Original broadcast date: 8 October 2008 Program details: John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Cowra and Shiraz (Australia). Euro correspondent Frances Beasley talks about garlic and onions in France. From the US, Arthur von Wiesenberger and Richard Mineards chat with Max Hartshorne of gonomad.com about his recent trip to the Loire Valley, France. John Crook interviews the [...]

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Original broadcast date: 1 October, 2008 Program details: John Crook presents a wine report on Pfeiffer Riesling (Australia). Euro correspondent Frances Beasley has a tale of collecting firewood in the snow in the heartland of France where she lives. US-based co-hosts Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards chat with author Tim Hallinan about Thailand (his second homeland). John Crook has details [...]

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Original broadcast date: 24 September 2008 Program details: This program repeats some segments which proved populuar in the past year’s prorgrams. Frances Beasley visits Lewtrenchard in the United Kingdom. John Crook chats with Josephine Wasch from Via Rail Canada. Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards chat with travel writer Sue Frause about Canada. John Crook visits the town of Strahan, Tasmania and [...]

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Original broadcast date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 Program details: John Crook presents a wine and dine report on italian cuisine in Warnambool, Victoria. Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards learn about the Ukraine from co-host Arthur von Wiesenberger who is calling in from this eastern European nation. Frances Beasley has details of garden and chateaux visits in her home region [...]

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Original broadcast date: 10 September, 2008 Program details: John Crook presents a wine and dine report on ‘Pig in the House’ wines (Australia). Frances Beasley gives an insight into the cultural aspects of her home region in France, The Dordognes. Arthur von Wiesenberger and Richard Mineards interview Elizabeth Young who runs a website ‘travelforkids.com’ which has found Barcelona, Spain [...]

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Original broadcast date: 3 September, 2008 Program details: John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Forest Hill Wines in the Orange District of NSW, Australia. Arthur von Wiesenberger and Richard Mineards chat with Tanya Houseman about San Francisco. Ren Zwiers has details of a new new Australian-based golf tour operator called ‘Golf Explorer’. Arthur von Wiesenberger and Richard [...]

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Original broadcast date: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 Program details: Hosted an produced by Ren Zwiers Contributors: John Crook, Frances Beasley, Vincent Lucas, Arthur von Wiesenberger, Richard Mineards, Kent St John. John Crook presents a wine guide: Jacobs Creek Steingarten Riesling. Frances Beasley chats with French Michelin-rated chef Vincent Lucas who runs a restaurant in the south of the Dordogne region. Ren [...]

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Original broadcast date: Wed, 20 August 2008 Program details: Hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers European correspondent Frances Beasley takes us to ‘Lalinda’ in the Dordogne region of France. US co-hosts Arthur von Wiesenberger and Richard Mineards chat with Max Hartshorn of Gonomad.com about his trip to the island of Sardinia. John Crook takes us on a walking tour of [...]

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Original broadcast date: 13 August, 2008 Hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers This week’s line-up: John Crook presents a wine and dine report on C’est Bon Restaurant, Port Melbourne (Victoria, Australia). Frances Beasley visits the village of Beaumont du Perigore (France). Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards chat about the eternal city of Rome (Italy). John Crook interviews Barry Elliott who operates [...]

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Original broadcast date: 6 August 2008 Hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers This week’s line-up: John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Shaw Smith Shiraz. Euro correspondent Frances Beasley reports on the ‘Jam Maker’ in her home region of Dordogne, France. US edition co-hosts Buddy Winston, Richard Mineards and Arthur von Wiesenberger discuss the city of Rome, Italy [...]

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