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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 …

YES. The answer applies to Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, the first two approved by America’s Centers for Disease Control & Prevention or CDC. In the first place, research carried out on the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines did not require trial participants to avoid alcohol. Their findings also did not mention people having issues after drinking. “There is …

From left: CH’NG Poh Tiong, Manager Sommelier Aoki Shotaro, Albert Toh, Chef Proprietor Seita Nakahara, and Dr CHONG Yeh Woei Albert Toh hosted friends to one of his favourite restaurants. Terra on 54 Tras Street is on the fringe of Chinatown and Singapore’s Central Business District. Terra is an Italian Japanese restaurant. Their website …

Borgogno Langhe Era Ora Riesling 2018 Riesling from Piedmont? Wine not? Good things come to those who wait. “Era Ora” can be translated as “About Time” or “It was Time”. Is it because Borgogno traces its origins 260 years back to 1761 and the first vintage of Era Ora was …

Two years ago to this date – 26 March 2019 – I was driving through Champagne. Spring had broken and blossoms were everywhere. Although none were on the trees on this hillside, I had to stop because it was just so beautiful, the vines, trees, blue skies, and clouds which were, …

Champagne Perrier-Jouet was poured at a wedding I attended last Saturday 20 March 2021. The millions of bubbles lifted spirits to a very tall order. From left, LOCK Wai Han, Yohann Guilloux, Marie Deloffre, S H Lim, Mona Fong, and CH’NG Poh Tiong

Eric Li (above) is back at Waku Ghin as their Chef Sommelier. The award-winning restaurant of Tetsuya Wakuda re-opened on 1 March 2021 in a new location within Marina Bay Sands. It is now considerably larger than its former space. Waku Ghin’s new location is next to Imperial Treasure. I first met Eric Li in 2009. …

From left, CH’NG Poh Tiong, Marcel Bertaud, Andre & Doreen Maniam, Alfred Leung, Mona Fong, Randall Tan, and Kenny Leung Imperial Treasure Founder Alfred Leung hosted dinner for friends in Super Peking Duck Paragon last Monday 22 March 2021. The group’s first outlet opened in Singapore in 2004. Imperial Treasure has since sprouted …

Created in 1968, Laurent-Perrier Rosé remains the benchmark with which others are measured against. A pure 100% Pinot Noir, the pink ruby complexion is derived from macerating the grapes for 48 to 72 hours. This method is referred to as saignee or bleeding (the alternative being to add some still red wine to white). …

The ages – and hairstyles – of Penfolds Chief Winemaker Peter Gago Peter Gago has so many arrows in his quiver, one might think there is nothing we don’t already know about him. Respected internationally as an accomplished winemaker and incredibly articulate communicator, what escapes most of us is that when …