Like mentor, like mentee. Left, Lisa Perotti-Brown and Robert Parker (right) LISA PEROTTI-BROWN • TELL IT LIKE IT ISBY CH’NG Poh Tiong Ten years ago in 2012, Robert Parker sold the Wine Advocate. Founded in 1978, the American lawyer was inspired by the activist Ralph Nader who – in the words of http://robertparker.com/ – ‘“out” …

Vintage 1976 was a heatwave. Paradoxically, when it becomes severely hot, the vine – and other plants – shuts down in order to preserve energy. The shutting down arrests the ripening process since ripening requires the vine to exert energy. So, while we may have alcohol ripeness, there is a …

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“In 2021, while the world was distracted by the battle against Covid, Mother Nature engineered a series of weather setbacks to negate the effects of global warming, thereby ensuring it was impossible to make overly alcoholic wine.” That is part of what I wrote in my latest Sinophile column in …

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WELCOME TO EDITION 840 of GRAPEVINE PAYMENT IS CONFIRMATION We have started promoting ICCCW Masterclasses. All six will take place Saturday 26 November 2022 at the Tudor Ballroom, Goodwood Park. International Congress of Chinese Cuisine was founded in 2008 – the inaugural edition took place in Beijing – and then had lapsed for a few …

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BLACK MUSSELS CASSEROLE (S$17++) is in a Vegetable Ragout served with Homemade Garlic Bread. Chardonnay is a delicious pairing with the shellfish and vegetable as the sauce is creamy. We have two versions of this white wine. DOMAINE MAURICE TREMBLAY CHABLIS 2020 (S$85 ++) is unoaked. The white Burgundy is loaded with …