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04 Sep

Welcome to the new look AceHighWine

Welcome to the new look AceHighWine

Welcome to the new look AceHighWine, launched to commemorate both a personal milestone and Dad’s 84th birthday.

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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13 Aug

Dear AceHighWine

Dear AceHighWine

I have missed you and so much has happened in the last… four months that I want to tell you. Once things get less hectic, we’ll …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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04 Feb

Congratulations Forrie!

Congratulations Forrie!

Sincerest congratulations to good friend and all-round gentleman Peter Forrestal for being awarded the Wine Communicator of the Year award for 2009. An excellent wine writer …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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13 Dec

What have we here?

What have we here?

It’s the silly season. Life happens. Updating blogs doesn’t. Lots of writing has still taken place, it’s just gone into the new summer edition of Scoop …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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06 Nov

Catch me for a minute on The Food Hour

Catch me for a minute on The Food Hour

Kind of short notice, but anyone up at 8am tomorrow morning (Friday November 7) or trying to kill time in the office before everyone gets …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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25 May

The SEABEAST Unleashed

The SEABEAST Unleashed

To borrow a cliché (though let’s be honest, who doesn’t love a good cliché?): it’s the quiet ones that you have to worry about. At the …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
Also posted in Poker
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17 Jan

Horrible news from the Hunter Valley

Horrible news from the Hunter Valley

Top winemaker Trevor Drayton feared killed in blast News that a friend of mine passed on – horrific stuff. Our thoughts go out to the families …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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31 Oct

Two excellent Merricks Creek Pinot Noirs

Two excellent Merricks Creek Pinot Noirs

Earlier this month, passionate pinotphile Steve Naughton from Victorian-based pinot noir specialists Pinot Now flew into Perth for a whirlwind trip through Western Australia. During …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
Also posted in $30 +, 2005, Cork, Medium-bodied, Mornington Peninsula, Pinot Noir, Red, Victoria
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19 Mar

Sydney scrapbook

Sydney scrapbook

I was in Sydney over the weekend to visit my brother and go drinking with the ex-WA beach volleyballers over there. The weekend started and …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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15 Feb

New Australian wine website to peruse

New Australian wine website to peruse

Just got an email from Sydney-sider Paul Ippolito telling me about his new online venture, The Five Minute Wine Rush. For those that don’t know, …

 
By Max Veenhuyzen
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