Day: November 20, 2020

With Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and summer dinner parties all just weeks away, it’s officially time to start stocking up the fridge!

This year we’re avoiding hectic car parks, overwhelming bottle shop aisles, and inevitable checkout queues in favour of online drinks shopping from our friends at Diggin’ In The Cellars.

Diggin’ In The Cellars are the online store of acclaimed Melbourne wine bars Toorak Cellars, Milton Wine Shop, The Alps Wine Shop, The Hills and The Moon.  Since 2010, they’ve been stocking the best selection of interesting wines from Australia and the globe, and they also offer free same day delivery to all Melbourne metro customers! 

As part of our Christmas Countdown online shopping event, we’ve selected our favourite drinks available from Diggin’ In The Cellars, who are offering them to TDF readers with a 10% discount! 

First up is the Survival Pack Juice Box – 6 Pack,

Late in her pregnancy, Grace had a feeling her baby was in trouble. She took herself to hospital for some monitoring, but after checking the fetal heart rate, medical staff concluded that everything was fine. This was 17 years ago, before 3D scans had become routine and readily available. Grace accepted the advice and went home, but disquiet settled over the remainder of her pregnancy. 

Elijah was born with his umbilical cord wrapped six times around his neck in a true knot. It caused severe damage to his brain, resulting in quadriplegia Cerebral palsy. Grace, who was 23 at the time, was told that it was very unlikely that he would survive, and if he did, he wouldn’t be able to see, hear or recognise her. She was advised that his quality of life would be too low to justify. 

‘Says who?’ Grace asks me over Zoom, 17 years later,