Say it with chocolate this Christmas!
When your sweetheart has been told she can no longer eat sugar, dairy and gluten, but she loves chocolate…what do you do? Right, you create a chocolate for her she CAN eat: Liefje!
A Guide To Your Gifts
Unwrapping Baby Goods Tubes
We have had a request for a while now from a few clients asking about baby gifts. And being a family business, we understand the need!! And so we thought it appropriate finally to launch our little selection of Yellow Baby Goods Tubes for new mums and babies. Like with all other tube selections, the aim is always that we only source products with a story to tell, products with a reason for being, products that we would truly appreciate as a gift ourselves.
FAIR. Worlds First Fair Trade Spirits Brand.
We teamed up with FAIR a while back and are still amazed by this independent spirits brand founded on the wish to make high quality products while making sure that “all the people involved, in every stage of the process, (are) treated equally” and get paid fairly for their work. Not only do they work ethically. What they create is a range of amazingly tasty products and in beautiful beautiful bottles.
Gin Distiller and Happy Maker - Matt Jones of Four Pillars
The Four Pillars gin has taken the gin scene by storm. It’s one of the first Australian craft gins on the market and it’s knocking it out of the park. After one too many G&T’s with very average tonic water, the idea of creating a top quality tonic water was born, but it quickly went on to be about the gin.
Fuss Free Gentlemen - Nick Benson of Gentleman's Brand Co
Gentleman's Brand was one of our first go to product for Men's grooming needs. It has never disappointed and currently the brand is killing it on a number of new markets around the world. We caught up for a quick chat with Nick Benson, Founder, Brand Director and Gentleman.
P is for Packaging
Whilst they say you can’t judge a book by its cover, there is no doubt that packaging sells. It’s harder to resist a block of chocolate when it’s wrapped in colourful paper; honey is more delicious from a cute jar; a bottle of wine goes down better with a great label; or the sleek, clean design of your favourite tube of hand cream seems that little bit more indulgent.
Before music came wine - Andrea Bocelli of Bocelli Family Wines
Before Andrea Bocelli became famous for his incredible voice, his family were known for producing beautiful wines. For almost three centuries the family has produced a range of classic Italian wines on their small Tuscany vineyard.
To Drink With A Conscience - Grégoire Bertaud of Noble Spirits
With the world’s first ethical Gin, Liqueur made from legendary goji berries from the unpolluted mountains of the Himalaya, and the first ever Vodka made from quinoa, there is no stopping the ethical force running through the veins of Grégoire Bertaud.
Chocolatier of the Hills - Miga Aboulian of Lixie Chocolaterie
We step inside the store of Lixie Chocolaterie and it’s a true respite from a hot sweltering Sydney summer’s day. We are instantly surrounded by a beautiful display of chocolates, a haven of chocolate bars, mouthwatering chocolate hearts, frogs and bon bons, decorative chocolate pearls and freckles, moorish orange cakes and nougat. Think Willy Wonka with style.
Pioneering Argentinian Wines - Tom Egan of Jed Wines
We step into Porteno on Cleveland Street in Surry Hills at 10am in the morning and the pigs are already on the spit and the fire about to get crackling. We start off in the wine cellar and admire the wall covered on one side by Argentinian wines and the other side in hanging prosciutto and salami.
Pieces for the quieter times in life - Kelly & Betony of ALAS The Label
We spend at least a third of our lives in bed but we spend little time considering the quality and story of what we sleep in. Surry Hills local label ALAS have created a niche - ethical, sustainable, relaxed sleepwear with their own signature graphic prints.
Naturopath and Tea Maker - Anthia Koullouros of Ovvio Organic Tea
As we step into the Ovvio flagship store in Five Ways Paddington, we instantly feel a sense of homecoming. After a rainy morning rays of sun peaks through and fills the window with a lovely warm light. The white Ovvio tea tins against the white brick and timber sets a lovely scene and you feel like you have stepped into an old European tea house.