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Bacchus & Century: Hong Kong’s First Luxury Wine Boutique Opens

A Hong Kong wine shop unlike any other.

Bacchus & Century opens its doors this weekend, to what may be the first luxury wine boutique of its kind in the world.

The brainchild of two Hong Kong Chinese French partners, Eric Liu (photo below) and Rene Wong whose passion for French wine have led them to accumulate more than 10,000 bottles of French vintage wine over the years. Bacchus & Century is the accomplishment of twenty years of intense research, perseverance on specifically French vintage wines. On the opening day, they have in one place, 101 consecutive years of French vintage wines from 1900 AD to 2000, all 3,000 bottles stored in their Lang Kwai Fong boutique’s cellar.

Their decision to open Bacchus & Century is to make available their treasures, (100 years of vintage French wines, hence the name Bacchus & Century) to the discerning wine lover in Hong Kong.  What Bacchus & Century offers is a completely bespoke service unlike what you’ll find in Hong Kong or anywhere else in the world.

The wine boutique is dressed like a boudoir of collectible items except the only item collected is of the drinkable rare kind. A consultation with Eric, the “shop’s guardian” will ensure that you discover the perfect bottle to match your taste, occasion, budget (price starts at HK$1000) and determine the bottle that is right and meaningful for you.

They only carry the rarest, finest wine, champagne and spirits – so you’ll definitely find bottles of the most prestigious ‘maisons’; Lafite Rothschild, Mouton Rothschild, Latour, Haut Brion, Margaux, Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Petrus and Domaine de la Romanee Conti.  If you are looking for a table wine for a barbecue, this is not the place to go.

Want to impress your boss who’s a wine connoisseur or find the vintage the year your dad was born? Make an appointment with Eric, he knows his stuff and you’ll discover something rare and special, not so easily found anywhere else… not a bad proposition we think.

Bacchus & Century

• Shop 3, G/F, 32 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong.
• Tel:6681 1825