A Burst of Flavour
A Burst of Flavour

Carmel recalls the burst of flavour from her first batch. “It's not what you would expect. It's like a good red wine. When you first open your mouth you're shocked at how sweet it is. Then you start getting this balsamic, tangy flavour that’s almost like licorice. And then at the end, you finish on an earthy garlic flavour. It's such a complex flavour that it triggers your brain onto lots of different tangents as you eat it.”

Springmount Fine Foods was launched in 2015 with Black Garlic being their first product.

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A Master at Work
A Master at Work

Mia earned her stripes as a barber, while working behind the bar at Johnny Helvete’s barbershop, now called Suedehead, in Footscray. It was among the first barber, bar and cafe concept shops. “Johnny taught me to be confident in my skills. It’s the first thing you need to overcome as a barber. Not doubting yourself or second guessing yourself.”

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Where There's a Will
Where There's a Will

“Most of what we learned about making wine was self-taught, a mixture of reading, researching and talking to people who we respected and who knew what they were doing,” says Renata. “I’ve recently finished a PhD and Ollie is always willing to jump in and learn on the go, so I guess we’re both just really interested in self-learning.”

Renata and Ollie decided to divide the wine-making between them. He looks after the chardonnay and pinot noir, she the gamay and riesling.

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Dante
Dante

The poem begins as Dante is alone and lost in a savage forest, encountering dangerous beasts as he fights to keep his courage from deserting him. Vulnerable and without guidance, Dante’s vision of himself in the Divine Comedy is perhaps somewhat autobiographical.

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The Romance of Flowers
The Romance of Flowers

These days, the Garden Tap Nursery is encouraging the local habitat as much as the symbolic romance of flowers. “It’s brilliant to see people interested in growing their own food, they’re asking for more fruit trees like citrus trees,” explains Mary.

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More Than a Scent
More Than a Scent

“I was trying to find something to scent my house,” says Adrian. “Something other than floral or really sweet smells and there wasn’t much on the market then.” Adrian began experimenting with oils, “I like my candles to have a woody base or a heavy base,” he says.

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The Modern Table
The Modern Table

The world of food is fast and getting faster. Your stomach rumbles, you check the time. Can you be bothered cooking? Your thumb hovers over the UberEATS app icon. Delivery is only a few dollars, and Maccas is already so cheap. A few taps are all it takes to live out this once exclusive experience of personal catering. The convenience of the modern food industry is intoxicating, though behind this alluring façade there lurk many ugly truths.

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All Hail The Virgin
All Hail The Virgin

“The idea is that we cater to guests, sure, but we also want to be a place where locals feel comfortable and intrigued enough to visit regularly. We’ll be changing the menu often enough to keep it interesting.”

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Cool Climate Pioneers
Cool Climate Pioneers

“One of the advantages of being around for 50 years is that you get to know the region really well and the varieties tend to sort themselves out,” he says. “In the early days in Australia every region tried to do everything but now with the kind of gathered knowledge we have, it means that regions like the Macedon Ranges reveal themselves as ideal for particular varieties and become distinctive for those.”

For fans of delicious, beautifully crafted Victorian cool climate wines, Granite Hill’s pioneering hard work deserves heartfelt and grateful thanks.

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A Brush with History
A Brush with History

The Haymes business model only deals with other family businesses; 15,000 professional family trade businesses, independent paint specialists and independent hardware stores. “That whole idea of familyness leads to community, which leads to Australian, which leads to care for the environment. These are the cornerstones of what we’re creating,” asserts Matt. “We’re a family business because of the 300 families not because of our family. We always say, blood is thicker than paint. Sounds corny, but it is.”

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A Gift
A Gift

Surely, we can all remember our most treasured toy from childhood. Hold it in your mind, now. The best toys are not necessarily the flashiest or the most expensive. Rather, we value one or two simple things once held close for so long, mementos of our youth

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When The Spirit Moves Me
When The Spirit Moves Me

“My style is much more loose, uneven and natural looking. That’s wabi-sabi. I like knowing that it’s handmade. That it’s ceramic and really slow art. It takes time and you just have to be patient and slow down. And a lot of stuff doesn't work out. And you just have to let it go. And it's been really good for me to learn that. Acceptance. Accepting that it is what it is and letting it go.”

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