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Wineck-Schlossberg: turning Alsace’s ‘Corner of Wine’

Wineck-Schlossberg, Alsace’s ‘ Wine Corner’ Domaine Paul Blanck, Wineck-Schlossberg Grand Cru, Pinot Gris, 2017 Wineck-Schlossberg GRAND CRU The Wineck Schlossberg Grand Cru appellation is located in the communes of Katzenthal and Ammerschwihr, in the Haut-Rhin department of...

Breakfast with Vibol

  Breakfast with Vibol Vibol Thach is a resolute and passionate man of wine, a proud Cambodian who lived much of his early life in France, (where he still visits regularly) before returning to Cambodia...

In the Mood

Zest & the Baron    In the Mood Hong Kong Island: I wound my way down Hennessey Road on an impossibly thin, old, ‘double-decker’ tram, the carriage made of ancient wood, worn down to the...

Consecration Wine

Consecration Wine " I made Versailles for my Court, Marly for my friends and Trianon for myself. " Louis XIV, The Sun King   Versailles The Grand Trianon is a French Baroque-style chateau set within its own park,...

The Cook, the Coach, the Wife and a Love of Wine

  The Cook, the Coach, the Wife and a Love of Wine   The Valentine’s Day Massacre An invitation from Cambodia’s Wine Warehouse team was simply too good to refuse; a wine pairing dinner at the...

Bordeaux, Asia Tour 2022

  Bordeaux, Asia Tour 2022 - Maison Ginestet - Warehouse Tasted on the 39th floor of the Rosewood Hotel, Phnom Penh Cambodia on the 25th of November 2022   Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion – Pessac Leognan The property...

The Art of Camembert

  The Art of Camembert   “Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!” Michael Leunig   It was over half a century ago, 1966...

The Cardinal’s Slipper

The Cardinal’s Slipper Pantoufle du Cardinal   “Wine is the intellectual part of a meal while meat is the material.” Alexandre Dumas   Dumas The name Alexandre Dumas is writ large across French history through the late 18th and the 19th...

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