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Our wine pick this week is one of Italy’s most famous sparkling wine.Paolo Gorreri is the Manager of Grissini at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. This week for Winebuzz.hk’s expert wine picks, he selects a Franciacorta Cuvee Ca Del Bosco 2004.Franciacorta Spumante is one of the most appreciated s...
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Winebuzz.hk Expert Wine Picks: Brut Franciacorta Cuvee Ca Del Bosco 2004
Our wine pick this week is one of Italy’s most famous sparkling wine. Paolo Gorreri is the Manager of Grissini at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. This week for Winebuzz.hk’s expert wine picks, he selects a Franciacorta Cuvee Ca Del Bosco 2004. Franciacorta Spumante is one o...f the most appreciated sparkling wines from Italy and the best alternative to Champagne.
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Published:2009-12-30 03:00:40 GMT
Celebrate New Year’s in Hong Kong with a vintage wine.With New Year’s Eve just around the corner, picking a good bottle of wine is always a good idea, provided you know what to pick.Celebration usually marks an event that is dear to us and to our host. Choosing a bottle of vintage wine from...
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Winebuzz.hk 101 Ways to Celebrate the New Year
Celebrate the New Year in style. With New Year’s Eve just around the corner, picking a good bottle of wine is always a good idea, provided you know what to pick. Celebration usually marks an event that is dear to us and to our host. Choosing a bottle of vintage wine fr...om the year that is most important to you or the recipient – ie the year that marked the beginning of something
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Published:2009-12-28 02:14:56 GMT
Okay we admit, we’re a little late on this one.Bonhams auction house can be credited for being the first in Asia to hold a whisky auction. The auction held on November 27, 2009 sold 100% of their lots achieving a total sale of HK$609,990. Bonham offered over 150 lots from the Willard S.Fol...
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Winebuzz.hk Bonhams First Whisky Auction In Hong Kong
Okay we admit, we’re a little late on this one. Bonhams auction house can be credited for being the first in Asia to hold a whisky auction. The auction held on November 27, 2009 sold 100% of their lots achieving a total sale of HK$609,990. Bonham offered over 150 lots... from the Willard S.Folsom Collection of Old and Rare Whiskies consisting of single malt whiskies.
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Published:2009-12-24 04:31:43 GMT
New Italian restaurant and wine bar opens in the new iSquare.The new iSquare, located in Tsim Sha Tsui, is the new home of Carpaccio. This pasta, pizza and wine shop is brought to you by the DiVino Group to offer casual, fast dining morning, noon or night. Italian tastes made with fresh ingredien...
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Winebuzz.hk Carpaccio Brings Traditional Italian Eats to Tsim Sha Tsui
New Italian restaurant and wine bar opens in the new iSquare. The new iSquare, located in Tsim Sha Tsui, is the new home of Carpaccio. This pasta, pizza and wine shop is brought to you by the DiVino Group to offer casual, fast dining morning, noon or night. Italian tas...tes made with fresh ingredients are the highlight of every dish.
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Published:2009-12-22 03:15:46 GMT
Mr. Rene Wong talks about first and second growth Bordeaux wines.As a French expatriate in Hong Kong for 5 years now, I have observed the beginning of the wine business back from 2004 when interest for wine was just embryonic and wine tax was astronomical compared to today when the tax has been a...
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Winebuzz.hk First and Second Growth Wines, A World of Difference
Mr. Rene Wong talks about first and second growth Bordeaux wines. As a French expatriate in Hong Kong for 5 years now, I have observed the beginning of the wine business back from 2004 when interest for wine was just embryonic and wine tax was astronomical compared to ...today when the tax has been abolished and wine is a popular subject of discussion and consumption.
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Published:2009-12-21 07:00:20 GMT
The future of guaranteeing online wine buying is here.Want to make sure the fine bottle of wine you purchase online is authentic, with just the right provenance? Thanks to a new online service for Internet buyers, you can now trace the bottles you buy. Every bottle you purchase through Bordeaux P...
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Let’s count the wine money coming into Hong Kong.There’s nothing wrong with Hong Kong’s wine economy – in fact, it’s soaring! In the first nine months of 2009, HK$2.71 billion in revenue was brought in, representing a huge jump of 41% from 2008. The sales totals from fourteen wi...
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Winebuzz.hk Online Wine Shoppers will Get the Real Thing from Bordeaux Provenance
The future of guaranteeing online wine buying is here. Want to make sure the fine bottle of wine you purchase online is authentic, with just the right provenance? Thanks to a new online service for Internet buyers, you can now trace the bottles you buy. Every bottle you... purchase through Bordeaux Provenance is guaranteed to arrive to you in the best condition. The wines are all stored in the Bordeaux Winebank after they’re
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Published:2009-12-18 04:35:35 GMT
Winebuzz.hk Hong Kong Wine Economy on the Rise
Let’s count the wine money coming into Hong Kong. There’s nothing wrong with Hong Kong’s wine economy – in fact, it’s soaring! In the first nine months of 2009, HK$2.71 billion in revenue was brought in, representing a huge jump of 41% from 2008. The sales totals from ...fourteen wine auctions in the past year have reached HK$496 million.
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Posted:2009-12-18 02:17:48 GMT
Next big wine auction is set for January 23, 2010.Sotheby’s will have the honor of hosting the first wine auction of the new year, an event which will take place at the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. It will be the fourth installment in the Classic Cellar from A Great American Collection wine au...
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Winebuzz.hk Sotheby’s Kicks-Off 2010 with Classic Cellar Wine Auction in Hong Kong
Next big wine auction is set for January 23, 2010. Sotheby’s will have the honor of hosting the first wine auction of the new year, an event which will take place at the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. It will be the fourth installment in the Classic Cellar from A Great American Collection wine auction series.
