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News and trends in luxury wine and spirits
Kent is becoming the Wine Garden of England, with more and more vineyards offering tastings and tours. In Cliff Buddle’s early days in Hong Kong, a decent drop was hard to find – but worth the effort.
Brice de La Morandière was running a business in China when he got the call to succeed his aunt as head of biodynamic winery Domaine Leflaive in Burgundy. By learning on the job he’s put his mark on it.
From grilled marron with kombu beurre blanc at Burnt Ends to sushi at Hamamoto and Cote Korean Steakhouse for quality barbecue, here’s where Han eats when she’s not posting cooking content to her IG
The second day of Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia on Sunday focused on positive aspects of the bilateral relationship.
The concept sees precious wines matched to gems according to their characteristics – for example, Amelia chardonnay is paired with lapis lazuli, both originating in Chile’s Limarí Valley
Speculation over the possibility of Beijing imposing tariffs on European wine is seen as a golden opportunity for the Australian wine industry to get back in after a three-year dry spell.
Chinese premium wineries are edging into the domestic market despite a limited presence at Vinexpo Asia in Hong Kong last week.
It is an indisputable fact that there’s nothing better than a cold beer on a hot day. Now it can be backed up with science.
Fans of single malt Scotch whisky can savour cocktails at The Macallan Whisky Bar & Lounge at Galaxy Macau created to mark the Macallan distillery’s 200th year. Old bottles of whisky are on show too.
Japan is known for its innovative companies and whether they’re in fashion, technology or an industry in between, the CEOs of these forward-thinking firms are among the country’s richest residents
After Beijing’s recent lifting of crippling wine tariffs that had been in effect since early in the pandemic, Chinese customers will need to be convinced to buy new stocks of Australian wine.
The inaugural Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards saw more than 700 submissions from nearly 200 wineries, with prizes for best wine overall and in categories for red, white, sweet, best value and more.
In Argentina no industry can escape its high inflation, but in Buenos Aires cocktail bars are overcoming supply problems by using alternative local ingredients to create new cocktails and vermouths.
With themes from colonial opium dens to 1970s hip-hop to post-World War II, these six Singapore speakeasies are some of the best hidden bars in the Lion City – and here’s how to find them.
Bar food meant chicken wings, fries and sliders until recently, but customers’ evolving demands have driven cocktail bars to up their food game with finer ingredients – and it makes economic sense.
The move had been widely expected this month, and a formal announcement from Chinese commerce authorities shows how much ties with Canberra have improved in the past year.
Winemakers around the world are ripping out vines in the face of higher production costs, reduced demand and falling prices, and replacing them with alternative crops.
Removing the import taxes would help revive a billion-dollar Australian market and put an end to Beijing’s years-long campaign of punitive trade actions
As demand for Korean spirit soju surges at some of the World’s 50 Best Bars, we look at how a new generation of artisans is distilling craft versions and making waves from Hong Kong to New York.
Baijiu, China’s ‘white spirit’, has long been seen as uncool by its young people, but hip cocktail bars specialising in the spirit, and a change in how it’s marketed, are altering that.
Some of the world’s biggest stars have invested in vineyards and winemaking businesses over the years – so who’s taking it seriously and who bought on a whim?
Expert wine fraud detector Maureen Downey has worked on high-profile cases including those of Rudy Kurniawan and Hardy Rodenstock, and will host authentication workshops in Hong Kong from March 2-4.
Serving great wines with a food menu to match, these three wine bars in Hong Kong and Singapore show the oh-so-serious business is finally shedding its elitist image and becoming more welcoming.
The country estate has farmland, forest and a river for trout fishing – with visitors invited to tour the brewery and distillery, or book a room at the pub
International wine club 67 Pall Mall has launched its first membership programme in Hong Kong, and for an annual fee of US$1,900, members can access high-end events and tastings in the city.
China is conducting a review into its tariffs on Australian wine, and expectations are rife that levies will be removed next month, with Treasury Wine Estates planning to reallocate stock from other global markets.
Fed up with drinking gallons of regular tea during Lunar New Year celebrations? Try mixing things up a bit while seeing in the Year of the Dragon with these sparkling tea cocktails.