Brandy, Armagnac & Cognac aficionados are well aware South Africa, Spain and France produce most of the greatest brandies in the world. These great eaux-de-vies, once tasted, never forgotten. For the first time together at a public tasting in Singapore. Three top brandies exclusively flown in from South Africa at …

Sketch covers two floors of a converted 18th century site at 9 Conduit Street in fashionable Mayfair, London. It was established by Algerian-born Mourad Mazouz in 2003. Head Chef is Frenchman Pierre Gagnaire. Sketch has five eateries, three of which are restaurants. These are Lecture Room & Library, Gallery and Parlour. Lecture Room & …

From left, Disciples of Escoffier International Singapore Delegation President Edmund Toh, YTE Singapore 2022 Winner HO Jia Yi, and Guest-of-Honour Darryl David, Member of Parliament, Ang Mo Kio GRC Disciples of Escoffier International Singapore Delegation hosted a fund-raiser dinner at PATH in Marina Bay Financial Centre on 19 September 2022. Chef Partner Owner …

“2019 delivers some fantastic wines, both white and red … Harmony, balance and freshness are definitely the hallmarks … The reds show fine, integrated tannins and bright finishes …extremely aromatic and perfumed from the outset, with complexity in fruit and soil-derived nuances such as flowers, wet earth, mushrooms and bark …

Les Crayeres, in Reims, has been named Wine List of the Year in the prestigious World of Fine Wine Best Wine Lists of the World Competition 2022. Regarded by many as the finest restaurant in Champagne, Les Crayeres taking the top prize also means it is the first time a French restaurant has …

A day – first visit, pre COVID, in 2019 – in the seaside town of Grau du Roi, 35 km south-west of Montpellier. Had lunch at Le Vivier, best seafood restaurant in the area. Domaine Gaujal’s Excellence de Ludovic is one of the world’s greatest Picpoul, aka Gros Plant and …

Un grand merci Patrice and Kalina for taking me out to see the harvest on a glorious day in FRAPIN’s 240-hectare vineyard in Cognac’s most treasured winegrowing region, la Grande Champagne. And to taste vins clairs from both Folignan and Ugni Blanc. What an absolute treat and revelation ??? (Original …

Patrice Piveteau is one of the most respected and complete grand masters of cognac.  About half his lifetime ago in 1991, he joined bejewelled Cognac Frapin as Vineyard Manager. Was later promoted to Master Blender and finally Cellarmaster, the person who holds the key to “Paradis”.  You transform from a …

A great afternoon with Edouard Braastad, Sales Director of his family owned Cognacs Braastad and Tiffon, the former from his Norwegian family side, and the latter originally from his French grandmother clan. His family acquired Chateau de Triac (not far from Jarnac) more than 70 years ago. Alexis Gonzalez joined …

Thank you again Edouard and Alexis for devoting an afternoon to your Singapore visitor. The offices, cuverie, distillery, and cellars by the Charente in Jarnac are full of colour, character and personality. The vineyards next to Chateau de Triac were bathed in glorious sunshine. What enviable treasures Cognacs Braastad and …