Albania offers an alternative tourist experience away from the crowds of tourists with good food, wine, and most of all friendly people.
Maurie O'Connor
Maurie O'Connor
Maurie O’Connor loves jazz, oysters, books, films and craft beer in no particular order and is on a quest to visit as many jazz clubs and oyster festivals as he can while travelling the world in search of new adventures. He is a regular contributor to www.foodwinetravel.com.au along with his travel writer partner, Christine Salins.
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Maurie O’Connor enjoys some wine pairings with a difference at three iconic estates in South Africa’s Stellenbosch region.
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On the end of a peninsula in Moreton Bay, at the northern end of Brisbane city, sits travel writer Maurie O’Connor’s hometown of Redcliffe, where the sun shines every day and the seagulls are very well behaved.
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The South Australian Tourism Commission has produced an Epicurean Way map and itinerary for a four-day road trip. The route covers four iconic regions – McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills, the Barossa and Clare Valley. It provides plenty of opportunities to sample some of Australia’s best wines and experience the finest local produce prepared by award-winning chefs in settings combining history with modern refinement.
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…. the ambience and beauty of these small villages that date back to Etruscan and Roman times.