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Grape expectations
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Grape expectations
If your $45 drop measures up against the likes of famous French Lafite and Mouton Rothschild reds costing up to $2,500, chances are you’ve got your oenology right.
But you’d never think that kind of accolade would come from a dry, stony bit of Hawke’s Bay that was once a dragstrip and a quarry. So what’s the secret of the winemakers of Gimblett Gravels? Anya Kussler visited Gimblett Gravels to find out; read her story on our website for some claretification.
It’s personal and it’s science
Professor Nikola Kasabov considers individual genetic make-ups, adds social and environmental factors, and believes that there will soon be customised treatments for people accordingly. All on Idealog TV.
Nice ice
The Icehouse Business Growth Centre is opening its doors to all tyre-kickers and wannabe billionaires on an Open Day on July 29. Vincent Heeringa asks start up director Ken Erskine what it takes to become the next Sammy Morgan.
Moon swoon
Three Drunk Monkeys’ take on the momentous slingshot thing 40 years ago. We are really very awesome indeed.
G-eDay
It’s tempting to put that once-shiny laptop you bought last year—now superseded by the current must-have model, of course—out with the inorganic rubbish collection, because what else would you do with it? You can’t give away old computers.
That, however, is a waste, literally, as it would end up in a landfill somewhere in Godzone with the precious metals left inside and some rather poisonous stuff eventually leaking out.
For that reason, it’s good to see CANZ having a go for the last three years to recycle the digital wonders of yesteryear. The 2009 collection takes place in September and the stuff will head to South Korea for recycling.
This really should be a permanent event in the form of depots in the major towns and local recycling too, and council noise abatement departments confiscating stereos and other electronic gear should make use of it as well. Perhaps Judith Collins should consider something similar for our boy racers too—or at least their vehicles? Mark September 12—or eDay—in your eCalendar.
Get eco-certified
While we’re on the subject of green initiatives, the government this week launched the Envirostep eco-verification programme. Again, Envirostep is a welcome initative; it gives businesses and organisations an environmental score and profile after concluding a self-assessment questionnaire. There are also recommendations with an action plan, and lots of links to various environmental resources.
One thing that seems to be missing is a badge, like the Energy Star logo, for enterprises completing the certification. Would that not have been useful to have?
Go down, people of the mud!
The feature-length version of Maurice Gee’s Under the Mountain—directed by Black Sheep’s Jonathan King—looks promising.
Thwap those thongs
Yes, we’re referring to the 11th Radio Active 89FM Handle The Jandal DIY Music Video Awards, which is now open for entries.
Film and video makers nationwide, this is indeed a call to cams. Last year, the prize package was worth a total of forty grand. This year, we don’t know how much yet, but it should be a pretty penny. Anyone can enter too, so don’t be shy.
A panel of judges will decide Best Editing, Best Use of Exploitative Tactics to Promote a Band (genius!), Best Cinematography, Best Concept, Best Animation and Rising Star. An audience vote at the awards will decide the seventh golden flip-flop category: the Favourite Handle the Jandal Video award winner. We haven’t been told whether using toddlers drinking milk at a nightclub will again earn brownie points this year.
Entries close 5pm on Monday, September 21 and the grand evening is set for Wellington’s Embassy Theatre on October 29. More information can be had from Radio Active 89FM or by calling 04 801 9899.
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Classic contemporary
John Leech Gallery has put together an eclectic variation of artworks that range from international furniture and historical drawings to modern day paintings. It previews on Tuesday July 21 and goes on until August 14, with works from Gow Langsford Gallery, Design 55 and, of course, John Leech Gallery itself.
Diversity of taste through the medium of art awaits you at corner Kitchener and Wellesley Streets in Auckland. Visit the website for further details.
Singeing swingeing fringe
Did you miss Ruby Tuesday when it was on at the Auckland Fringe 2009? You know, the bittersweet comedy in which the lives of an eclectic handful of characters intersect over the course of a typical school day? Or the Before The Break dance performance? What about the twisted hip-hop musical Lightbulbman?
Fear not, because between Tuesday July 21 and Saturday July 25 the Bite Size Fringe is on at the Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre. STAMP at The Edge has managed to get three of the favourite Auckland Fringe 2009 shows together, for a three-in-one evening performance next week. Tickets cost $15 to $25 and are available online.
Quote of the week
“Chris Pask bought 40 hectares at the end of Gimblett Road after spotting it from his plane. His mates thought he was mad—and they weren’t alone. Banks refused to lend money for purchasing ‘wasteland’, and the local council fretted at the loss of quarry land. But there were clues that he was on to something”
—Anya Kussler on the origin of Hawke’s Bay’s Bordeaux-busting wines
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Juha Saarinen
Ideologue, Weekly
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Previously in Idealog Weekly …
October 30, 2009: Man of the moment
October 23, 2009: By the numbers
October 16, 2009: Pavlova principles
October 9, 2009: The secret of the songbook
October 2, 2009: Free and easy
September 25, 2009: What the world wants
September 18, 2009: A slice of the pie
September 11, 2009: Walking man
September 6, 2009: A calmer kind of business
August 28, 2009: We have issues
August 21, 2009: Mincing about in waistcoats
August 14, 2009: Wired on pop culture
August 7, 2009: Trust is not a commodity
July 31, 2009: Fuzzy logic
July 24, 2009: Game of life
July 17, 2009: Grape expectations
July 10, 2009: Blade runners
July 3, 2009: Free: another word for nothing left to lose
June 26, 2009: Poorly pleased
June 19, 2009: The giver
June 12, 2009: Buggy on down
June 5, 2009: Brand Cambo
May 29, 2009: When the going gets tough, go proactive
May 22, 2009: Bayerische Wasserstoffmotorenwerke
May 15, 2009: Rugger blogger
May 8, 2009: Get on our cloud
May 1, 2009: Easy Tiger
April 24, 2009: Tiki tacky
April 17, 2009: The not-so-great indoors
April 3, 2009: A site for sore eyes
March 27, 2009: Dual control
March 20, 2009: Worth their Alt
March 13, 2009: Biofuels or bio-fools?
