Friday. 22 February. 2013. 10:31 am
Meeting Chile’s emblematic red.
Another French grape that, like Malbec, had a rebirth in South America: Carmenere is Chile‘s signature red varietal.
The variety was taken to Chile in the 1800s but was confused for Merlot for two hundred years until in the mid 90s it was recognized as its own distinct variety and since then has boomed becoming the icon wine for Chilean wineries. Although now rarely grown in the Old World, it is widely planted in Chile and has created a strong identity as a unusual, spicy, medium to full bodied red wine.
Continue reading »
Monday. 20 June. 2011. 11:49 am
Hong Kong has really taken to the bottle!
The SCMP today reports that the wine industry has exploded in a few short years to be worth HK$5.5 billion dollars (subscription required).
We’ve taken the liberty of showing you a few choice quotes:
Continue reading »
Friday. 20 May. 2011. 3:28 pm
With Macau right next door, how is Portugal defining its wine in HK.
The VinitiPortugal event at the Grand Hyatt earlier this week was a great event – 49 wine producers came to Hong Kong for a 3-city tour of Asia. Everyone was delighted and surprised at the quality of the wines available for tasting and we have to agree!
We sat down with Miguel Nora the area manager of ViniPortugal to get his take on what is being done to promote Portuguese wines in the highly competitive Hong Kong market.
Continue reading »
Monday. 16 May. 2011. 11:54 am
Applied Wines aims to open up restaurants wine lists in HK.
We turned our HOFEX 2011 booth into a Winebuzz TV studio and invited the movers and shakers in the Hong Kong wine scene to talk about how they see the current status of wine culture in Hong Kong and what the future looks like.
Christian Pillsbury is the Managing Director of Applied Wine – a very interesting company in Hong Kong, basically they help arm restaurants with the best wines from around the world – not just from France – like an outsourced sommelier. A great concept for the exploding wine scene with too much choice by restaurants and bars. Christian talks about how his company works and how he wants to expand Hong Kong wine lists past Bordeaux.
Continue reading »
Friday. 13 May. 2011. 11:31 am
How the seasons affect Hong Kong’s wine palette.
We turned our HOFEX 2011 booth into a Winebuzz TV studio and invited the movers and shakers in the Hong Kong wine scene to talk about how they see the current status of wine culture in Hong Kong and what the future looks like.
Joey Luo the Area Manager for Bacchus Fine Wines came by the Winebuzz.hk booth to give us some insight into the China market, how the Hong Kong market exploded after the tax abolishment and how Burgundy wine is always popular in Hong Kong.
Continue reading »
Loading ...