The 3 Best Wines Bars in Macau with David Wong

Wine expert David Wong’s top picks on where to drink wine in Macau.

At the Wine & Gourmet Fair held last week at The Venetian Macau, we caught up with David Wong, the Founder and Secretary General of the Macau Culinary Association, to ask him to pick his favorite wine bars in Macau.

His top picks of the best places to drink wine in Macau are:

1. Robuchon a Galera at Hotel Lisboa
For one of the best wine list in Asia. The 3 Michelin star restaurant has a collection of over 5,600 labels and is one of the first establishment in China to be awarded the ‘Grand Award” for having the best wine list in the world by Wine Spectator.

• Address:  3/F Lisboa Hotel, 2-4 Avenida de Lisboa, Macau
• Tel: (853) 2888 3888

2. Macau Soul
For their extensive variety, beyond a wide range of quality Portuguese wine at awesome value. Owners David and Jacky Higgins started this wine lounge in Macau to serves great wine and fresh and simple food that compliments the wine.

• Address: 31A Rua de Sao.Paulo, Macau.
• Tel: (853) 2836 5182

3. MGM Macau
For their great variety and impressive wine list. Restaurants at MGM include Aux Beaux Arts, Rossio and Russian Room.

• Address: Avenida Dr.Sun Yat Sen, NAPE, Macau.
• Tel: (853) 8802 3888

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Macau Wine Bar Hopping Guide

Some places to drink at while in Macau for the Wine Expo.

The Wine and Gourmet Asia expo starts today in Macau and while the Venetian has many amazing wine bars and fine dining restaurants for you to choose from, don’t forget to visit some of the other hotels for a wine lovers dream. We picked out a few sites that list out some of the better establishments for you to try out the local wine offerings, like the Cinnebar pictured above at the Wynn Macau.

• Macau.com
  Lists out not only bars , but the best nightclubs and karaoke places.

• Macau24.com
  Another exhaustive list of the top bars

• Macau Wine Museum
  Check out the history of wine in the region here.

Remember though that Macau is ever expanding and contracting so check to see that these places are in still in operation before heading over. We hope you get to spend a few extra days to explore Macau’s wine scene after the show – the city is full of great wine to go with the gambling and shows.

Meet Wine Makers at the Australian Red Workshop

Alcove Wine Studio’s Australian wine workshop this Thursday.

Roy The Cattleman and Tim Kidman, CEO of Kidman Coonawarra Wines are guest speakers at the Australian Red Wine Workshop. They will introduce a variety of Australian reds from the Coonawarra region.  Coonawarra is known for producing excellent reds like Carbenet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot and Viognier due to the  rich red terra rossa soil, limestone, pure underground water and a long cool ripening season for the grapes.

The following wines will be available for tasting at the workshop:

• Kidman Coonawara Wines
• Somerled 2003 McLaren Vale Shiraz – 91 pts Halliday
• Wisanger Hills 2004 Carbernet Sauvignon
• Bundaleer 2006 Southern Flinders Shiraz – 93 pts Halliday

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Hong Kong Wine Bar Spotlight: Q88

One the best in Admiralty is at the JW Marriott.

These days, you never have to settle for a glass of house wine, or feel like you are stuck with a bottle of wine you may not like. Hong Kong now offers an array of wine bars that cater to people with every budget and taste. We would like to introduce Q88 at JW Marriott for the serious wine aficionado.

The Q88 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong offers a wide variety of premium wines and champagnes, over 40 different types by the glass and 170 by the bottle. They serve everything from the most expensive wine from HK$7500 per bottle 88 Krug Clos du Mesnil vintage champagne, Château Petrus, Château Lafite Rothschild,  to the HK$560 per bottle Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand.

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