Van Diemen Unleashes First Pearlescent Liqueur on Hong Kong

Your cocktail is about to have a new sheen.

Van Diemen, the Tasmanian distillery already famous for their super-pure vodka, is bringing something entirely new to the Hong Kong cocktail scene. Van Diemen prides themselves on being the black sheep of the Australian distillery scene. So, it’s hardly surprising that they have developed something so innovative and unexpected.
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HOFEX 2011 Closes With Impressive Attendance and Business Outlook

Records are broken again at this year’s HOFEX 2011.

The final tally has been added up and the results are in: HOFEX 2011 was a huge success with record-breaking results over the last show in 2009.

We can feel it too – Winebuzz.hk was launched at the 2009 HOFEX and we can see how big the industry has grown in two short years. 30,718 trade buyers visited HOFEX 2011 of which 30.27% are international buyers came from 85 countries and regions, together with numerous conference delegates, contestants and media, the show welcomed a total of 33,409 visitors!

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Marvin Tang Talks Chinese ‘Baijiu’ and the Aromaster Wine Aroma Kit

Keep reading to find out how you can WIN one Aromaster kit!

We turned our HOFEX 2011 booth into a Winebuzz TV studio and invited the movers and shakers in the Hong Kong wine scene to talk about how they see the current status of wine culture in Hong Kong and what the future looks like.

Marvin Tang the head distributor for the Aromaster wine aroma kit in Hong Kong, Macau and China dropped by the booth to talk to Winebuzz.hk about how no matter the inroads that western wines are making into China the majority of wine sales are for the Chinese rice wine called “baijiu.” We also take a look at the Aromaster and if you watch carefully you can enter a contest to win one below:

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Ravi Gidumal of Town House Talks About ‘Glass Tastings’

Does the glass make the wine?

We turned our HOFEX 2011 booth into a Winebuzz TV studio and invited the movers and shakers in the Hong Kong wine scene to talk about how they see the current status of wine culture in Hong Kong and what the future looks like.

Ravi Gidumal the managing director of Town House has been distributing Riedel in Hong Kong for over 20 years – so you can imagine his passion for having the very best ” wine tools” for drinking wine. Ravi discusses “glass tastings” and how the proper glass can even help sales of wine in Hong Kong.

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Pierre Legrandois of Links Concept Talks About Importing Family-Owned Wines to Asia

One of Hong Kong’s leading distributors talks about their business.

We turned our HOFEX 2011 booth into a Winebuzz TV studio and invited the movers and shakers in the Hong Kong wine scene to talk about how they see the current status of wine culture in Hong Kong and what the future looks like.

Pierre Legrandois is the director of sales at Links Concept in Hong Kong, China and Macau and overseas the importing of such brands like Louis Roederer, Dow’s Port, Paul Blanck, Conhca Y Toro and many more. Pierre talks to us about his company philosophy in how they work with the winemakers and how they see the explosive growth in the Hong Kong market:

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