Regrets And Chardonnays: I've Had A Few, Says Thorpey

JOHN THORPE is not a man prone to admitting mistakes. But ahead of his retirement on Tuesday, the outspoken Australian Hotels Association president has admitted his decision to oppose Lord Mayor Clover Moore's small bars proposal and pronounce that Sydneysiders did not want to "sit in a hole and drink chardonnay and read a book" was an error.

Tales To Tell

Tales to tell THERE are interesting backgrounds to two wines the Sevenhill 2007 White Spider Semillon-Chardonnay and Sevenhill 2007 Lost Boot Rose that I reviewed on March 19.