Thursday. 29 July. 2010. 9:39 am
A grand tasting of irreplaceable French vintage.
photo source: Philafoodie
IWC and Bettane & Desseauve are presenting one of the most extravagant tastings of French vintages in Hong Kong, Macau and China. This tasting can be described as a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience priced at HK$18,000 and the whole day event covering tastings of 8 vintage Champagnes, 7 Chateau Mouton Rothschild vintages, 5 Chateau d’Yquem vintages with an all-star cast of wine experts. The most respected French wine criticMichel Bettane, international acclaimed wine critic Thierry Desseauve and Greater China’s wine expert Simon Tam will be hosting the grand tasting.
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Wednesday. 28 July. 2010. 9:53 am
The ultimate wine bar.
photo source: Lane Crawford
Sub-Zero, a company that specializes in producing top of the line refrigerators and wine storage, has come up with a luxe mobile bar called the ‘The Mobile Mini Wine Bar‘. This wine storage unit comes equipped with separate compartments for red and white wine, glass racks and even a cherry-wood cheeseboard! It can be moved anywhere you want to have a wine bar, making entertaining at home a breeze. The Mobile Mini Wine Bar is a limited production unit and is available exclusively at Lane Crawford.
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Tuesday. 27 July. 2010. 9:50 am
Premier Fine Wine tasting on July, 30, 2010.
Premier Fine Wine
Premier Fine Wine is organizing a blind tasting of Italian and Australian wine this Friday. Taste 5 styles of wines from each region. Wines from Italy will be from the North-East Veneto region and wine fro Australia will be from Mornington Peninsula and McLaren Vale. Some of the wine that will be available for tasting include Rocca Sveva Amarone della Valpolicella, Ronco Cliona and Chalk Hill Barbera.
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Monday. 26 July. 2010. 9:26 am
Oldest drinkable champagne discovered at the bottom of the sea.
Divers exploring a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea have found bottles of the oldest drinkable champagne in the world. Said to be made in the 18th century, diver Christian Ekstrom told Reuters that they had discovered bottles of unmarked champagne at the shipwreck in the Baltic Sea near the Aland Islands between Sweden and Finland. The ship was speculated to be sailing to St.Petersburg when it went down. Not knowing what the bottle contained, Ekstrom said the divers popped the cork and tasted the champagne. “It tasted fantastic. It was a very sweet champagne, with a tobacco taste and oak,” Ekstrom said.
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Friday. 23 July. 2010. 9:33 am
Sheraton’s Sky Lounge offers second wines via their Enomatic Wine Dispenser till the end of August.
Sheraton’s Sky Lounge is featuring a collection of 24 second growth wines from some of the most prestigious wine estates in the world including Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Latour, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Haut-Brion, Chateau Mouton-Rotschild, Thermanthia, Dominus Estate and many more. Second wine is the term for second label wine not selected for use in the Gran Vin or first label. Though the wine is from the same winemaker, same vineyard and has gone through similar blending and processes, they’re offered at 50-70% of the price of first label.
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Thursday. 22 July. 2010. 9:45 am
Winebuzz.hk speaks to Johannes Selbach.
Winebuzz caught up with makers of fine Riesling winemaker, Johannes Selbach of Weingut Selbach-Oster. Johannes Selbach’s family have been producing wine for 410 years.
The Selbach-Oster vineyards are located on some of the best vineyard land in the heart of the Mosel wine country called ” Mittelmosel” (145 minutes due west of Frankfurt) where Reisling are grown on 20 hectares of steep, south-facing mountain slopes facing the Mosel River. The wine is produced completely by hand and varies from very dry to very sweet.
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