What did you have yesterday? Yes. The International Chardonnay Day, celebrated annually on the Thursday before the US Memorial Day thanks...

Cinsault is originally from Southern France, and more specifically from the region between Avignon, Aix and Marseille. It is one of the ...

Margaret River has been my missing piece of the puzzle since my Australia wine trip last year, which has covered Adelaide Hills, Barossa,...

Just as Prosecco is not Champagne, Champagne is not Prosecco! Why? First, Prosecco is made primarily of the Glera grape while Champagne ...

Along with Priorat, Penedès is one of the most important Denominacines de Origen (DOs) within Catalonia, Spain. If wine drinkers think o...

Unlike such more well-known Italian wine regions as Piemonte or Chianti, which are notably considered more conservative and traditional, ...

White wine 'aliens'? In recent years, I have got obsessed with skin-contact white wines, by which I mean those which the winemakers choos...

Food and drinks are the basic necessity for maintaining human lives. However, in this era of digitalization where most people are indulgi...

Thank Michele for inviting me to a dinner at CIAK with each course nicely paired with a wine from Maso Cantanghel - a small but significa...

3 December 2017 Nothing is better than enjoying a cozy afternoon with the family on some nice food and wine! Florence and Katherine, my tw...

1 December 2017 Before yesterday night, I was not fussy at all about choosing glassware for enjoying wine. That may be because in most of...

14 September 2017 Any idea what to drink at dinner tomorrow? It is International Grenache Day tomorrow, occurring annually on the third F...

28 July 2017 Not until today have I successfully made pork belly or pork knuckle with really crispy crackling. Thanks to Kirbie who pos...

18 May 2017 Cabernet Franc is a character actor in Bordeaux or in regions producing Bordeaux blends, where it plays a supporting role by ...

6 May 2017 Last week, I organized a wrestling game with three pinot noir players, respectively from Burgundy, New Zealand and Germany. Th...

17 April 2017 Today 164 years ago, with the support of Mendoza’s Governor Pedro Pascual Segura, a bill for the foundation of a Quinta Nor...

23 March 2017 When choosing Champagne, can you tell the style you want? Last week, I enjoyed WineSPIT’s “Mastering Champagne” workshop wi...

17 March 2017 In terms of global vineyard plantings, Syrah – which is thought to be one of the oldest grape varieties – has jumped from t...

10 March 2017 Wine brings friendship; and my good friends always bring along good wines. Today, I had a lunch with an old friend, each o...

6 March 2017 Today, I joined a vertical tasting hosted by Mr. Frédéric Coulon, owner and winemaker of Domaine de Beaurenard, which has be
 generations in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The pebbles, the 13 grape varieties*, the sun and the Mistral have been joining forces for centuries to give birth to each vintage of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, which is one of the earliest AOCs in France with its status awarded in 1936. In this event, we had Domaine de Beaurenard Châteauneuf-d