RAISING THE BAR
There’s never been a better time to cut back on the bevvies, with Australia’s first nonalcoholic brewery now open on the Gold Coast. Indigenous-owned craft brewer Sobah Beverages has also unveiled a cafe at its Burleigh Heads HQ, where thirsty visitors can pair a Pepperberry IPA or Davidson Plum Ale with fare like paperbark barra with finger lime and wattle-smoked kangaroo.
SOBAH BREWERY & CAFE
Burleigh HQ, 314 Burleigh Connection Road, Burleigh Heads @sobahbeverages
Merrick’s SHOUT
Merrick Watts on his rosé-coloured outlook.
I’m calling it: it’s open season on rosé! No mercy. At the first signs of spring – a burst of wattle, the smell of cut grass or a backpacker naively braving our cold coastal waters – I ‘go green’ on rosé.
I love the