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:
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.
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.
We have a seat for YOU to preview FoR next Tuesday.
Festival of Restaurants is the big week of special menus at some of Hong Kong’s most exciting restaurants, happening November 7-13th.
To kick it off, the people behind Festival of Restaurants 2011 and Winebuzz.hk are inviting 5 lucky readers to join us at J-A-R on Tuesday, November 1, to preview their FoR menu and to meet with the chef, the organizers of Festival of Restaurants and the editorial director of Winebuzz.hk!
If interested in this fantastic prize, post a comment below telling us your Top 3 restaurants in Hong Kong and why you like them, and we’ll pick the 5 best entries to join us next Tuesday for a fabulous evening of food, wine and interesting conversation with an eclectic group of people. Entries need to be in by Monday morning and winners will be notified on Tuesday morning.
Click here to find more about Festival of Restaurants and watch this video:
UPDATE: Contest is closed – thanks all for entering and see the winners tonight!
The famed director and winemaker is coming to town.
The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, Dracula – these are the legendary films directed by the equally legendary Francis Ford Coppola and he’s coming to town for Winefuture HK ’11.
This landmark event takes place November 6-8 in Hong Kong at the AsiaWorld Expo which also includes wine industry elites like Robert Parker, Jancis Robinson, James Sucking and Gary Vaynerchuk amongst other giants of the wine industry.
Mr. Coppola plans to speak about the recent announcement that his celebrated Rubicon Estate in Rutherford, Napa Valley, will be known henceforth by its historic original name, Inglenook, and he will discuss his overall goal of restoring the winery into America’s greatest wine estate.
Find out more about getting your tickets for Winefuture HK ’11 here. And stay tuned here for more information and coverage as Winebuzz.hk is the offical online media parter for Winefuture HK ’11.
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