February 18th, 2011
The Grammy awards joined up with ReCORK this year, a cork recycling organization (video of Muse - Best Rock Band album). Only wines sealed with natural corks were served during the awards ceremony, and all corks pulled at the event went to be recycled. The discarded Grammy corks will go to SOLE, a Canadian company that specializes in footwear made from cork. How about that, you could wear shoes that came from a Grammy winner’s bottle of wine!
February 8th, 2011
There has been a lot of talk from Australia to the USA about alcohol companies being the next in line to be required to display nutritional information on their packaging for beer, wine and spirits.
Federal and state food ministers in Australia have already received a long-awaited report about the proposed changes to the labelling laws in Australia. The report recommends an end to an exemption for alcohol companies to avoid ...
February 4th, 2011
I just read in the Decanter Wine News today that singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh is due to be the latest personality to sell off part of his wine collection at auction. Today's clip then has to be his well known 1986 No.1 hit 'Lady in Red' (appropriate when we are talking wine!) Read all about the amazing line up of wines that he will be selling on the Decanter website
February 1st, 2011
With 2011 well underway here at Sandihurst in New Zealand the 2011 Chinese Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year is about to start on February 3rd, bringing the 'Year of the Rabbit' and perhaps a calmer year all round, if that is possible? It is the most important traditional festival in China and a time for families to be together. Celebrations include ...
December 10th, 2010
Apart from selecting from our wonderful range of wines to give for Christmas, we thought that we would also uncover for you other gifts available online for the wine lover who has everything. The Double Wine Bag (pictured above) fashioned after Santa's trousers certainly makes a statement and will be a gift never to be forgotten. Perhaps only uselful once a year? We will continue ...
November 29th, 2010
With Christmas fast approaching and with probably a list far longer than your arm to deal with, we thought that we could help out. For Businesses in New Zealand, why not let us take care of your Corporate Gift needs? We have a neat selection of GIFT OPTIONS and if you like what you see, just click on the link for the CORPORATE GIFT ...
November 25th, 2010
I was recently sent a You Tube link of a performance by the Companhia National de Bailado (National Ballet of Portugal), a company I used to dance for many, many moons ago. This video is totally non wine related but true to our Friday clips, I thought worth sharing as it reminded me of Portugal. White Nights (1985) starred Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov, amongst others. At the time it was filmed, Baryshnikov could not return to Russia, following his defection ...
October 27th, 2010
October 31st sees the start of the Great Wine Capital Conference held this year in Christchurch. Christchurch was recently successful in a bid to became a member of the Great Wine Capitals of which there are only 9 in the world. The conference programme looks to be really interesting, not to be missed in the line up will be the International Wine Tasting on Wednesday 3rd Nov - a unique opportunity to ...
October 19th, 2010
The first ever TEDxChCh will take place this Friday, October 22nd, 2010. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. Sandihurst will be one of the sponsors for the event which has a line up of 12 ...
As warm and gracious as she is graceful, former professional ballerina Celia is blessed with nerves of steel and the divine spark of adventure.
Born in England and convent-educated, Celia graduated from The Royal Ballet School to travel the globe with the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet. It was in Portugal under Companhia Nacional de Bailado that she was swept off her finely-turned feet by Afrikaner Hennie (in the Foreign Service), only to be deposited in a state of marital bliss in South Africa. No sooner had she wiped the dust from her eyes and the happy couple been delivered of first-born Nicholas, than a posting to warring Mozambique did come calling. Following the arrival of Sean (joyous) and a stint with the Women’s Diplomatic Corps (tedious), Celia returned en famille to SA. While husband and sons occupied themselves with commerce and growing up respectively, and not without her help, she invested her unlimited energies into her own personal training business. Life was good.
Eventually, however, the said finely-turned feet and Hennie’s slightly less dainty ones developed an itch that brought them all to New Zealand and to the development of the multi award-winning Sandihurst. And for which wine lovers all over the world shall be eternally grateful.
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