Soho Wine and Dine Carnival Gallery

This weekend if you were in SoHo you were at the Carnival.

This weekend in SoHo you couldn’t walk 2 feet without running into the Wine and Dine Carnival. Its great that SoHo can shut down the traffic like this for a weekend so you everyone can enjoy a really cool street vibe. The Venetian Macao brought over street performers, kids were doing street art, magicians, singers, musicians and many street booths selling different kinds of arts and crafts.

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Australian Boutique Wine Tasting

Go Down Under with Adelaide Cellar Door’s free wine tasting weekend.

To celebrate the Lang Kwai Fong and SoHo Wine and Dine Carnival, Adelaide Cellar Door is going Aussie and serving up 20 of their finest boutique wines for tasting to try before you buy.  If you love Australian wine, make sure to make a stop here.  Mrs Jones is located at the Upper Basement of the Harilela House, on 79 Wyndham Street, Central.

Some of the wines available for tasting:

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Soho Wine & Dine Carnival

Head on down to Soho this weekend, November 6-8, 2009.

This weekend, Soho is hosting their own Wine + Dine Carnival. The Venetian Macau Resort have summoned their Venetian performers (musicians, street performers) to Soho this weekend to provide the entertainment.

The party starts from 4 to 11pm on Friday on Staunton Street, Shelley and Elgin Street. On the weekend,  local artisans will set up booths to sell their arts and crafts and live performances for the kids are on the schedule. These streets will be closed off during the carnival so get the taxi driver to drop you off at Hollywood Road and walk up to Soho.

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Cyberport Wine Festival Brings Beauty and Culture Together

Here’s a new way to get Hong Kong people into wine: a beauty pageant!

Cyberport is holding its 3-day Wine Festival the last week of October from October 25-27th.

In order to promote wine culture in Hong Kong, Cyberport is going all out with a festive carnival atmosphere, with about 30 different special-style stalls selling vintage wines from different countries. Taking place outdoors from noon till 8pm everyday, enjoy Cyberport’s distinct Hong Kong seaview while tasting some delicious new wines.

Amongst the standard activities such as wine tasting and auctions, Cyberport is going for a whole new audience with its most interesting event – the 1st Wine Angel Contest:

“The First Hong Kong Wine Angel Competition” aims to select modern ladies with great wine knowledge to promote wine culture to the general public in Hong Kong. All contestants will be tested on their wine knowledge and wine serving manner in addition to their elegant catwalk style.

There are actually some great prizes awarded for the top Wine Angel including a modelling contract, HK$20,000 worth of gifts and a chance to be TV programme host. Hong Kong model Rosemary Vandenbroucke will be the chief judge and she has this to say. Other judges include Berry Bros. and Rudd Director Mr K K Mui and Mr Jacky Cheung the President of Wine Association of Hong Kong.

If you have something against beautiful young ladies, other activities include: wine bars, wine kitchen, charity wine auction, wine investment seminar, wine education seminars, live music, and something to remind you that Hallowe’en is just around the corner.

There is a free shuttle to Cyberport for this event which starts on Sunday till Tuesday, and luckily that Monday is the Chung Yeung Festival (重陽節) holiday, so you have time to nurse that hangover should you drink too much. More details can be found at http://wine.cyberport.com