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Kedington Wines is holding a wine tasting on October 23 at the Fringe Club Roof Garden in Central. The HK$150 fee includes tastings of more than 50 wines from Australia and New Zealand. Bookings: 2898 9323
On October 25, Vins de France's dinner at Biztro in the IFC Mall features Cave de Rasteau Les Hauts du Villages, Cotes du Rhone Villages Rasteau 2001 and Condrieu Domaine du Chene 2005. The four-course dinner is HK$498 plus 10 per cent. Bookings: 2803 5760
The Repulse Bay's dinner also on October 25 has wines from Barossa Valley Estate. The four-course meal costs HK$698 plus 10 per cent. Bookings: 2292 2822
Oliver's wine dinner the same evening is at the Mandarin Oriental. The six-course menu (with 10 wines) by the hotel's creative executive chef Uwe Opocensky pairs 'forgotten beef' (beef/ash/gnocchi/black jus) with the Stoniers Pinot Noir 2004, Torres Mas La Plana 2002, Sacred Hill Helmsman Cabernet-Merlot 2004 and Penfolds Bin 389 2004, and the 'eight cheeses' (grapes/walnut bread/port wine jelly) with Errazuriz Don Maximiano 2004 and the award-winning Claymore 'Walk on the Wild Side' Shiraz-Viognier 2005. The dinner is HK$988. Bookings: 2299 3903
Kim Tae-woong and Ahn Young-mok of Lotte Hotel in Seoul are cooking at The Place at the Langham Place in Mong Kok until October 24. Their dishes include boiled spicy chicken with vegetables and broiled octopus with vegetables (left). The lunch buffet is HK$178 plus 10 per cent (HK$128 for children) Mon-Fri and HK$208 (HK$148 for children) Sat-Sun and public holidays. The dinner buffet is HK$328 (HK$198 for children) Mon-Thu and HK$368 (HK$218) Fri-Sun and the eve and day of public holidays. Bookings: 3552 3200
