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Caught in “friendly fire” when I was shooting the bottle, Assistant Features Editor of Prestige Annabel Tan and Sebastien Papin, Director Asia/Pacific Champagne Billecart-Salmon Starting today – Friday 23 April 2021 – La Dame de Pic • Raffles Singapore kicks off a two-month promotion in which guests will be the only people in Singapore …

La Stella General Manager Ken Kawako was 10 years with SALT (including in Australia) until it closed its Singapore outlet in ION FREE CORKAGE A One-Night Stand 6.30 pm Tuesday 4 May 2021 La Stella by Tamaya • www.lastellasg.com Level 2 • 45 Cuppage Terrace $88 nett per person (participants BYO …

Highland Park Senior Brand Ambassador Martin Markvardsen Of the three expressions in Highland Park Viking Legend series, the second – Valknut – is my favourite. The word translates as “knot of those slain in battle”. Valknut celebrates camaraderie, union of purpose, a shared destiny. In 2019, Valknut won Double Gold …

From left, Jerry Xu, Katharine Liang & Allen Chang, YIP Yew Chong, CHEONG Hai Poh, Albert Toh,  M K Ang, and Michael Chong Our inaugural Chinese Art • Champagne • Bordeaux Dinner took place Wednesday 14 April 2021 in the Chong Qing Private Room of Min Jiang, Goodwood Park Hotel Singapore. The food and …

Geyer Hof Hoher Rain Gruner Veltliner Kremstal 2019 The estate in the little village of Oberfucha in Kremstal, Austria, has origins going back almost 800 years. Since 1988, the 23-hectare vineyard and 27 hectares of arable land have been farmed organically.  Just as in the past, hedgerows, cattle, pigs, chickens …

Find your own picnic spot We don’t have to wait to establish a travel bubble with Australia to enjoy a bottle – or three – of the country’s wines. The Southern Forests  – a sub-region of Australia’s South West –  has distinguished itself for Pinot Noir. Manjimup – also in the South West – has …

Champagne Laurent-Perrier 2008 This was the stand-out wine at my inaugural tasting for the committee members of Disciples of Escoffier Singapore on Tuesday 6 April. Admittedly, the following wine – Grand Siecle N° 24 – was very closed, wound up and tight that afternoon. As soon as we nosed 2008, we knew it was going …

Borgogno has a history travelling back to 1761 Borgogno – with a history reputed to stretch back to 1761 –  is Barolo’s most historical wine. More recently in the 19th Century – 1861 to be exact – Borgogno Barolo was served at lunch in Piedmont to celebration the unification of Italy. Today, the …

Veteran hotelier CHEONG Hai Poh became General Manager of the iconic Goodwood Park Hotel on 1 February 2021. Prior to that, he was General Manager of Pan Pacific Yangon, Myanmar. The President of the International Food & Beverage Management of IFBA has more than 30 years experience in the hospitality industry. Cheong has also …

CHAN Wai Xin – a leading expert on Italian wine – is the lecturer for Singapore’s first instructor-led Italian Wine Scholar program. Chan is an IT consultant and lectures on the subject at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. He is also a Certified Wine Educator (CWE) of Society of Wine Educators and one of just 14 people to hold the …