Listen to Your Palmer
If you have a bottle of Palmer09, pour a glass, close your eyes and listen….. Jacky Terrasson plays Château Palmer en Primeur 2009….
The “Multitalented” Yao
I would love to try this especially with such daredevil price tag. Anyone? The wine released from the retired NBA star, the 2009 Yao Ming Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, will retail for $289 per bottle, remember, this is in USDollor$$ (he certainly price it ambitiously enough that it takes on an importance of its own I must … Read more
Some Wine Worth Your Liver @WineFutureHK
Wine Future Event after Robert Parker tasting. Lots of very good wine. Here are some of my personal highlights:
Watch Robert Parker 20 Wine tasting@WineFutureHK
click on the blow to get to view the LIVE tasting. otherwise, you can view back if you are too busy now. Salute! FROM WINE FUTURE HK: The Grand Tasting named ‘The Magical 20’ leads a series of tastings for up to 1,000 participants in which Parker will show 20 Bordeaux wines that he … Read more
Tutti Vino Italiano@ Gambero Rosso
Last year, I had the occasion to visit personally to meet the owner and founder Mr. Pierluigi Tolaini and his fantasy land in Tuscany and also few Tuscane vinyards. The well acknowledged Italian wine guide Gambero Rosso today present its very first Chinese edition and as Tolaini and few other Chateau Wine makers I met … Read more
Cape Mentelle Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2010
Attended to the opening of the Hong Kong Maison Van Cleef and Arpels on 10 Chater Road, Central, in Prince’s Building last Friday, 16 September 2011. After the ribbon cutting, the party moves on to the same building at SEVVA. Not trying to mention what is to see and be seen there (it’s actually turned out to be … Read more
Piedmont’s other great grapes: Dolcetto with Steak and Fish?
A low-acid wine with round fruit flavors and not-too-forward tannins. When I spotted Elio Grasso’s Dolcetto d’Alba dei Grassi, I knew I had found the wine I was looking for. It’s not easy to decide on a bottle of red to go with roasted sea bass (my mom, a non drinker, only want a sip with … Read more
最Happy的Happy Hour
不同的地方，我有我的歡樂時光。在巴黎, 有我的Hotel Coste ; 倫敦，有我的Boundry; 最樂而忘反的Biarritz, 有Les Cent Marche 衝浪後看日落。每個人都應該找到自己的Happy Place，那你便找到屬於你的Happy Time, Happy Hours! 今天，我想分享三個我在香港常渡過最快樂時光的地方: Domani 金鐘金鐘道88號太古廣場1樓 2155 8066 EVERYDAY 6:00-11:00pm Special Price on Wine & Sparkling Wine (HK$48 起) 免費意式小吃 (至 7:30pm) 餐廳由國際知名建築師Thomas Heatherwick設計， 使用玻璃幕牆令餐廳環境明亮及具時代感， 與露天餐廳部份更為融合。 到意大利酒吧happy hour(aperitivo)不難找到免費意式小吃。 Piadine和pizze切成小口；橄欖，堅果，和小三明治也有。酒吧只收取飲料費，小吃都是為配合酒吧免費提供的。在香港，這情景真難碰到，難找免費午餐罷。 出奇地，竟給我發現Domaini。 不只wine有happy hour 價錢(例如 Second Nature Sauvignon Blanc, Dowie Doole, Auz 正價 HK$80 HH HK$48)，大家還可自助式地挑選bar table 上的小吃。一家這樣stylish，relax（chillax）的地方，HK$50 … Read more
China Club with Marco from Rocca di Montegrossi
It’s been 9 months since Marco Ricasoli in town (HK) for wine dinner. While the one at the drawing room last November 2010 was still fresh in my memory, I got a personal invite from Marco few months earlier to his dinner at the China Club, HK. Time does flies. I love his wine. Tonight, … Read more
香港啤，你喝過嗎？
日本有Asahi 、新加坡有Tiger Beer、荷蘭有喜力、愛爾蘭有Guinness、丹麥有喜士伯、北京有燕景啤酒、山東有青島啤、台灣有台灣啤，那香港有….? 其實這些年來，香港都有一本地品牌。默默耕耘 ，堅持在港釀製新鮮啤酒，那就是鮮為人知的香港啤。昨天跟幾個台灣朋友在跑馬地一家全新法國餐廳- Saint Germain 吃 Foie Gras, Truffle Risotto 和喝瓶 Domaine Magellan 的Chardonnay後 , 接著到附近的酒吧 Happy Valley Bar & Grill。 朋友出於好奇, 叫了瓶HONG KONG BEER 香港啤酒。 我還喝了一口。 HONG KONG BEER 設計以傳統的香港橙色為主， 大大隻字寫上 HONG KONG BEER，再加上星星及帆船組成。 標榜香港品牌、香港製造。 香港啤於2003年7月成立，其位於黃竹坑的釀酒廠，前身是南華啤酒，雖只是一家小小的釀酒 廠，這五年來卻一直供應新鮮的啤酒，從未間斷。釀酒師Ferdin是菲律賓人，已有十多年釀啤酒的經驗，他堅持德國人釀啤酒的方式，就是不加防腐劑，只有水、麥及啤酒花，所以存放時間絕不多於九個月，較市面其他啤酒短，也就是更新鮮，麥香亦不會流失。 啤酒選用來自德國的麥，包括Pilsner、 Caramunich等，而啤酒花則選用比利時貨，如Chinook、Saaz等。 HONG KONG BEER 喝下去沒有很重的苦味，清、容易入口，而且有一點點小麥香，實在不錯。 香港啤分別有Toosoo、Aldrich Bay及香港啤三種口味，每月產量約八千公升，但Toosoo及Aldrich Bay只推出桶裝，主要在酒吧內售賣，當中只有香港啤推出樽裝，在部分酒吧, 酒店如港麗酒店、海景嘉福酒店，以及惠康、city’super、Market Place等超市有售。 品牌頗受外國人歡迎，他們喜歡嘗試本地出品，也偏好麥味較濃郁的啤酒。 你也想逐一品嚐試這些獨特啤酒？只要湊夠二十五人（約$250/位），也可聯絡釀酒廠，安排試酒團，欣賞釀酒廠並任飲新鮮啤酒。 我不是一個啤酒人，但拿起這瓶啤酒時, 看著台灣朋友喝得高興。我實實在在感到驕傲。 … Read more
