South African wines seem to have an ambiguous reputation among Hong Kong wine lovers, and Chris So is convinced it’s undeserved.
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- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated: 9:52am
The Master of Wine exam is arguably the toughest and most demanding in the industry. Some think the Master Sommelier qualification is marginally tougher.
Despite a generally sluggish American economy, United States wine exports are doing well. Winery revenues reached a record of US$1.39 billion last year, an increase of 21.7 per cent from 2010,...
With Bangkok taste buds maturing quicker than ever, new wine bars seem to be popping up everywhere. Wine 33 is among the latest, and is quickly making a name with the city's movers and shakers...
In terms of quality, the wines of Argentina have come a long way in a short time, as the range represented at this year's fair attests.
While the quality of China-made wine, and the range of imported options, has improved enormously in recent years, it remains at a dismally low level.
Opinion
There's urban chic, urban legends and urban decay but how about urban wineries? In the United States, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco all have city-based wineries.
The annual Wines of the Pacific Rim (WinPac) wine show takes place from Thursday to Saturday.
Andrew Miller, chief winemaker of Australia's Wyndham Estate, was in Hong Kong on Friday to launch its newest shiraz vintage. It's the first winery Down Under to commercially plant the shiraz...
The look is pure Italian, from the terracotta roof tiles down to the ochre-painted walls and the elegant poplar trees lining a gravel drive. Within a radius of a few kilometres can be found the...
The Wine'n'Things' annual festival at the Hong Kong Football Club on Oct 4 features more than 250 wines from 43 wineries from the United States, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, South Africa...
The House of Gallo now has well-deserved claims to grandeur with the development of its premium single-estate wineries in smart areas such as Napa and Sonoma, but the broad-shouldered base of this...
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