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Journal
Stories about the people who make the bottles on our shelves. No tasting notes, no scores, no swirling required.
22 July 2026
I was sitting in my aunt and uncle’s pub in Geelong, The Telegraph Hotel, at a special event organised by the Barwon Food & Wine Society. I’d never been to one of their events before but was cordially invited along to at…
28 May 2026
When I was 17 I landed my first ever job, serving over-extracted, over-priced coffee at a drive-thru franchise in Perth. It was my first taste of early mornings, observing the merit many people seem to bring to the phras…
12 May 2026
I was perched on my pedestal, across the street, watching a large wine chain insert their freshest iteration across the road from our year-old independent wine shop. I lost nights of sleep after I found out they were mov…
9 May 2026
Picture this.
3 March 2026
What do Freddie Mercury, Victorian rosé and ancient monotheistic religions have in common?
12 January 2026
This is Crooked's Substack.
