Tag Archives: White

My favourite Chardonnay is a Chablis. Anyone truly interested in learning about terroir must get to know this pristine white wine. There are great chardonnays produced outside Burgundy but no one in the rest of the Old and New World has succeeded in anything that reminds of this unique region of France …

Wines of the Day Last Saturday, 8 June 2019, I hosted dinner for two friends who were visiting Singapore. I have known Pascal Jolivet for some 30 years and who first visited Singapore around that time. Although he started in wine as a merchant, Pascal created his own brand and …

2018 is one of the best vintages in Chile. Apart from the grapes being fully ripened and concentrated, the corresponding coolness also preserved, even enhanced, freshness. This Sauvignon is delicious proof of that. The new silk screen bottle – and on screw cap – announces that all that pent-up fruitiness …

5 STARS Domaine de Chevalier White 2018 Every vintage, three whites are always at the top. Haut-Brion, La Mission and Domaine de Chevalier. You may also mistake them – particularly in hot years – for being great Burgundies when the whites are 25, 30 and more years old. With this …

Japanese drinks giant Suntory’s Tomi No Oka winery, at its highest point, is 600 metres above sea level. Apart from producing single vineyard Koshu and red Bordeaux blends, it also has stunning views of Mount Fuji. It is my belief that Koshu, the grape, originates from China. Between 630 and 838, …

The range of wines known as Clarendelle, Inspired by Haut-Brion, has a new look. Created in 2005, the re-launched labels cover the entire range of the family of premium Bordeaux wines: red, white and rosé, and Amberwine from the Monbazillac appellation. Prince Robert of Luxembourg – photographed here at Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion – is …

Montecillo is the oldest winery in the town of Fuenmayor.  Founded in 1870, it is also the third oldest winery in La Rioja. Fuenmayor is just 12 kilometres or 15 minutes by car west of Logrono, the capital of La Rioja. Montecillo is part of the Osborne Group, one of …

Chablis and Macon are two of the best-value white Burgundy. One reason for their wonderful value and price ratio is that the vast majority are produced without any oak contact (a new French oak barrique forwhite wine costs around US$600). Macon and Chablis also provide the beginner and true wine …

Bright light straw. The nose and palate are one and the same, a weave of apple/pear/melon/citrus/vanilla. Elegant, fresh, subtle, and tensioned. Expertly balanced. Medium-plus-ish bodied. I am a big fanof Bob Cartwright, who was headwinemaker at Leeuwin Estate from 1978 until he retired in September 2005, an impressive portfolio of …

Welcome to EDITION 714 of GRAPEVINE Janelle Koh of Bottles & Bottles, the company that distributes the 12 wines on the wine list of Silkroad, with Peter Yeong, Food & Beverage Manager of Amara Hotel. Last 15 August 2018, we wrote on this website that Element on Tras, the all-day dining restaurant …