NZ wines in world’s most admired list | BUSINESS News

Several New Zealand wine brands have been honoured by an international magazine.

Drinks International produces a list of top 50 ‘world’s most admired wine brands’ and this year seven NZ-based names feature.

Brancott Estate, Oyster Bay, Cloudy Bay, Villa Maria, Babich, Wither Hills, and Nobilo are listed alongside international brands such as Penfolds, Michel Chapoutier, and Chateau Margaux as being leading players in the global wine industry.

Chris Yorke, New Zealand Winegrowers’ Global Marketing Director, said he was delighted with the recognition.

“It reconfirms New Zealand’s position as a producer of premium, diverse and sustainable wines,” he said.

Sixty members of the global wine community – including wine masters Peter McCombie, Peter Marks, Tuomas Meriluoto, Kym Milne and Lynne Sherriff -nominated the wine brands they admire most.

Brancott Estate – which was recently rebranded from Montana – and Oyster Bay both featured in the top 20.

via NZ wines in world’s most admired list | BUSINESS News.

Strange Random Wine Quote:

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,
‘I don’t care where the water goes if it doesn’t get into the wine’.

G.K. Chesterton, Wine and Water

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Pricey undies, made in the U.S.A.

Hanky Panky is one of very few apparel makers that makes its lingerie in America.

Pricey undies, made in the U.S.A., posted with vodpod

Strange Random Clothing Quote:

Unmentionables – those articles of ladies’ apparel that are never discussed in public, except in full-page, illustrated ads. – Changing Times

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Life Inc. – It’s guys, not ladies, who splurge on lunch

The next time you stop in for a morning latte or head out for a restaurant lunch, take a look around – and don’t be surprised if you see a lot of young men standing in line.

A new survey of workers finds that men spend significantly more on coffee and lunch than women.

The survey, from staffing firm Accounting Principals, also found that younger workers spend more than older workers on lunch and coffee during the workday.

Overall, those lunches out and coffee breaks are costing workers a bundle. American workers who buy coffee and lunch spend an average of $1,000 a year on coffee and $2,000 a year on lunch, based on the survey of 1,000 workers.

About two-thirds of workers buy lunch and half buy coffee during the week.

via Life Inc. – It’s guys, not ladies, who splurge on lunch.

Strange Random Lunch Quote:

“The Dalai Lama visited the White House and told the President that he could teach him to find a higher state of consciousness. Then after talking to Bush for a few minutes, he said, “You know what? Let’s just grab lunch.”” – Bill Maher (American Comedian, Actor, Writer and Producer. b.1956)

 

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Sweet talk with Adriano Zumbo | Lorraine Elliott | Commentary | Business Spectator

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Australia‘s favourite food blogger, Not Quite Nigella, aka Lorraine Elliott, spends a day with patissier Adriano Zumbo to learn the secrets of his sweet success.

The first time I came into contact with Adriano Zumbo’s creations was in November 2007. I remember being so excited when I saw them in the store that we drove them home nursing them gingerly like newborns. We took them to my parents’ house eager to try them and I then rushed home to write about them. It seems like eons ago and now Zumbo is a household name and not just with the food-obsessed in Australia. So four years later, what is life like for Australia’s most recognised patissier and torturer of MasterChef contestants? Is it all cakes, macarons, models in bikinis, sports cars and relaxing? The answer to that is yes, yes, sometimes, yes and no.

via Sweet talk with Adriano Zumbo | Lorraine Elliott | Commentary | Business Spectator.

Strange Random Patisserie Quote:

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. – Erma Bombeck

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Never Say Sorry, New York Brashness Coach Tells Apologetic Brits

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Bashful Brits apologise up to eight times a day and often for other people’s mistakes, a survey has revealed. That’s nearly 3,000 apologies a year, and over 200,000 concessions a lifetime, according to figures from research carried out by the New York Bakery Co.

If “sorry” is your first response to a commuters’ jostle even though it’s not your fault they’re in the way, or when your food order is wrong you definitely asked for the blueberry one, then you could be among the survey’s one in eight Brits that apologise over 20 times a day.

via Never Say Sorry, New York Brashness Coach Tells Apologetic Brits.

Strange Random Apologising Quote:

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. – P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs

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