Yearly Archives: 2022

Year of the Tiger at Collin’s

Celebrate two versions of Yu Sheng at COLLIN’S this Lunar New Year. You can choose between two toppings. Tiger Prawns (S$58.80++) or Baby Abalone (S$78.80++) Receive a S$20 COLLIN’S dining voucher with every order. The validity period is 24 January to 15 February 2022. Both versions of Yu Sheng are paired with a zesty vinaigrette and …

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Hennessy • Chinese New Year 2022

Hennessy ushers in the festive season around Chinese New Year with artwork by ZHANG Enli, a Shanghai-based artist born in Jilin, China, in 1965. One of China’s most important contemporary artists, ZHANG Enli works with everyday objects — a piece of string, a length of pipe, an electric wire, some …

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Provetto Selezione Speciale Spumante Bianco Brut

Every bottle of Provetto wears a “Fortune” charm Pour some “Fortune” this Year of the Tiger Provetto Selezione Speciale Spumante Bianco Brut This Spanish Sparkling or Spumante won Silver Medal at Germany’s Mundus Vini 2019, one of the world’s leading wine competitions. The vineyard is in Castilla-La Mancha and the wine produced from …

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My Favourite Collin’s Pairing

Charcoal Grilled Surume Ika (S$17++) comes with a teriyaki sauce. The Japanese squid pairs deliciously with two whites. Geyerhof Ried Hoher Rain Kremstal Gruner Veltliner 2019/2020 (S$85++) is an  Austrian estate in Kremstal which origins go back nearly 800 years. Organic since 1988, this vegan-friendly white has peachy/tropical fruit and a creamy texture that …

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Wine of the Week • 5 January 2022

Sterpi 2018 Flashback 1 February 2020. Visiting the home in Monleale of Walter Massa, the high priest of Timorraso, the ancient Piemontese white variety that he – together with childhood friend Osvaldo Forlino of No Menu Restaurant – helped save 1 January 2022. Savouring the single-vineyard Sterpi. After whole bunch …

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New Company in Bordeaux

Jacques Thienpont (right) has appointed Diana Berrouet Garcia (left) as the managing director of his new company Jacques Thienpont has announced the appointment of Diana Berrouet Garcia as managing director of the newly formed company Domaines Jacques Thienpont. Berrouet Garcia will take over many of the roles that Thienpont had undertaken in the development …

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Attacks on Singapore Banking System

WELCOME TO EDITION 832 of GRAPEVINE   Customers have been cheated of more than S$8.5 million in the last three weeks I hope 2022 has gotten off to a good start for you. Unless, of course, you are one of the nearly 500 OCBC – Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation – customers who were cheated out of more …

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