Paritua 2020 Stone Paddock Scarlet, Hawke’s Bay $24.99 

Why I chose it: 

- Terrific red at a modest price 

- Demonstrates the value of mechanical sorting 

- Terrific wine from an excellent vintage. 

- Potential to develop well with bottle age. 

- A blend of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. 

What does it taste like? 

- Intense, almost chewy red with cassis, dark berry, dark chocolate, dried herbs, cedar, vanilla and nutty oak. Good cellaring potential - needs time to mellow. 

Why it’s a bargain: 

- Great wine at a great price 

Where can you buy it? 

- Vino Fino (Chch) $20.99  

- Advintage, Hawke’s Bay $23.99  

- Regional Wines, Wellington $24.99 

Food match?  

- Fillet steak, most red meat dishes. 

Will it keep? 

- Yes. 5-10 years, possibly more if stored well 

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Microsoft's Office bundle in the EU will look different to the rest of the world 

It'll be missing Teams thanks to an anti-competitive complaint by competitor Slack, made to the European Commission. 

Microsoft is taking the proactive step of offering a bundle —that's cheaper than the current one— that doesn't include Teams. It'll be €2 less per month or €24 per year, which still makes it a more expensive option to get Office and Slack together. 

They'll also offer Teams as a standalone product for €5 per month.  

The Commission is still actively investigating Microsoft, so this may not be the only change we see. 

Australia has backtracked from forcing age verification on adult websites  

The options all proved to have a mix of privacy, security, effectiveness and implementation challenges. The Minister will now work with the industry to educate parents on how to access filtering services and limit children's access to adult content — so effectively, putting the problem back for parents to solve.  

Want to feel old? Gen Z apparently doesn't know how to dial phone numbers with letters in them! 

ZB's sister station ZM had to show a video on their Instagram about how to dial the 0800 number with words! Were they joking? I don't know! 

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The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies 

An unpredictable thriller that tells the story of two women who have nothing in common - apart from the same conman, who is trying to destroy them both (TVNZ+). 

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones 

Author Dan Buetter travels around the world to visit five unique communities where people live long and exuberant lives, and to discover their secrets to long living (Netflix). 

Starstruck  

The third season of the brilliant rom-com series written by Rose Matafeo and Alice Snedden lands on our screens (TVNZ1, Saturday at 8.30pm and TVNZ+). 

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Dallas Tamaira's been the frontman of the genre-bending seven-piece band Fat Freddy’s Drop for more than 20 years.  

During the pandemic and unable to tour with his band, Dallas hit a new phase of personal creativity.  

With nothing to do but write and create, Dallas began working on brand new solo music. 

'Stormy' which was released only yesterday, and today he joined Jack Tame to chat about his new creation. 

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Nici Wickes MC'd the NZ Ice Cream and Gelato Awards last night, where medals and trophies were awarded to the best of the best ice cream, gelato, sorbet and frozen desserts in NZ. She joined Jack Tame to run through some of the highlights, plus, she has a very easy, no churn needed, ice cream recipe to share. 

River Cafe’s Lemon Ice Cream 

This is the incredibly delicious ice cream from the esteemed River Cafe in London. It’s a magic alchemy of just a few ingredients and no ice cream churn is needed. Try it, you’ll love it! 

Makes 4 small portions 

Ingredients: 

Zest of 1 lemon 

1/3 cup lemon juice (about 3 lemons) 

135g (about 2/3 cup) caster sugar 

½ tsp sea salt 

300mls cream 

Method: 

In a bowl stir together the lemon juice and zest, sugar and salt. Drizzle in the cream whilst still stirring gently. The mixture will immediately thicken a bit – like magic! – as you keep gently stirring. If it doesn’t thicken at all, add a bit more lemon juice. 

Pour into a container and freeze for at least 2 hours. No stirring needed. 

Serve in little scoops, on it’s own. Divine! 

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Scrapper 

Living alone in her London flat, 12-year-old Georgie must confront reality when her estranged father, Jason, shows up out of nowhere. Uninterested in a sudden new parental figure, she remains stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they both adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason soon find that they still have a lot of growing up to do. 

The Equalizer 3 

Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall finds solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Now living in Southern Italy, he soon discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall becomes their protector by taking on the mafia. 

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This week Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to chat about a ridiculously hilarious commercial he saw recently. Who knew an ad about free bowel screenings could be so fun? 

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‘Portraits’ is the fifth studio album released by English singer-songwriter Birdy, and takes influence from the sounds of 80’s pop music.

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When One of Us Hurts by Monica Vuu 

The small coastal town has its own ways of dealing with the evil, the foolish, the misled, and it holds tightly to them. But the seams start to split after two deaths occur on the same tragic night: a baby abandoned at the foot of a lighthouse, and a drunken teenager drowned in the storming sea. 

Lady Tans Circle of Women by Lisa See  

From a young age, Yunxian learns about women's illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other's joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom. 
 
But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife—embroider bound-foot slippers, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights. 

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This week Mike Yardley joined Jack Tame to chat about his adventures through the beautiful Bucharest, capital of Romania.

Read Mike's full article here.

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