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The week in pictures: Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s drinks trade was buzzing with excitement from British reggae band UB40’s ‘Red Red Wine’ release to Vinexpo press conference that dissected the intricacies of Chinese wine market to Bond Estates’ media luncheon. Check out the highlights here.

Bordeaux 2017: the conundrum vintage

Returning from the Bordeaux en primeur tastings, many UK merchants seem confident of the quality of the best wines in 2017 and the potential to sell them – but will wariness over the frost-struck vintage, uncertainty over pricing, the spectre of a long campaign and an apathetic market put paid to its chances before the wines are even released?

Moët & Chandon: Champagne pairs best with French fries

Adding to a growing list of ‘low-brow’ food such as popcorn and fish and chips, French fries are yet another pairing perfect for Champagne according to Moët & Chandon, in line with the principle that Champagne’s zesty acidity cuts through the saltiness and fat of junk food.

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10 underappreciated Italian varieties

With thousands of years of wine producing culture dating (possibly) more than 6,000 years, Italy is one of the world’s biggest wine producers and few countries have more indigenous grape varieties than the Mediterranean peninsula. Here we’ve rounded up 10 from Sicily, Sardinia and Piedmont.

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dbHK eats: Fu Rong, a crowd-pleasing Sichuan restaurant

Asian Sparkling Masters 2017: Results and Analysis

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London craft brewery Five Points raises £750,000 for Hackney taproom

Fine wine investment: Sterling’s influence

Spirits brands like Bacardi and Beefeater are abandoning Twitter – here’s why

New wine fountain could be coming to Marlborough in New Zealand

Czech rum gets five year reprieve from EU ban

Ten celebrities who have launched Tequila brands

Plastic straws could be banned throughout England

Fladgate joins in 2016 vintage Port declaration

New on Wine List Confidential: Hide

Harrods sets new benchmark for drinks retailing

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Hong Kong March 2018

Land of the risign malt

Japanese whisky blossoms but can producers meet demand?

Recent Magazine Articles

Lisbon Story

The Douro and Alentejo are probably the first wine areas that spring to mind when it comes to Portugal, but the products of the Lisbon area have many virtues to recommend them.

Top 10 bars and restaurants in Guangzhou and Chengdu

Chengdu and Guangzhou offer wildly different eating and drinking experiences, but both should be on a must-visit list for any visitor to China. We highlight five of the best restaurants and bars in the cities.

Man of action: Adrian Bridge on his passion for Port

The Fladgate Partnership’s CEO, Adrian Bridge, has been a soldier, a bobsledder and a mountaineer, but it is his fight to shake up the Port sector and bring it into the modern world that is his biggest battle to date, writes Lauren Eads.

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Wine

Santa Rita confirms second year at Cumbria Horse Trials

Treasury Wine Estates appoints new CMO

Beam Suntory acquires South Africa’s ABV Brands

Spirits

Canada’s Supreme Court dismisses cross-border ‘free the beer’ case

AB InBev acquires Master of Malt owner

Irish Distillers appoints new distiller at experimental site

Beer

Wimbledon Brewery lands first national deal with Marks & Spencer

CAMRA members reject bid to represent all beer, cider and perry drinkers

Sony sues brewery over Breaking Bad themed beer

Lot pursuit: curating a fine fine auction

The word ‘curate’ may be an overused term today but in the best sense of the word, a fine wine auctioneer curates a sale as surely as someone curates the King Tut exhibition or a Picasso Blue Period retrospective. Roger Morris finds out from Sotheby’s Jamie Ritchie what it takes.

by Roger Morris