Finally, the planets are aligning, and we are moving forward on this long-term project, the production of Masters of Distilling! I’ve established a Gofundme to raise the production costs we will need to produce a very high-quality series of five episodes for YouTube initially, then as the audience reaches critical mass, we will pitch it
Hi friends, November is upon us already, and everything feels like it is going a million miles an hour for me, and I think that’s a good thing. Series Update Firstly, thanks for all the watches and likes for my promotional reel I shared with you last month. I also debuted it on the
Friends, join me at this special event where I’ll be MCing a very special dinner with MasterChef Australia Callum Hann on the Saturday evening, at Pialligo Estate plus I’ll be hosting an exclusive gin masterclass on the Sunday! Here are the details, and you can purchase your tix below via the link. Saturday 4 –
Well, welcome to Spring, or Autumn if you’re reading this North of the Equator! Today, in Canberra we’ve been treated to a dusting of snow and the ranges that surround the city, whilst the first blossoms are also out in bright sunshine. I’m taking it all in with a bittersweet feeling as I’ll be shifting
Hi Friends Time for another update. Firstly, some good news on my streaming project, Masters of Distilling! We’ve had very good conversations with a Sydney-based production company (with an Emmy under their belt no less) and they are very keen to work with me to bring it to life. So now all we need to
Hi Friends, Yes, it is that time of year again when we celebrate all thing gin around the world. In the past, I’ve hosted special dinners (check out this and this) or been a special guest of distillers at their events (such as here), but this year I’m doing something different. I’ll be streaming live
Welcome to this month’s update! In the past while I’ve been focussed mostly on the series pilot and we’ve been able to pitch to several production houses of late and are getting a good response, but we still have a ways to go. It’s been quite the journey so far, and one is learning a
In January this year I finally was able to visit to the tasting room and distillery of the award winning Starward. They established this purpose built facility in 2017, moving from their first location a few kilometres from downtown Melbourne. I had the opportunity of a private tour, and my thanks to the team for
Well, after almost exactly seven years ago, when I announced at an Australian Distillers Association conference in Tasmania to a room full of distillers, I’m thrilled to say that we’ve finally have the promo reel finished for my series about craft distilling and cocktail culture in the USA for pitching! We are also finalising a
If you wanted to encounter what the face of the new generation of Aussie spirits makers look like, you wouldn’t need to go further than the dynamic couple of Nick and Ally. With their vibrant branding and a fresh take on gins, vodkas and rum, they’ve come a long way since starting up in 2018,
The best thing about being the Martini Whisperer are the people you meet. Something about that cocktail really opens doors! US Modernist Radio is fun and informative podcast that features a who’s who of artists, architects, designers, musicians lovers of all things Modernist architecture, and yours truely! As you will recall, I enjoyed a swell
Whenever I travel around, I do try and make time to visit the local distillers and get acquainted with them and their range, and it’s fir to say they’re a friendly bunch. More often than not, they also press on me a sample or two of their spirits, though I’m alway happy to pay! Something
Since my last update, a far bit has gone on, not always welcome. A mix of some personal and professional challenges, such is life. So my planned for review and other content creation plan pretty much went out the window since my adventures in the USA in February. That said, I can see some clear
Hi friends, as promised in my last article I wanted to share some martini and other adventures during my trip to LA in February post my Palm Springs trip. I went all in, got a driver from Palm Springs, and stayed on Sunset at the wonderful PaliHotel West Hollywood, a very comfortable oasis and a
Well that was fun. For a couple of weeks in February recently I was living the dream in Palm Springs California, hanging out with some very fine folks and experiencing some of the best that this glamorous city has to offer. You’ll recall I flew over to present some Martini masterclasses for my friends at
Welcome to 2024 and what will no doubt be another doozy of a year, I do hope yours is off to a positive start. I’m very excited to share that I’m off to the USA for a short visit in a few days (mid-February) to see my friends from US Modernist Radio in Palm Springs
Well as Tom Cruise said in Top Gun Maverick, “it’s been a minute Mav” when hopping into an old fighter jet. I suppose you may have been wondering what I’ve been doing these past months and been somewhat quiet time on the website. Sorry about that, I’ll explain. I started out with good intentions with
Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to say a fond farewell to the somewhat random, and intense year that was 2022. I do hope you feel you are in a better place than when you started, I do, but one had to struggle to get here at times, and so I love
With the current gin boom showing no sign of slowing down with close to 500 gin producers in the country now, only about 60 or more are created by Australian women according to the Women of Australian Distillers website. ]So it takes a certain amount of bravery and self-belief to dive into the sea of
Sometimes you have to wait until the planets align to get a project happen. I was approached early this year by my pals at Underground Spirits and the Canberra Southern Cross Club to host a gin dinner featuring bespoke cocktails to match the cuisine. We were all set, the dinner for 100 guests sold out
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