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THE OTHER GERMAN GRAPES A long overdue report on Riesling Weeks Hong Kong 2019, but better to be late than never. Being ...

THE NERELLO DUO When three of my fellow WSET Diploma classmates coincidently all brought Etna Rossos to a recent dinner, it was ...

An Inspiring Lecture by My Most Beloved MW, Jancis Robinson I attended an inspiring lecture by MW, Jancis Robinson at Tai Kwun ...

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé. A friend in France shared with me a twitter about Beaujolais Nouveau, which basically said it was ...

TEMPRANILLO VS. TEMPRANILLO (Part II: Ribera del Duero y Toro) Traveling approximately 200 km southwest from Rioja would take you to Valladolid, ...

The Okanagan Valley In this summer, I had a family trip to Vancouver, and from there just three hours’ drive inland is ...

Flying High in the Andes The opportunity of a tasting session with Daniel Pi, the Chief Winemaker of Trapiche Winery, helped refresh ...

Bitter Harvest While I still can’t drive myself out from the unbelievable beauty, great food of Toscana and Piedmont after three weeks ...

TEMPRANILLO VS. TEMPRANILLO (Part I) Or to be exact, Tempranillo vs. Tinto Fino vs. Tinta de Toro. Tempranillo is the “king” in ...

Feis Ile – The Annual Whisky Theme Park at Islay For  Scottish whisky afficionados, a visit to Islay off the west coast ...

1 + 1 > 3 It is rare to meet an alliance of superheroes, all at once. From the perspective of a ...

SOUR GRAPE: Replicate unique sensory experience? Photo by: Lynzey Donahue / US Marshals Talking about fake wine, Chateau Lafite in China market ...

From German Football to German Wine As a die-hard German football fan, I am allowed to say that Die Mannschaft sucks big ...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Wine Consumption For all of us who enjoy a glass or two of wine, ...

When the Bordeaux gems met Portuguese signature dishes… Wine brings people friendship; and my friends always bring along good wines. At a ...

Bitter & Sweet - AMARONE: A beautiful destiny or a shortcut to success? Being one of the finest Italian wine, Amarone has ...

NASCETTA: The comeback kid When it comes to wine, Nebbiolo is almost synonymous for Piemonte - just like many of us sometimes ...

Beauty and the Yeast Had it not been for the yeast, we wouldn’t have any wine at all. Invisible to our naked ...

Bright Fruits from the Heart of the Desert About one hour’s drive east out of Queenstown took us to the former mining ...

Alsace: Fortune or misfortune? Participating in WSET Level 3 Educator Program gave me a new chance to have another closer look into ...

An American Wine Convert Never quite developed a taste for American wines in the 20 years living in the United States, I ...