At a wine tasting event…
…not all who attend are wine nerds. From my own observations, people attend wine tasting events for one of the following reasons: to network (rubbing shoulders with people, and giving out business cards) to be seen (and hopefully photographed!) and heard to drink free wine (or at least drinking wines at reduced costs) to actually want […]
Visited: Champagne Taittinger
September 21st, I made my first ever visit to a Champagne house. Reims, a beautiful city where kings of the past used to be crowned, is where many big Champagne houses are. Epernay, a village not far from Reims, is where one can find smaller (and/or grower) Champagne houses. I took the easy option of taking a […]
d'Arenberg X Saint Pierre
Sometimes stars align, and along comes an invitation to attend a wine dinner at a desirable restaurant with a desirable wine producer… That happened to me last week, when a representative from SUTL asked if I would take up 1 final “media spot” at the d’Arenberg Wine Dinner at Saint Pierre. For me, that was […]
A Vinous Love Affair
So, you love wine? Or, do you love things about wine? This is something I have been thinking about, on and off, for the last couple of years. And my answer to that is: I love all the things wine represent, more than wine itself.
Do you want to build a… wine??
It does not snow in Singapore, so we can’t go out there and build a snowman. It is also impossible to plant decent vineyards here, so we can’t make our own wine. Or, can we now? Yes we can! Not in Singapore though, but you Singapore wine lovers, you now have the opportunity to make your […]
Varietal Celebration Days
If you’re not on Twitter, you may not be aware of the existence of celebration days for some wine-grape varieties. I am talking about such days as “Chardonnay Day”, “Cabernet Day”, “Grenache Day” etc… a day created to promote and celebrate a specific variety. On such days, those who would like to participate are encouraged to […]
Reasonably-priced Wines Showdown
We have not had the chance to cover the slew of new wine retailers (rather, e-tailers) in Singapore. What they have brought to us consumers are lower prices, higher accessibility, and broader range of wines to buy and enjoy. With that partly in mind, and because we have not done this before, the #SgWine crew […]
Gambero Rosso Top Italian Wines Roadshow (SG)
You may have heard of Gambero Rosso, and their recently-held Top Italian Wines road show. Gambero Rosso is an Italian food & wine magazine; Mr X calls it the Decanter of Italy. Relevantly, they write about wines, they review wines, and they dish out wine awards. And, Gambero Rosso is literally “red prawn”, thus their logo. […]
Lunar New Year #SgWine Gathering
[This is a syndicated post, courtesy of Chek Wong, who first posted this on his own blog.] – – – – – – – – – A sommelier, blogger and winemaker walk into a bar. Sounds like the setup for a punchline, but we were really at Praelum Wine Bistro for a #SgWine gathering. It seems that every […]
Le Grappin Tasting 20-Jan
Twitter is a wonderful social media platform. Not only did it allow us #SgWine crew to meet Andrew Nielsen (@legrappin) 2 years ago, it let me on to a tasting session of Le Grappin wines, held on 20-Jan at Caveau Wines + Bar. It’s a good opportunity to finally taste the wines Andrew made, so […]