Meet Wine Makers at the Australian Red Workshop

Alcove Wine Studio’s Australian wine workshop this Thursday.

Roy The Cattleman and Tim Kidman, CEO of Kidman Coonawarra Wines are guest speakers at the Australian Red Wine Workshop. They will introduce a variety of Australian reds from the Coonawarra region.  Coonawarra is known for producing excellent reds like Carbenet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot and Viognier due to the  rich red terra rossa soil, limestone, pure underground water and a long cool ripening season for the grapes.

The following wines will be available for tasting at the workshop:

• Kidman Coonawara Wines
• Somerled 2003 McLaren Vale Shiraz – 91 pts Halliday
• Wisanger Hills 2004 Carbernet Sauvignon
• Bundaleer 2006 Southern Flinders Shiraz – 93 pts Halliday

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Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne: Special Offer for Winebuzz Readers

New wine distributor offers special deal on champagne.

Winelife Asia is a new wine distributor in Hong Kong and to introduce themselves to Winebuzz.hk readers they have provided us with a special offer on bottles of Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne 2002:

• Varietal: Pinot Noir/Chardonnay
• Region: France
• Body: Full-Bodied
• Sweetness: Dry
• Alcohol: 12.0 %

Cristal tastes best served with the finest delicacies like caviar, cooked oysters, scallops or lobster.

“Cristal” vintage champagne is the jewel of the House of Louis Roederer, it was a “prestige cuvee” created in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II. Its great depth of favor resulted from a perfect balanced of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes grown in the House’s best vineyards.

It has to be mature on lees for six years to develop its golden appearance with lightly burnished reflections and its intense bouquet of white flowers, citrus and red fruits, followed by toasted, woody aromas that are warmer and more mature.  Tasting a Louis Roederer’s champagne, brings with it all the emotion of the work of art.

If interested please send an email with the subject line: “Winebuzz Cristal Offer” with your details and they will contact you for delivery information. You can also call Winelife Asia on (852) 8100-6327.

UPDATE JULY 10: This promotion has now ended.

Shanghai White Launches New Premium Vodka in Hong Kong

Western Market turned into 1930’s Shanghai for the night.

Digeo and Shui Jing Fang Distillery threw a party to introduce their new creation to the world in Hong Kong.  Premium vodka, Shanghai White is the product of a collaboration, the first of its kind between Diageo and Shui Jing Fang, producers of premium baijiu.  Sheung Wan’s Western Market was turned into classic 1930’s Shanghai filled with Cheongsam-wearing hostesses and pinstriped zoot suit men throwing dice at gambling tables.

The promise of this new premium vodka is that its crafted using Russian vodka making techniques mixed with Shui Jing Fang’s 600 years of baiju (白酒) distilling knowledge to create a new vodka taste. 1930’s Shanghai imagery aside, the Shanghai White bottle is a piece of art in itself.  The bottle is adorned with cherry blossom flowers and 1930s Art Deco imagery of old Shanghai on the indented hexagonal water well shaped bottle bottom. This well pays tribute to the well of the legendary 14th century Shui Jing Fang distillery that is said to produced the most pristine water for brewing high quality spirit.

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Peter Douglas’s Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Now Available in Hong Kong

A Cabernet Sauvignon to covet.

Handpicked wine brings yet another Carbernet Sauvignon winner from the Peter Douglas Signature Series wine to Hong Kong. Peter Douglas is one of the most respected winemakers in Australia. Former Wynns Coonawarra Estate Winemaker, Peter is an expert when it comes to producing deep crimson almost black Cabernet.

Based on the success of the 2005 Coonawarra Carbenet Sauvignon wine which was nominated for George MacKay Memorial Trophy from the Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation, the 2006 is even more complex, with a rich ripe flavour profile.

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