Monday. 30 November. 2009. 9:36 am
Christie’s Hong Kong second fine wine sale a huge success.
Christie’s auction held recently on November 28 offered up 376 lots and by the end was 80% sold, achieving a whopping HK$39,936,000 in total sales. This marks an increase of 27% compared to the Fall 2008 auction and David Elswood, International Head of Wine for Christies, said; ” Our average lot value this season of HK$134,000 is by far the highest for any auction house operating in Asia.” Nine out of of the top ten lots sold were to Asian private buyers, showing a growing sophistication of the market and a collector base that is becoming more discerning and willing to compete for rare wines.
The sale contained a number of notable highlights, including the Super Lot of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1999 which fetched an impressive HK$1.44 million when sold to an Asian private collector.
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Friday. 27 November. 2009. 9:55 am
The Peninsula’s sommelier selects a Californian wine for this week’s wine pick.
Jordi Chan is the sommelier at Peninsula Hotel. For our wine pick this week, he selects the Star Lane Sauvignon Blanc 2005 by Star Lane.
Star Lane is a vineyard located on the lower slopes of the San Rafael Mountains in Santa Ynez Valley, in sunny California. The terraine features a unique mix of weathered sand, gravel and alluvial cobbles over clay subsoil. With both excellent drainage and good water-holding capacity, these conditions mimic terrain found at the best vineyards in Bordeaux.
Their Sauvignon Blanc is bottled unfiltered after 10 months on fermentation lees (lees being the yeasty residue found in the cask); giving the wine a more rounded & creamy texture on the palate.
Tasting Notes
- White flowers, gooseberries and mandarin orange nose, with a taste of passionfruit and grapefruit. On the palate, refreshing acidity keeps the wine lively and well structured.
Food Pairing
- It is a delicious wine to pair with shellfish dishes, like mussel or clams with white wine sauce.
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Thursday. 26 November. 2009. 2:27 pm
Two winemakers bring 15 new wines to Hong Kong via Cottage Vineyards.
Hong Kong retailer and distributor, Cottage Vineyards, invited two French winemakers on a 10-day tour of Hong Kong and Southern China to showcase their exquisite line of French wines.
Frédéric Lornet of Cellier de Genne in Jura, France, and Olivier Allamagny of Authentique Sud-Ouest – a group of six independent wine growers – recently spoke to Winebuzz.hk during a private wine tasting about the very special regions of France where they make their unique wines.
First up, Mr. Allamagny is in Hong Kong representing 6 independent wineries from the primary AOC regions across the French southwest; a wine-producing area situated south of the Bordeaux wine region. All are fiercely proud of their unique terroir, history and grape varietals, and seek to make wines authentic to their Southwest roots.
Five of the six members grouped under Authentique Sud-Ouest available in Hong Kong are:
- Domaine de Gineste: AOC Gaillac
- Château La Renaudie: AOC Bergerac, Pécharmant, Montbazillac
- Clos Cavenac: AOC Côtes du Marmandais
- Château Cantelauze: AOC Cahors, Vins du Lot
- Château La Petite Bertrande: AOC Côtes de Duras
Mr. Allamagny’s wineries sell 95% of their wines in France already, so he’s looking to Asia as a new outlet to bring a small portion of his wines out East. His father bought the winery not long ago, and he himself left an executive position at Nokia to pursue his one true passion: wine-making.
Some of the wines we tasted included:
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Wednesday. 25 November. 2009. 11:14 am
A new wine website to find you that perfect bottle of wine.
Snowflakes are often alike, but wines, never. Each bottle blends differently to provide a unique taste and no-one knows this like 94 Wines.
This website helps you discover the best bottles for your particular palette so that every sip is simply perfect. Each number displayed by 94 Wines represents high-quality flavors, so you know you’re getting a unique bottle every time.
A WineID test will help you find the perfect blend and just the right taste, its six questions determining which wines suit you best. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or someone else, 94 Wines will personalize that special wine just for you, and you get to add your own message to each bottle that you purchase, or choose standard wording when creativity fails (as if, we know!) 94Wines even allows you to choose your own packaging preferences, picking the box size and other options.
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Tuesday. 24 November. 2009. 2:31 pm
Deck the halls with these collectible liqueur and vodka bottles.
Moet Hennessy Diageo gets into the Christmas spirit with limited edition bottles of iconic orange liqueur Grand Marnier and Polish vodka Belvedere.
First up is France’s popular export liqueur Grand Marnier is celebrating this year’s winter holiday season with a playfully red limited edition of its classic Cordon Rouge, named ‘Irresistible’. Adorned with vivid red lacquer, it is the 7th of a series released annually by Grand Marnier since 2003. This 2009 ‘Irresistible’ Limited Edition has only 300 bottles available in Hong Kong in select high-end bars and specialty outlets, including Watson’s Wine Cellar and Oliver’s and will retail for HK$308 a bottle.
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Tuesday. 24 November. 2009. 9:31 am
This Saturday, Altruistic Boutique Wines will be holding a Pinot Noir tasting.
If you love Pinot Noir, we have a tasting you won’t want to miss. Altruistic Boutique Wines – the Hong Kong wine distributor that focuses on bringing in top quality boutique wines from the States – is organizing a tasting of 7 different wines from Oregon and California at Pierre 11 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Pierre 11′s new chef, Olivier Elzer, will be preparing some canapes to pair with the wine.
Wines you will be tasting:
From Arcadian Winery, Santa Rita Hills, California:
- 2005 Fiddlestix Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills
- 2005 Sleepy Hollow Pinor Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands
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