When something works well the first time, repeating it isn’t an easy feat. The follow up album after a band’s massively successful first release all too often fails to excite the way the first one did. Film sequels often seem to lose the magic of their precursors. But when it came to Rootstock Sydney, which was a roaring success in its first year, I wasn’t worried. I knew it would grow exponentially-be stretched over two days instead of one, in a much bigger venue with more g

After 11 years in London, I knew that making the move to Perth, Australia would bring me more sunshine, and more beaches, and an exceptionally good quality of life. I also knew what it wouldn’t bring me, and that was the variety and abundance of wines of the orange, cloudy, earthy, mineraly, wacky-labeled natural persuasion that I so enjoy glugging. a sea of orange wine To top it off I would be reminded of this fact on a daily basis. After all, I was heading up the social med