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Top 100 Wines

Top 100 Wines

IT takes thousands of wines to get to a Top 100 selection and this year’s tastings were a thrill a minute with so many great drops open for inspection.

A cook's Christmas shopping guide

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DON'T go crackers getting ready for your festive meal. Here's what to buy for the big day.

A belly full of flavour

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IT won't only be Buddha who is smiling after a meal in this Semaphore gem.

Icon is on the market

icon is on the market

STAR of Greece, is on the market. Owner Zanny Twopeny confirms she is selling the restaurant she bought as a "funny little tin shed" 14 years ago.

Tony Love's wine reviews

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TONY Love reviews wine from around Australia.

Bars & Restaurants 

What an adventure

Vincenzo's Cucina Vera Ristaronte

AWARD-winner Vincenzo's serves up an exhilarating experience.

New restaurant's graceful entry

Taste Trim Grace

MATTHEW and Olivia Trim finally have a name for their massive new venture on The Parade.

A Barossa pearl for foodies

Appellation

APPELLATION offers an experience worth savouring... Tim Lloyd explains why.

Adelaide food awards - Everyone's a winner

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FROM a modern fine diner to a chef with a wild culinary imagination, this year's awards show the vibrancy of our dining scene.

Chinese whispers

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SOMETHING is going on here. It's midweek in a large suburban restaurant dining room. Lunch time. Packed to the rafters.

Bars & Restaurants

Adelaide's best restaurants by cuisine: Asian | Australian | European | Indian | Italian | Seafood | Other | Bars | Cafes | By area: City | East | West | South | North |

FUN & GAMES

Our favourite online games and quizzes

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BORED at work? We know that feeling. Waste some time when the boss isn't looking with this awesome collection of games, quizzes and galleries.

HOROSCOPES

What do your stars say?

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FIND out what the celestial bodies say about your life with Jonathan Cainer's spookily accurate prognostications.

Competitions & Giveaways

Become an AdelaideNow Facebook fan

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Become an AdelaideNow Facebook fan and you'll always be part of the online squad.

Earth Hour

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If you care about the environment, check out the great new track that looks at climate change in a whole new light.

Great local music

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Adelaide muso Dave Maton is enjoying success around the world . Check out his site and listen to tracks here.

SEX & RELATIONSHIPS

Donors shrinking the gene pool

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BLACK market sperm donation is the latest internet boom industry authorities are trying to regulate.

Divorce fab for men but flab for women

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BREAK-ups can improve men's fitness, but women's waistlines tend to suffer, a new study finds.

Lipstick a woman's ultimate weapon

Scarlett Johansson

IF you want to catch a man's attention, don't bother fluttering your eyelashes or flicking your hair. Just follow US star Scarlett Johansson's lead.

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Klum tells women to fatten up

Heidi Klum

HEIDI Klum has given older women advice to maintain their happiness and sexy figures - get fat.

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Why mums lie about sleep deprivation

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SLEEP is the No. 1 topic about which mums lie to each other, with whoppers also told about nits, bed times, sickness, yelling and kids milestones, experts say.

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FASHION & BEAUTY

Adelaide Style fashion forum

Adelaide Style

WELCOME to Adelaide’s latest fashion destination, where you can talk about fashion right here on our dedicated style forum.

Why women really like to look good

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DON'T be alarmed if the woman in your life has suddenly started shopping for slinky dresses and low-cut tops. It probably just means she's at her most fertile.

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Height of fashion is a real sore point

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IT'S enough to make Sex and the City's Carrie shake in her stilettos. The havoc high heels can wreak on the body is no secret, but research has sunk the boot in further.

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iPad users tap a market for man bags

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TECHNOLOGY is shaping men's fashion as iPad owners increasingly turn to the long-derided "man bag".

Merry Xmas - have some botox

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BOTOX is guaranteed to put a smile on the faces this Christmas but how young is too young?

LATEST PHOTO GALLERIES

Christmas Island boat disaster

Christmas Island boat disaster

Up to 50 asylum seekers are feared to have drowned when their boat smashed into cliffs at Christmas Island

Wild weather hits the state

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Wild weather has lashed South Australia, bringing down trees, flooding homes and stranding motorists

Christmas around the world

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See how other countries around the world celebrate Christmas. Do they do it as well as Australia?

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Also on AdelaideNow today

NEWS

'We're lucky to have each other'

Julia Gillard

POLITICAL leaders have bestowed their Christmas wishes to the Australian people and asked them to keep our troops in mind over the festive season.

SPORT

Ponting cleared for battle

Ricky Ponting

RICKY Ponting has declared himself fit for the Boxing Day test with his injured finger surviving a training session at the MCG.

TECHNOLOGY

Broadband network 'viable'

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PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says the business plan for the national broadband network proves it will be both viable and affordable.