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Friday Field Notes #1

Napa, Sonoma, and Willamette are titans of the USA wine scene. But what about a little further north in Washington State?

Three years on, I’m still surprised we’re not seeing and talking about this region more. B

In the latest issue of @vacationstravel.au my pilgrimage back to one of my hospitality haunts supplies testimony on why Auckland is one of the great eating-out cities.

Sure, it’s a transit hub, but leave the airport and you can savour the fre

Recent times in @brisbane included:

a @yalumbawine dinner at one of my favourite Queensland - if not Australia - restaurants;an exalted lunch at @supernormal_brisbane where spice and great service reined supreme; an impromptu pre dinner swig @deatha

My foremost takeaways after talking with @tomoko_onuki were that koji doesn’t just add flavour; it unlocks it. And miso might be the best embodiment of culture and patience combined. For Western palates, these two send taste buds into a Spirogr

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