Friday. 1 March. 2013. 10:00 am
A Sicilian wine tasting fair featuring a master class on Chinese food pairing.
Wines of Sicily presents, for the second year running, An Odyssey of Wine 2013 at the Hong Kong Jockey Club on 14th March 2013.
This tasting fair will showcase the biggest range of Sicilian wine in Hong Kong. Come discover Sicily’s new frontier wines that are less oaky, more elegant and the family estates that have pioneered wine production this region like Tasca d’Almerita, Donnafugata and Planeta.
Continue reading »
Thursday. 10 November. 2011. 1:16 pm
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.
Continue reading »
Tags:
Angelo Gaja, Debra Meiburg MW, Francis Ford Copola, James Suklin, Jancis Robinson MW, Jennie Cho Lee MW, Lisa Perroti Brown MW, Michel Bettane, Pancho Campo MW, Robert Parker, Spanish Wines: Passion and Diversity, Tim Atkin MW, Wine Future
Wednesday. 13 October. 2010. 10:36 am
How to speak wine.
As an experienced wine critic, Debra Meiburg is well accustomed to offering informed, insightful commentary and tasting notes. But for those of us lacking in such skils, the famed expert was kind enough to offer some tips on how to get through a wine dinner without making a fool of yourself – i.e. how to go about faking it!
Continue reading »
Wednesday. 6 October. 2010. 10:32 am
Wine judge Debra Meiburg reveals her quality assessment technique.
In Part 2 of Debra Meiburg’s guide to professional wine-tasting made easy series, we cover smelling your wine and taking the temperature of wine.
Take a whiff
Smelling your wine is much more than a feel-good exercise, it’s also a great way of gauging intensity, a lack of which suggests poor quality.
To test for this, start by holding your glass down by your tummy. Then, slowly raise it towards your mouth, stopping when you get that first whiff of aroma. If your glass ends up somewhere between your neck and the bottom of your chin, you’re probably dealing with a high-intensity wine. If it’s somewhere between your nose and the bottom of your chin, however, it’s likely of medium intensity. Anything that requires sticking your nose in the glass should be regarded as sub-par.
Continue reading »
Wednesday. 29 September. 2010. 10:22 am
Wine judge Debra Meiburg reveals her quality assessment technique.
Distinguishing top grade vino from the box variety may be easy enough. But when it comes to gauging quality, a little knowledge goes a long way. Seasoned wine expert Debra Meiburg M.W. offers us a few pointers.
We will be presenting Debra’s Guide to Wine Tasting in a 3 part series at Winebuzz.hk.
Continue reading »
Loading ...