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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Tuesday. 20 July. 2010. 9:28 am
G.H Mumm’s Chef de Cave Didier Mariotti in Hong Kong to launch the 1998 Cuvee R.Lalou.
G.H Mumms, the third largest Champagne house in the world with sales of about 8 million bottles per year, is introducing one of their most pretigious bottles of champagne to Hong Kong entitled the 1998 Cuvee R. Lalou. Prestiges Cuvees are expensive Champagnes made in small lots to represent the finest achievement in winemaking by a Champagne house. The house’s president, Rene Lalou was credited for producing one of the top 20 vintages of all time, the 1985 vintage which brought fame and prestige to G.H Mumm. As a tribute, the 1998 Cuvee R.Lalou is named after him.
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Tuesday. 15 June. 2010. 10:00 am
Winebuzz.hk tours Hong Kong’s very own winery.
Opened in 2007, 8th Estate is Hong Kong’s first winery producing wine from grapes shipped frozen from other countries and made in Hong Kong.
We recently caught up with 8th Estate owner, Canadian Lysanne Tusar and 8th Estate’s master winemaker, Edward McDougall, as they were preparing to release their second batch of wine.
The winery is located in Ap Lei Chau, and unlike any winery anywhere else in the world, the grapes fermentation, aging and blending takes place in a high-rise warehouse 30 minutes away from the hustle and bustle of the densely populated city of Hong Kong.
The winery is fully equipped with stainless steel fermenting tanks, pneumatic grape pressing machine and oak barrels to store and age wine.
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Thursday. 20 May. 2010. 3:19 pm
A new certified way to get official Bordeaux wine in Asia.
It’s been happening for years now but with the recent rise in wine imports to Hong Kong and China, the hype surrounding the 2009 vintage and basically too-much-money-not-enough-education being thrown around, the number of reports of bogus Bordeaux wines being bought and sold in the territory is rising.
So, at this month’s Vinexpo Hong Kong, one company is stepping up to the plate by offering officially certified Bordeaux wine.
Bordeaux Provenance is currently the only Bordeaux negociant able to offer certified “Five Star Provenance” for each and every case in their management, stipulating that:
- All wines are sold exclusively in their original wooden case (OWC).
- All wines must have documented “ex chateau” provenance.
- All cases must remain in professional storage in Bordeaux from time of bottling.
- Temperature and humidity controlled and monitored 24/7.
- Procedures are certified annually by qualified auditor.
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