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COLLIN’S is not letting the lockdown prevent their 12 restaurants across Singapore serving up some outstanding fare. The popular home-grown chain is offering mouth-weathering dishes at deliciously discounted prices from their newly opened NTP+ outlet. If you are busy to pick up your order, delivery is just S$10 nett per location. What’s more, COLLIN’S is also …

Chateau Malartic-Lagraviere is a 53-ha Graves Classified Growth located on a gravel hillock producing white and red wine  HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS CHATEAU MALARTIC-LAGRAVIERE!! For re-opening your tourism activities tomorrow Saturday 29 May 2021. The Bonnie Family property is one of the jewels of Bordeaux’s rich cultural heritage. A Graves Grand Cru Classé …

I am having chicken this coming Sunday for dinner. A GG French Poulet* to be precise. Prepared by IGGY’S, the award-winning restaurant of famed sommelier turned restaurateur Ignatius Chan, a culinary household name in Singapore. Chan has handpicked a white to savour with the roast chicken. A recognised Burgundy expert, I leave it to …

IWA Founder/Maker Richard Geoffroy is a philosopher more than anything else “Owing to the pandemic, I was sadly enough locked down at home, in France, unable to be in Japan for the Assemblage”.  IWA Founder/Maker Richard Geoffroy informs on their website introducing the second IWA5 that was launched last week to …

“No thank you,” Singapore Airlines Chairman Peter Seah I fell off my seat last night when I read the first paragraph of the Business Times. “When Singapore Airlines offered its shareholders the first S$3.5 billion tranche of mandatory convertible bonds (MCBs) last year there were few takers other than Temasek Holdings. Even SIA’s Chairman Peter Seah and …

We have been fans of Mas de Daumas Gassac Rosé Frizant since Basile Guibert served the 2018 vintage at a lunch in December 2019. With the current lockdown in Singapore, that seems like ages ago. The Singapore-based Frenchman is a member of the owning family of what is often referred to as “the Lafite …

SnapShot • Champagne Boizel Florent Roques-Boizel is Managing Director of Champagne Boizel. He had worked with a wine importer in New Zealand and was export manager at Maison Chapoutier in the Rhone Valley before joining the family business in 2010 to take charge of export and relations with winegrowers. Joyau de France – one of the best champagnes …

Duval-Leroy Rosé Prestige Brut Premier Cru Rosé champagne falls into two categories. The first is a light to medium-bodied aperitif style. Billecart-Salmon best exemplifies this. The second is a more “serious” type of Champagne Rosé. While equally enjoyable as an aperitif, this type of “winey” champagne is eminently versatile to pair with …

Since the start of the 4-week lockdown – Sunday 16 May to 13 June 2021 – we have had to postpone three sold-out dinners. Our sincerest apologies for the disappointment caused. RACIST? If you knew a particular Indian or Chinese restaurant is serving food that gives you food poisoning, would …

“My Favourite COLLIN’S Pairing” – sometimes “My Favourite CLAN 7 Pairing” – will appear every Friday. COLLIN’S and CLAN 7 are owned by SF Group of Singapore. There are 12 COLLIN’S restaurants spread across Singapore. This Monday 17 May 2021, the SF Group will launch CLAN 7, their first Chinese restaurant at New Tech …