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Posted:2009-12-17 05:02:05 GMT
Find the best Italy has to offer in Wan Chai.Looking for something more Italian for your wine this holiday? You might find what you’re looking for at First Wine, a wine company importing Italian fine wines from boutique wineries and bringing them to Hong Kong. Winebuzz.hk recently sat down ...
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Winebuzz.hk ‘First Wine’ Brings A Fine Selection of Boutique Italian Wine to Wan Chai
Find the best Italy has to offer in Wan Chai. Looking for something more Italian for your wine this holiday? You might find what you’re looking for at First Wine, a wine company importing Italian fine wines from boutique wineries and bringing them to Hong Kong. Winebuzz.hk recently sat down with Mr.
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Posted:2009-12-16 03:15:35 GMT
The Japanese move into the Hong Kong and China wine scene.Fine wine and fine spirits can mix well in certain circumstances.Japanese whiskey, brandy, spirits, liquers and brewery and every-other-type-of-beverage company Suntory Holdings has purchased an 80% stake in Hong Kong’s ASC Fine Wines Hold...
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Winebuzz.hk Suntory Buys Majority of ASC Fine Wines
The Japanese move into the Hong Kong and China wine scene. Fine wine and fine spirits can mix well in certain circumstances. Japanese whiskey, brandy, spirits, liquers and brewery and every-other-type-of-beverage company Suntory Holdings has purchased an 80% stake in H...ong Kong’s ASC Fine Wines Holdings. Though no details of the deal have been made public, analysts estimate the transaction at US$55 million. ASC has been a presence in Hong Kong since 1996, offering
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Posted:2009-12-15 02:36:00 GMT
A rare gift for Christmas.This Christmas, if you’re looking for special gift to someone important in your life, consider a bottle of Bordeaux vintage wine in the year he or she was born. Each bottle is a piece of history and just gets rarer with each passing day, as it is impossible to go ...
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BBR introduces 12 Winemakers to Hong Kong to showcase over 100 wines.Berry Bros. and Rudd, Hong Kong’s leading wine and spirits merchant, hosted an exclusive tasting to showcase wines from some of the world’s most exciting and acclaimed wine producers.BBR brought 12 wine producers to Hong Kong e...
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Winebuzz.hk Give A Bottle of History From Bacchus & Century This Christmas
A rare gift for Christmas. This Christmas, if you’re looking for special gift to someone important in your life, consider a bottle of Bordeaux vintage wine in the year he or she was born. Each bottle is a piece of history and just gets rarer with each passing day, as ...it is impossible to go back in time to recreate the same bottle of wine. Weather you love French vintage wines and would
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Posted:2009-12-14 03:50:24 GMT
Winebuzz.hk Berry Bros. and Rudd Host Exclusive Hong Kong Wine Tasting Event
BBR introduces 12 Winemakers to Hong Kong to showcase over 100 wines. Berry Bros. and Rudd, Hong Kong’s leading wine and spirits merchant, hosted an exclusive tasting to showcase wines from some of the world’s most exciting and acclaimed wine producers. BBR brought 12... wine producers to Hong Kong especially to showcase their wines to more than 400 guests, including members of the trade and their direct customers.
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Posted:2009-12-14 02:04:59 GMT
Island Shangri-la’s Head Sommelier picks a South African wine.Nicolas Pierron is Island Shangri-La’s Head Sommelier. This week for WInebuzz.hk’s expert wine picks, he selects a Pinotage from Top of the Hill, South Africa.Top of the Hill is only produced in exceptional vintages ...
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Winebuzz.hk Expert Wine Picks: Top of The Hill Pinotage 2002
Island Shangri-la’s Head Sommelier picks a South African wine. Nicolas Pierron is Island Shangri-La’s Head Sommelier. This week for WInebuzz.hk’s expert wine picks, he selects a Pinotage from Top of the Hill, South Africa. Top of the Hill is only produced in exception...al vintages and only when the current, ninth generation winemaker, Daniel de Waal deems it suitable for release. The name, Top of the Hill is derived from the fact that the
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Posted:2009-12-11 02:17:14 GMT
Learn what you need to know when reading your next wine label.Whether you know it or not, there’s a lot of information on every single wine label.From that little piece of paper alone, you can learn many things about what you’re about to drink. Many wines, for instance, will have an Appellation d...
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Winebuzz.hk Wine 101: How to Read A Wine Label
Learn what you need to know when reading your next wine label. Whether you know it or not, there’s a lot of information on every single wine label. From that little piece of paper alone, you can learn many things about what you’re about to drink. Many wines, for instan...ce, will have an Appellation d’Origine Controlee, which shows the region where the wine was made.
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Posted:2009-12-10 02:11:58 GMT
Are you following us on Twitter for even more wine stories?Just in case you haven’t noticed, we at Winebuzz.hk supplement alot of wine news that go beyond what you see here at the blog on Twitter. If you are on Twitter please do start following us @winebuzzhk, but if you don’t we̵...
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Winebuzz.hk Wine Social Networking and Other Stories
Are you following us on Twitter for even more wine stories? Just in case you haven’t noticed, we at Winebuzz.hk supplement alot of wine news that go beyond what you see here at the blog on Twitter. If you are on Twitter please do start following us @winebuzzhk, but if ...you don’t we’ll be plucking out the more interesting wine tweets and featuring them in a weekly round-up: A Taste of Freshness with...
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Posted:2009-12-09 09:44:50 GMT
A Hong Kong wine shop unlike any.Bacchus & Century opens its doors this weekend, to what may be the first luxury wine boutique of its kind in the world.The brainchild of two Hong Kong Chinese French partners, Eric Liu (photo below) and Rene Wong whose passion for French wine have led them to ...
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