Top ‘bullish’ wines for Chinese Year of Ox
We have rounded up top “bullish” wines from France, Italy, Spain and Australia to ring in upcoming Chinese Year of Ox.
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Mr. Clean plays dirty
Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz breaks with tradition and offers us Avaline, a “clean” wine. Is it revolutionary or a marketing scam?
The blind leading the blind
Italian fine wine industry is now waist deep in uncharted waters with the coronavirus pandemic. The vintners might be theContinue Reading
What’s pouring in Hong Kong
Here are pictorial highlights from Hong Kong’s wine trade. Sarah Heller MW led Sangiovese masterclass, James Suckling tasting, Avignonesi media lunch, Chadwick wine dinner and more.
People on the move: China
Key personnel changes in China’s wine market that included recent leadership change at ASC Fine Wines and Italian winery Avignonesi.
The clash of Sangiovese
In its spiritual home of Tuscany, Sangiovese’s quality seems to be preordained in the order of the more fleshed Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico, and then the least known Nobile. Blind tasting results in Hong Kong however proved otherwise.
Italy’s Avignonesi winery launches amphora-aged wine
Avignonesi, the leading Italian Nobile producer in Montepulciano in Tuscany, has unveiled a new wine aged in terracotta container or amphora called ‘Da-Di’, the Chinese name for earth.