March 6, 2009: It's electrifying
February 27, 2009: Experience-rich and theory-poor
February 20, 2009: It's a hundred-and-fourteen-pager
February 13, 2009: Own your mistakes
February 5, 2009: Rules—made to be broken
January 30, 2009: Money: that's what I want
December 5, 2008: Framed by the thousands
November 28, 2008: Spank-branding novelty next week
November 21, 2008: In the Loop
November 14, 2008: Your good health
November 7, 2008: Misfits of science
October 31, 2008: No absence of colour
October 24, 2008: Plain-speaking Peri
October 17, 2008: Rebels with a cause
October 10, 2008: Seoulipsism
October 3, 2008: Fall seven times and stand up eight
September 26, 2008: Don't label us
September 19, 2008: Bloody Graham
September 19, 2008: Dream proposition
September 5, 2008: Taxi!!!
August 29, 2008: Up-Skilling on Idealog TV
August 22, 2008: 144 pages of pure pleasure, plus politics
August 15, 2008: Wash down that Lovemark with a Steinie
August 8, 2008: Strange journey
August 1, 2008: SMElly and happy
July 25, 2008: What a dive
July 18, 2008: Softly and woolly does it
July 11, 2008: The saviour from Timaru
July 4, 2008: Last laugh
June 27, 2008: King Kev
June 20, 2008: Slow ART
June 13, 2008: Killing two birds with methane
June 6, 2008: A combine harvester
May 30, 2008: Gold paint
May 23, 2008: Rock, out
May 16, 2008: Goodwill hunting
May 9, 2008: No wine jokes please
May 2, 2008: Who's bad?
April 24, 2008: Succession success
April 18, 2008: Out now or thereabouts
April 11, 2008: Paint by numbers
April 4, 2008: Reincarnated good
March 28, 2008: Making it
March 20, 2008: Knock three times
March 14, 2008: The customer is always tight
March 7, 2008: Beautiful words
February 28, 2008: Goodnight, I'm off to work
February 22, 2008: The art issue
February 15, 2008: Straight to the top
February 8, 2008: H for hot
December 13, 2007: Nothing in common? Perfect
December 6, 2007: Who needs a beer?
November 30, 2007: Dirty secret goes public
November 23, 2007: Don't speak
November 16, 2007: Worthy work (and free beer)
November 2, 2007: East meets best
October 25, 2007: Raid the fridge
October 19, 2007: Looking good
October 13, 2007: Can't miss it
October 5, 2007: Fresh meat delivery
September 28, 2007: If the walls had eyes
September 21, 2007: Phoenix rising
September 15, 2007: Can we fix it? Yes we can
September 6, 2007: Feats of social engineering
August 31, 2007: Doesn't bite
August 24, 2007: Telling us where to go
August 16, 2007: Tomorrow time
August 10, 2007: Going West
August 3, 2007: How to ... be your business
July 27, 2007: Freaky food
July 20, 2007: Meet the neighbours
July 12, 2007: Free Hollie
July 6, 2007: Green queen
June 29, 2007: The truth about youth
June 21, 2007: Walk this way
June 14, 2007: Times ten
June 7, 2007: The ape woman needs a label
June 1, 2007: Impossible is something
May 25, 2007: Yeah, we're still here
May 11, 2007: Trophy time
May 3, 2007: Friends with the band
April 23, 2007: Why worry?
April 19, 2007: Done by the big jobs
April 12, 2007: A rockin' good read
April 5, 2007: No fear
March 29, 2007: Out to pasture
March 22, 2007: Hip-hop and The Human Touch
March 15, 2007: Crazy Frog and Billy T
March 10, 2007: The Benadryl edition
March 1, 2007: We can be Xero
February 22, 2007: Back on board
December 15, 2006: Free beer
December 8, 2006: December 8, 2006
December 1, 2006: December 1, 2006
November 24, 2006: November 24, 2006
November 16, 2006: November 16, 2006
November 9, 2006: November 9, 2006
November 3, 2006: November 3, 2006
October 26, 2006: October 26, 2006
October 19, 2006: October 19, 2006
October 12, 2006: October 12, 2006
October 6, 2006: October 6, 2006
September 28, 2006: September 28, 2006
September 21, 2006: September 21, 2006
September 14, 2006: September 14, 2006
September 7, 2006: September 7, 2006
August 31, 2006: August 31, 2006
August 24, 2006: August 24, 2006
August 17, 2006: August 17, 2006
August 11, 2006: August 11, 2006
August 3, 2006: August 3, 2006
July 27, 2006: July 27, 2006
July 21, 2006: July 21, 2006
July 13, 2006: July 13, 2006
July 6, 2006: July 6, 2006
June 29, 2006: June 29, 2006
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