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  • Part I: Reviewing Hong Kong’s Restaurant Wine Lists
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 24 Jun 2011 in Wine

  • I have been known to linger at wine lists so long that exasperated friends and family now often send me wine list from restaurants we are meant to dine in days before our reservation date. “This is so we are not parched and dying of thirst,” they would tease me and explain. “You can join in our conversation and enjoy the evening instead of having your nose buried in a wine list.”
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  • The Insider's Guide to Buying Wine at Auction
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 17 Jun 2011 in Wine

  • From the flood of press releases that have crossed my desk so far,  it seems likely that wine auction sales in Hong Kong will be  setting  records  this year. Thankfully, we have a respite from the frenzy of the pounding gravel during the summer months, so it’s time to reflect on our spur-of-the-moment purchases. read more

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  • Burgundy 2008 vs 2009
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 10 Jun 2011 in Wine

  • In November 2009, I attended the Hospice de Beaune auction, ready to exercise my arm to win a bid for my very first barrel of Burgundy purchased at auction. Before I left for Burgundy, I had a group of friends who had happily agreed to split the volume of any barrels I acquired at the auction. It would be easy among wine-loving friends to split the 25 cases, or 300 bottles, which constitutes a barrel of wine.
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  • Chinese Wines Aim for Quality
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 03 Jun 2011 in Wine

  • A decade or two ago, snide remarks made about the wine industry in China were all about whether the Chinese were still enjoying their red wine with Coke. With China now among the top six producers and among the top six consumers of wine in the world (according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine’s 2010 Report), comments focus more on the quality and authenticity of Chinese wines. “Are Chinese wines really any good?” I am often asked. “Do you really think the wine in the bottle is 100% Chinese?”
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