Alecia Wood

The Kakadu plum has been harvested by First Nations people for tens of thousands of years across northern Australia. Now the burgeoning industry is being shaped on country by people with knowledge and ownership of the prized fruit.

With the festive season upon us, there's no better time to order a dozen (or more) of these briny bivalves.

The global spice trade, worth an estimated $24 billion, has a problematic past. But these modern-day spice merchants are championing ethical goods with an emphasis on quality and sustainability.

An Australian couple enamoured with nebbiolo has opened a winery and cellar door in a century-old train station in Piedmont. Alecia Wood climbs aboard.