quit her post after an Independent Commission Against Corruption probe catapulted Aldi shopping bags into political consciousness and lifted the lid on her role hiding a $100,000 illegal donation made by Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo. The NSW Labor lifer - she joined at 15 - was the most powerful of S...

Leading the global charge for Australian gin Stuart Gregor and Cameron Mackenzie explain the origins of Four Pillars Gin and how the brand is continuing to reach new global heights. Cam Mackenzie and Stu Gregor Four Pillars Gin When it launched seven years ago, Four Pillars was one of only a few homegrown gin brands in Australia. Fast forward to 2020, and the distiller is a global success and part of a booming and innovative Aussie gin scene - but it remains a front runner in the pack and a m...