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SINGLE MALT & CHAMPAGNE  Since Le Vigne Singapore made a Special Offer of their Champagne Duval-Leroy Brut at S$55 nett per bottle (normal price is S$88) or S$300 nett per 6-bottle pack on 17 April 2020, they have sold 301 bottles. Last Friday, Le Vigne added Douglas Laing Single Minded 15 Years Single Malt to their Special Offer. A reader scooped up two bottles at S$168 …

Pandemic Update! Italy Re-Opens Beginning Wednesday 3 June 2020, Italy becomes the first in the world to allow visitors into the country without quarantine At the same time, Italians will also be able to travel out of the country from that date without restrictions. Thailand Relaxes As of yesterday, Sunday 17 …

STEVEN SPURRIER Tasting 6 pm • Saturday 6 June 2020   Steven Spurrier at the launch of his biography at 67 Pall Mall, London, in 2018. Wine – A Way of Life (2018) ISBN 978-0-95-623878-8 Wine Exchange Asia, the Singapore distributor of Bride Valley, is organising a virtual tasting with Steven Spurrier, founder/proprietor of the English sparkling …

WORLD WHISKY DAY • 16 MAY 2020 S$268 to S$168! Le Vigne Singapore is making another Special Offer to readers of this website. World Whisky Day is heralded on the third Saturday of May each year. This time around, it will be this Saturday 16 May 2020. (As a Keeper of the Quaich (since 2012), myself feel that …

LOCKDOWN SPECIAL Vintage Club Singapore is making a Lockdown Special to readers of this website.   For just S$150 nett – normal price being S$180 – you can have: 6 Bottles of Any of These: Moulin de Gassac Guilhem Rosé 2018 Moulin de Gassac Sauvignon 2018 Moulin de Gassac Chardonnay 2018 Moulin de Gassc Pinot Noir …

Award-winning photographer Jon Wyand is one of the best in the wine world. His particular speciality is Burgundy, which he first visited in 1979. Wyand’s work is featured in many publications including World of Fine Wine, Wine Spectator, Decanter, and Vigneron. 4 Seasons in Cote Chalonnaise is Jon Wyand’s latest book. If a photo can …

Pandemic Update! GOING DUTCH  A restaurant in Amsterdam has come up with a novel idea to allow customers to dine while social distancing themselves from other customers. The solution? Greenhouses. The project is on trial but Mediamatic ETEN hopes to get approval soon. Reservations are being accepted for the vegan restaurant and …

Lockdown Prices! Vintage Club is a Singapore wholesaler. It is also a distributor, including of Champagne Salon and Mas de Daumas Gassac. Check out their website at www.thevintageclub.sg. Vintage Club is making a Lockdown Special to readers of this website. The offer is good until 1 June 2020.  For just S$150 nett – normal price being S$180 nett – you …

Pandemic Update! Hong Kong is Chinese Cuisine City 2020 of our sister publication 100 Top Chinese Restaurants of the World 2020. Gyms, bars, and cinemas have reopened in Hong Kong since last weekend. Restaurants had stayed opened before that. Congratulations to Hong Kong for having done so well to contain the coronavirus pandemic. With a population of …

 LOCKDOWN SPECIAL Basile Guibert – whose family are owners of famed “Languedoc First Growth Mas de Daumas Gassac” – arrived in Singapore on 13 February 2017 where he and his wife are now based. Guibert travels the region representing his family winery while Marie-Alix de Grully works for HSBC in …