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China Wine Awards for the most exciting wine market in the world.
Following the success of the first ever China Wine Awards in 2011, the CWA are back for 2012 – this time looking for the best value wines and spirits. The competition is the biggest of its kind specifically for the China market and its consumer.
The tastings Hong Kong will never forget!
Wine Future Hong Kong 2011 blew in fast and furious on Sunday and finished yesterday at the AsiaWorld Expo here in Hong Kong.
Pancho Campo’s amazing wine conference finally came to Hong Kong bringing such wine luminaries as Robert Parker, Jancis Robinson, Francis Ford Coppola, James Suckling, and so many more to town with informational panels, grand tastings and enough wine networking to make Vinexpo jealous.
Herein lies a delightful photo gallery of the sights of this historic wine event in Hong Kong:
Fabio Piccoli on Sicilian wines.
We had a bit of a treat this week at the Hong Kong Wine Fair 2011 as Senior Consultant in International Wine and wine journalist, Fabio Piccoli, took us through some amazing Sicilian wines, paired of course with some equally amazing Italian food. Our task: to find the best food and wine match. Yes, it’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it!
As an introduction, Fabio took us on a personalized ‘tour’ of Sicily, starting with this amazing fact: Sicily is the biggest island in Italy with a total vineyard surface that is bigger than Australia, at 120,000 hectare compared to 110,000 hectare!
The 3-day trade event was bigger and bolder than ever.
So much wine so little time!
This year’s Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair was as fantastic as ever with partner country Italy really bringing a taste of their country to Hong Kong with their giant pavilion that really set the stage for the entire event.
The HKTDC will announce visitor numbers soon and we’ll update the story here but we enjoyed the amazing Gala Dinner put on by Italy and the numerous seminars and tastings put on across the 2-day trade, 1-day public event.
While it’s nice that the organizers of the Wine and Dine Festival, HKIWSF and Wine Future decided to plan their events one after another so people could stay for all of them – it’s still turned into a marathon of wine, food and spirits for almost 2 weeks.
Check out our photo gallery below:
A guide to the top Italian wines to taste at the Italian Pavilion.
If you are heading to the Hong Kong Wine & Spirits Fair today, which is the day that consumers can attend and taste from exhibitors’ booths, the choices of what to taste can be overwhelming. As Italy is the partner country this year, here’s a guide to what to drink at the Italian Pavilion of the Fair prepared by Luca Gardini, the Best Sommelier of the World 2010:
The fair is back bigger than ever!
The Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair kicked off yesterday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC); with a record 934 exhibitors from some 37 countries and regions taking. The fair is now Asia’s biggest wine show in exhibitor numbers.
Opening the fair was Professor The Honourable K C Chan, SBS, JP, Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury, The Government of the HKSAR. To help him with a ribbon cutting was Alessandra Schiavo, the Consulate General of Italy, this year’s wine fair Partner Country. After the ribbon cutting the VIP guest from both Hong Kong and Italy made their way up to the VinItaly Pavilion for a mini event kickoff that featured Kindergartners dressed as little chefs.
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