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 “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, …

I have tasted 33 wines of the Bordeaux 2020 vintage. Four are whites and, except for five over-extracted, over oaked, over-the-top reds, the rest reminds me of Bordeaux 2001 and 2002. Both those vintages have great freshness and, particularly in the case of 2001, great vitality and greater intensity. I …

    Collin Ho is Founder of COLLIN’S and CEO of SF Group Ltd. The eponymous restaurant chain began as a one-man hawker stall in a coffee shop in 2012. Today, the SF Group Ltd is a multi-million dollar enterprise with restaurants and other F&B concepts throughout Singapore and in Indonesia, Cambodia …

Lustau Palo Cortado Peninsula Palo Cortado is a quirk of nature. But, natural it is. And special. This uber rare Sherry had been originally aged under a flor of yeast to become a Fino or Amontillado. Except, for reason no one knows, the veil of flor disappears. And exposes the …

  Thank you very much Basile for showing the family gems. Back to back Mas de Daumas Gassac Rouge 2009 and 1996. The 2009 is still very youthful, taut with black fruit and locked in tannins. Elder brother 1996 has entered the tertiary plane but with sustained ageing potential. A …

From left: Jimmy Yim SC*, Dr CHONG Yeh Woei, Jason Tang, Albert Toh, and CH’NG Poh Tiong. *SC or Senior Counsel is Singapore’s equivalent of the United Kingdom’s QC or Queen’s Counsel Albert Toh hosted dinner for friends at one of his favourite restaurants, Terra. Located at 45 Tras Street, Chef Proprietor Seita Nakahara describes his …

“Winemaking has been part of our family’s life for more than 14 generations, an occupation deeply rooted in the landscape,” Maria & Josef Maier The first documented mention of the farm we know as Geyerhof – in the village of Oberfucha in Kremstal, Austria – is 1135. Nine hundred years ago, …

 Raul Acha, oenologist of Vintae and Proyecto Garnachas de Espana, has embarked on a mission to save old Garnacha vineyards Garnacha – aka Grenache across the French side – is believed to be Spanish in origin. At one time, the European Union encouraged uprooting vines in many parts of Europe, …