When you aren’t really a ‘wine-drinker’, it can be hard to buy a bottle of wine which is good quality - price is not always an good indicator of a good bottle of wine! So, here at BlueAustral, we have put together a quick list of tips which should help turn you into a more savvy wine buyer.

Price
First, work out a budget - how much do you want to spend? At low prices, branded wines will probable dominate the shelves. Hardys, Jacobs Creek and Penfolds are wines which are accessible, tasty, consistent wines at the expense of being a little dull. Our top tip is that branded wines use promotions as a regular marketing strategy, so it can be worth waiting for these to crop up before you buy.

Wedding entertainment can make your wedding memorable - sometimes for the right reasons, sometimes for the wrong ones. Here at BlueAustral, we have put together a list of our favourite wedding entertainment ideas:

Wedding entertainment during the food courses
- Have a disposable camera on each table so the guests can take a memento away, or you have informal photos to remember the occasion.
- Get a caricaturist to do pictures of the guests as a keepsake.
- A close-up magician.
- Use of a toastmaster to announce guests as they enter and introduce speeches.
- Some wedding entertainment for children such as a puppet show, balloon artist or clowns. This also means that parents can relax and enjoy the party, knowing their children are well looked after.
- Have a chocolate fountain with lots of dippable goodies such as dried and fresh fruits and nuts as a dessert. It helps people mingle and chat.

There are a wealth of DVD players on the market, some cheap, some not so cheap. How do you know which DVD player will be best for you? Well, the key DVD player features are as follows:

Dolby Digital Decoder: You only need this is you have an amplifier which can accept 6 analog inputs (if you have no idea what this means, you probably won’t need this feature!). You will still receive the digital output for the surround sound receiver from the coaxial or optical feeds. Most new surround sound receviers not have a built in decoder so your DVD player will not need one unless you want top-end audio quality.

An online competition is usually a competition which is held solely online. Some online competitions are merely a case of filling in your details, whilst others require some more thought - perhaps answering some questions correctly, or doing something or creating something. Some online competitions are for things such as creating games or writing stories. Lots of online competitions are free, however some will charge a small fee to enter to cover the cost of the prizes.

There are whole websites which are dedicated to online competitons where all the latest online competitions on the internet are posted up.

A ringtone is the sound which is made by the mobile phone when there is an incoming call. Mobile phones come with a small selection of ring tones as standard however many people do not like these! So, most mobile phones have customizable ringtones which can be downloaded from the internet, or ringtones which they can make themselves, which make their ringone more identifiable and personal.

Possibly the company most identified with mobile ringtons is Jamster! who created the Crazy Frog and it’s associated ring tones and merchandise.

A marquee is a type of tent. It consists of sheets of fabric or other material draped over poles which are dug into the ground. The material should be fire-retardant in order to help prevent fires.

Marquees are normally fairly large and can house a number of people. They are also tall enough that people can stand underneath them without having to duck. Marquees can be used if there is the threat of rain so that people can shelter under them, or they can be used as a shady place on hot summer days.

Karaoke machines are a form of entertainment machine where singers - both amateur and professional - can sing along to well known songs by singing into a microphone.

Most karaoke machines will have some sort of video feed which will show a video clip along with the words to the song. The karaoke machine will play the tune and the words will follow the tune so that the singer knows where they are.

Karaoke started in Japan before spreading to the rest of the world. It is believed that karaoke started sometime in the mid 1980s.