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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 …

“Found this restaurant from your website … La Stella by Tamaya! Amazing place … nice service, nice glassware … Thank you for your recommendation! We brought our own wine to enjoy here … the wine list is very reasonably priced also … with the food quality and wine selection … …

The Abrigo Family. From left, Paola & Giorgio with their children Giulio, Angelica and Sergio Barolo and Barbaresco are two of Italy’s greatest reds. Produced entirely from Nebbiolo, such is the whirlwind worldwide demand, some of the wines are now sold as futures or en primeurs like top Bordeaux. While not suggesting Dolcetto approaches the …

Problems for Singapore Press Holdings CEO of Singapore Press Holdings NG Yat Chung apologized on Saturday 8 May 2021. A day after a vast number of civic-, fair-minded Singaporeans took umbrage at him, for him taking umbrage at the innocent question a young woman journalist posed during a news conference. …

 “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 which recently approached me to compile their wine lists. CLAN 7 is slotted to open on 17 May. “Mixed Grill” comprises grilled chicken …

There cannot be any doubt – certainly after when the wines are released – that 2008 and 2002 are two of the greatest vintages Champagne has produced. Over the last few years, some winemakers have been voicing greater and greater regard for the younger champagne. Comparing two wines six years …

Champagne Delamotte Blanc de Blancs 2008 This was a show stealer at dinner on Wednesday 28 April. The bearer of this gift of a wine was good friend Albert Chuang. Remarkably, after 13 years, the bright straw complexion still has a tinge of green. On the nose, floral including geranium, …