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Hugs to last a lifetime

By Paulynn Sicam | September 20, 2014 - 12:00am

When my older daughter and her husband moved their family to Australia in 2004, I thought it was the end of the world as I knew it.

Modern Living

Wine festival at Venice Piazza Grande, MacKinley Hill today

October 8, 2011 - 12:00am

Today, Oct. 8, winemakers and winery representatives gather in one venue to pour their wines, chat with guests and also conduct workshops and exclusive tastings.

Modern Living

Australian post office evacuated after 'suspicious parcel' found

August 8, 2011 - 9:36am

 An Australian post office in the New South Wales Hunter Valley has been evacuated and three workers have been taken to hospital after the discovery of a suspicious parcel, local media reported on Monday.

DFA: No Pinoys hurt in bushfires in Australia

By Pia Lee-Brago | December 25, 2005 - 12:00am

No Filipinos were hurt in the recent Australian bushfires in the northern and southwestern suburbs of Sydney and several areas of rural New South Wales, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. In...

Headlines

Riches from Down Under

By Johnny Litton | September 4, 2004 - 12:00am

The Hunter Valley Wine Society (HVWS), the country’s hottest wine club of which your columnist is a founding member, just got bigger in Asia! HVWS expanded to Beijing in mainland China, and Taipei in Taiwan....

Modern Living

Romance in a bottle

By Johnny Litton | February 7, 2004 - 12:00am

Animals feed, men eat and gentlemen dine." And what is dining without the pleasure of a bottle of exquisite wine? To me, dining is a sensory experience, a meditative act – and wine its nirvana. The health...

Modern Living

Love at first sip

By Lynette Lee Corporal | November 6, 2003 - 12:00am

Apop, a splash, a whiff and a dash... of spirit down your throat, that is. That was the start of our a one-week love affair with wine – all sorts of wine at that. A trip to the Hunter Valley Region of New...

Food and Leisure

Koala fever

By Lynette Lee Corporal | October 25, 2003 - 12:00am

It was koala or nothing. This was the consensus of the group of wine enthusiasts and members of the media who went on a trip to Australia recently to visit Hunter Valley, considered wine country in the Land Down...

Modern Living

Our days of wine and posse

By Johnny Litton | October 11, 2003 - 12:00am

Traveling to a faraway country such as Australia can sometimes be exhausting and arduous, but my recent trip to the Land Down Under confirms my belief that traveling can be fun and relaxing too. This is mostly because...

Modern Living

Hunter Valley, wine country

By Lynette Lee Corporal | October 5, 2003 - 12:00am

Steeped with the passing of the years, it has a mellow, subdued quality that is delightfully elegant and sweet. A deep golden hue greets your eye, seemingly reflecting the colors of the setting sun. Thanks to its...

Travel and Tourism