Good Night And No Good Luck

The Australian Women's Team (Candice Feitelson-Cathy Mill, Elizabeth Havas-Barbara Travis, Rena Kaplan-Paula Schroor, Simon Hinge non-playing captain) started well enough in the 2007 Venice Cup in Shanghai.

The Bellini

Giovanni Bellini was a prolific Italian painter whose works grace churches across Venice and the nearby island of Murano. Bellini was also a mentor to the even more famous Tiziano Vercelli, better known as Titian. Neither of these great Renaissance artists would have suspected that the name Bellini would also be immortalised in a cocktail (right). And such an elegantly simple beverage at that. Combining one part fresh peach juice and two parts chilled prosecco - a crisp, sparkling wine from the ...