Monday. 19 September. 2011. 11:47 am
Our local Master of Wine publishes the definitive guidebook.
Debra Meiburg – our favorite Hong Kong-based Master of Wine – has put together something the local wine market needs…badly, in our opinion!
Since 2008′s deregulation, Hong Kong’s wine market is as hard to chart as it is red-hot. With 40 winemakers a day sending them requests for advice, F&B professionals are bemoaning the glut of importers and wine lovers still unsure as to where to find a great Grüner Veltliner. So, to tackle this challenge the team at Meiburg Wine Media sensed a book-shaped hole in the market.
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Wednesday. 31 August. 2011. 10:06 am
The wine world turns its eyes to China’s growing wine drinkers.
The size, sophistication and spending power of the Chinese consumer is quickly changing the way the beverage industry does business. In a few short years, a growing population of well educated, increasingly young Chinese have developed a taste for wine. At the International Beverage Exhibition, held this July 14-16 in Shenzhen, the 2nd year the fair is running we see how the wine market is taking shape.
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Monday. 15 November. 2010. 10:00 am
The very best wines for Asian tastes in over 100 categories.
We wrote about the competition way back in June and the results are finally in!
One of the main events at the Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair was the winners picks in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition.
The judges came from Hong Kong, India, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, People’s Republic of China and South Korea, and all results were independently audited by KPMG.
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Thursday. 15 April. 2010. 2:15 pm
A bright and airy fruity cocktail for this week’s Winebuzz pick.
JC Viens is a wine educator and holder of the prestigious Diploma Level 4, WSET and a certified International Bordeaux Educator. He is an avid wine lover and selects the Ben Rye 2007 from Italy, origin of some of the most rewarding wines.
Ben Rye Passito Di Pantelleria 2007 literally means “Son of the Wind” in Arabic after the plentiful breezes that sweep across the island of Pantelleria off the coast of Sicily where this outstanding wine originates. Arabs brought the Zibibbo grapes to the island from North Africa hundreds of years ago.
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Tuesday. 9 March. 2010. 10:06 am
JC Viens introduces us to Romano Dogliotti la Galeisa this week.
JC Viens is a wine educator and holder of the prestigious Diploma Level 4, WSET and a certified International Bordeaux Educator. He is an avid wine lover and selects the Moscato D’Asti from Italy, origin of some of the most rewarding wines.
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Friday. 5 March. 2010. 10:12 am
Candid new wine video series launched online.
Hong Kong’s very own Master Of Wine, Debra Meiburg, has just launched an online video series called “Meet the Winemaker” which is a charming “all-access” look at the wine industry and reveals the personal side of its movers and shakers.
Debra’s video offers an intimate look into the lives of the world’s most interesting and influential wine personalities including Ernst Loosen , Emmanuel Cruse from Chateau D’Issan, actor Sam Neil who has his own vineyard, and Cecile Bonnefond from Veuve Clicquot, among others.
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