Blind Tasting: Chinese Wine vs Bordeaux Wines

Chinese wines making an impact.

At a recent blind tasting competition between Chinese wine and Bordeaux in Beijing, the results were surprising. Chinese wine took the top four places, but it wasn’t exactly a thrashing of the world’s most elite wines by Chinese upstarts. (Reuters)

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Taste Wines of Asia at Wine Century Club Event Tomorrow

Asia Wine tasting.

If you think you’ve tasted most of everything, come join us tomorrow at the Wine Century Club headed up by JC Viens and Winebuzz.hk tasting of Wines of Asia tomorrow. Discover for yourself how Asia is gearing up to become a player in the world of wine! You will taste wines from India, Thailand, China and Japan.

The venue is the usual Tastings Wine Bar in Central.

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Robert Parker Jr. Magical 20 Bordeaux Grand Tasting at Wine Future

The magical Robert Parker Jr. grand tasting at Wine Future, Hong Kong 2011.

Robert Parker Jr. Magical 20 Bordeaux wine tasting from the 2009 vintage at Wine Future Hong Kong was one of the summit’s highlight event for alot of people. Robert Parker Jr. described the selection the 20 wines from the 2009 vintage of  as the greatest tasting of young wine ever.

Parker was an engaging speaker who opened the tasting by telling the audience how he came to discover and became obsessed with wine on a trip to France  during college and how he only drank wine because it was cheaper than Coca-Cola.
 
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Janis Robinson’s Beyond Bordeaux Grand Tasting at Wine Future Hong Kong 2011

Jancis Robinson MW’s  grand tasting was a true discovery of interesting wines from all over the world.

Jancis Robinson MW‘s held her grand tasting of wines Beyond Bordeaux on the second day of Wine Future on 7 November 2011. Her selection of wines were based on wines that ‘stimulate your taste buds with from corners of the wine world that deserve more attention’.

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Pancho Campo’s Grand Spanish Wine Tasting at Wine Future

Grand tasting at AsiaWorldExpo a huge success.

At the recent Wine Future (6 – 8 November 2011) summit held at AsiaWorldExpo, we saw 50 of the biggest wine personalities including Angelo Gaja, Francis Ford Copola, Robert Parker, Jancis Robinson MW, Tim Atkin MW, Lisa Perroti Brown MW, Michel Bettane, James Suklin and our very own Debra Meiburg MW, Jennie Cho Lee MW plus lots of other big names in wine come together to discuss the current hot topics in the wine world, spread across 12 panels.

With topics ranging from new wine styles, doing business and selling wines in Asia, wine marketing strategies, education solutions and Asian palates, to the use of Internet and social media in this traditional world, it was wine discussion on speed! As expected with a line-up like that, it was a smashing success and we definitely went away with a lot of insight and new ideas.

The highlight of the summit was the 3 grand tasting events held on separate days.

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The 1st Grand Tasting of Top Wines from Spain in Hong Kong

“Wines from Spain” organizes 1st grand tasting in Hong Kong.

There have been lots of big wine tasting events over the last couple of weeks and, though late, the “Grand Tasting of Top Wines from Spain” is an important event deserving of coverage.

Held at The Mira Hotel on Monday, 17 October, 2011, and organized by Wines from Spain, this tasting showcased the best of Spanish wines with premium, high-scoring wines from a country with one of the most long-standing wine-making traditions in history. A total of 70 wineries from 32 regions participated in the grand tasting, and every winery presented their ‘over 90 points’ Robert Parker-rated wines.

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