threelorikeets.bsky.social
@threelorikeets.bsky.social
I’m a senior journalist/producer in Australia. I’m also a gemmologist. I love ideas, chats, good food and wine … I’m concerned about where the world is going, altho theoretically I may not be here to see it. Did I mention space? I love science fiction …

Wine: Heggies Vineyard 2023 Botrytis Riesling, Eden Valley, South Australia

Digestive

Amaro Averna on ice

Happy Feasting!!
December 24, 2024 at 11:48 PM

Wine: Thousand Candles 2022 Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley, Victoria 

5th course 

Xmas pudding soaked in brandy with a sugarless vanilla ice cream and a whipped brandy cream. This brandy will cut through any risk of clogging arteries so don’t worry, it’s Christmas!
December 24, 2024 at 11:47 PM

Wine: Punt Road 2023 Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley, Victoria and Wynns Coonawarra Estate 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra, South Australia 

4th course

A selection of fine cheeses and bullet grapes that any doctor would say take a double dose of statins.
December 24, 2024 at 11:46 PM

3rd course

From a free-range farm in the Hunter Valley, a glazed ham and a turkey crown soaked in a herb and orange peel-infused brine and roasted. Vegetables, gravy. A course that would have any self-respecting member of the National Party demanding wind farms instead of a nuclear power station
December 24, 2024 at 11:44 PM

2nd course

Moreton Bay bugs with a delicate mango salad. With these moreish bugs, who cares if China wants our lobsters.

Wine: Shaw + Smith 2023 Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills, South
December 24, 2024 at 11:39 PM

1st course
Smoked wild salmon from the pristine Arctic waters, topped with caviar infused with Four Pillars gin and fresh figs splashed with caramelised red wine vinegar. This will have you waving placards to save the Macquarie skate from Tasmanian fish farming.
Wine: Andre Lorentz  2022 Riesling
December 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Xmas feast from 2.30pm

Aperitifs

A wickedly tempting selection of classic drinks, from the Cosmopolitan and French martini to an Americano and a refreshing G&T with Archie Rose bone dry gin and a StrangeLove (more to come)
December 24, 2024 at 11:35 PM