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Arriving to France Sunday 5 March 2023, I took the train from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Angouleme, 30 km east of Jarnac where the next morning, I had an appointment with Cognac Hine. Although I first visited Jarnac and Cognac 30 years ago, it was only my second visit …

Next week Sunday 19 March 2023, I will be at the stand of UCW UP-Chinese Wine at ProWein Dusssldorf including tutoring a tasting. If you happen to be in Düsseldorf and are interested, come along to H14D38 👋 I share with you my answers to two questions from UCW 🤗 Question: As …

SIBLING RIVALRYPAVILLON ROUGE & BIG SISTER MARGAUX A great terroir needs the weather at its most cooperative to produce exceptional wine. Light and sun at the right time; wind when needed; and rain when precipitation is called for. Put in another way, timing is all-important. At a tasting last week …

Chateau Yquem One of my most memorable assignments took place over the course of a week in May 2014. I was asked by YQUEM to organise and pair five dinners with top influencers and media in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing and Shanghai. The vintages served at the five dinners …

BREAKING NEWS!WELCOME TO SINGAPORE!! If you travel to Singapore on a Chinese, Hong Kong, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, American or British passport, you no longer need to queue up at immigration to be physically processed by an officer. Instead, you can head to the AUTOMATED IMMIGRATION LANES. Here’s the complete list …

Bordeaux Merignac Airport BORDEAUX is one of the most desirable cities to live in France. And to visit on the weekend. Each day, there are about 25 train services between Paris Gare Montparnasse and Bordeaux Gare Saint-Jean. The fastest service is just 2 hours. Bordeaux being so happening, it has also become very connected. …

South Africa produces some of the world’s most commanding brandy. The country’s most demanding quality conscious brandy belong to the organisation CAPE BRANDY, exhibitor at TOK KONG TASTING 2023. Table Mountain • Cape Town

Tok Kong Tasting will take place Sunday 26 November 2023 at The Tower Club. Priced at S$49 nett per person, places are limited. All participants will receive a Riedel Crystal Glass worth S$32. Next Registration • Friday 14 April 2023 • S$43 nett Click photos for photo album of Tok …

Caroline Latrive will bring a wealth of experience and expertise to her next role as Cellarmaster of Champagne Deutz A changing of Cellarmasters will be taking place at Champagne Deutz in the near future. Michel Davesne will be passing the key of the cellars to Caroline Latrive. The duo have …

From this … … to this BREAKING NEWS!SINGAPORE PASSPORT Getting into France will be considerably easier now. If you happen to be travelling on a Singapore passport. You no longer need to queue with most other nationalities in the “manual” lane. Instead, Singapore passport holders can head to the automated …