I decided to take it easy today and join the Sud de France’s organised tour. The highlight of today would be the Pont du Gard, one of the finest and best preserved part of the aqueduct built in AD 52 to bring water from a spring near Uzes to Nimes. The water crosses the Gardon […]

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I’m now in France at Sud de France wine tasting in Montpellier town. The weather was not too bad when I arrived (sunny at about 7 degrees Celcius) although I pity the people who were affected by the storm - about 1 million people around this region were affected and are living without electricity now. […]

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what do you do when you visit a new place? try their alcohol of course! I just got back from Shanghai and Hangzhou and was quite suprised to find their locally brewed beer in hangzhou.

Picture taken from Bar Rouge - a great view from the Bund! Unfortunately, it was not conducive to sit outside that […]

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Wine for Asia is held each year in Singapore, and the highlight of each year would be some tasting by a key person (like Stephen Henschke this year) and Poh Tiong’s booth. Being the Bordeaux ambassador he is, you can always expect to have a great selection of Bordeaux to taste at his booth. This year […]

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Foodies who love travelling can now combine the best of both worlds, with a series of gourmet tours that boutique wine company, Wine Cellar Kuala Lumpur, is rolling out this November.

The 6-day trip, which starts from Florence before moving to Montalcino, Chianti, Modena, and finally the town of Alba in Piemonte, has been designed […]

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In the midst of tasting some of the greatest Italian wines on my recent trip to Villa Le Corti in Tuscany, we were invited to try 7 of the finest champagnes ever made in the world. My initial thought was “what a strange place to suddenly get a chance to try some of the great […]

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Bolla Winery celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. We were invited for dinner at their winery during the VinItaly fair. This winery has grown to quite a size and wines that they produce come from 5 different regions in Italy (Fruili, Veneto, Lombardia, Romagna and Tuscany). They initially produced wines just from Veneto prior to […]

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i went to a really authentic local italian trattoria whilst in verona during the vinitaly 08 trip. and typical of this region was horse meat.

Antica Trattoria Tipica Enoteca Al Bersagliere from the outside. It’s located in a very off the beaten track road and it’s not some place you would just walk past. Check out […]

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i’m still compiling lots of pictures (nearly 1500-1800) from my trip in april 08 to verona where the two of us (suzanne and me) participated as wine judges for the 16th Vinitaly International Wine Competition, went on an educational tour of wine regions, and also visited one of the largest wine shows on earth - VinItaly.

What a […]

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London, London, London….i just can’t have enough of it. For some reason unknown to me, I just love the feeling of driving through the streets of London and just feeling the jazz around London. It’s one of those cities which have a natural jazziness in her character. I can’t really explain what this jazz is […]

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