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Sisters Holly and Jessie Pirret enjoy a glass of the Dhillon 2024 Accidental Red - a bargain at $25 a bottle.

Summer’s best wines for $30 or less (including Aldi’s ‘super-refreshing’ white for under $10)

From light-hearted bubbles to chillable reds, a great drop doesn’t have to break the bank, as these top bottles prove.

  • Katie Spain
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Order your espresso now for a bumpy year in coffee, oil and other commodities

Coffee will be more expensive in 2025, and anyone trading or observing energy and commodity markets into the new year will need caffeine to survive.

  • Javier Blas

Is it acceptable to put ice cubes in a glass of wine to cool it down?

Plus other pro tips for serving red, white and sparkling wines in hot weather.

  • Huon Hooke

I’m no longer a coffee snob – Starbucks is fine

A strange thing has been happening. I’m like the Benjamin Button of coffee snobbery, watching as my discerning tastes become increasingly basic.

  • Ben Groundwater
Vinesmith is a new venue in Melbourne CBD spanning wine bar, bistro, cellar door and bottleshop.

A new Flinders Lane venue channels what’s hot right now in France

This new spot spanning restaurant, cellar door and wine bar promises to be more French than most of our French bistros. And there’s a bargain lunch menu.

  • Emma Breheny
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What’s the deal with oyster-shell gins?

Want to feel like a merman or mermaid? Do a “Shelly” and slurp down a martini.

  • Terry Durack
The Gardiner Hotel’s rooftop overlooks heritage buildings along Glenferrie Road.

Four new and snazzy Melbourne pubs to meet your mates at this summer

Happy hours and weekly specials make these restored boozers a no-brainer for silly season fun.

  • Daniela Frangos
HER Rooftop’s version of the Paloma, made with blood orange.

Raise a glass to the new feel-good cocktail of summer (starring the fastest-growing spirit in Australia)

Move over, margarita. Sayonara, limoncello spritz. This season, it’s all about the citrusy, tequila-based Paloma.

  • Katie Spain
Maggie Li, 27, drinks a flat white at Cafe del Volcan.

Despite all the tea in China, in Shanghai, the coffee is hot

On the streets of China’s financial and cosmopolitan hub, a caffeine-fuelled revolution is taking place.

  • Lisa Visentin
Sebastian Cincotta, owner, engineer, barista at FBR Cafe.

Australian coffee culture is world-class. Here’s how it’s about to get better

The techniques and technology transforming your morning brew from good to “mind-blowing”.

  • Bianca Hrovat

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