Hong Kong Archive

Bastien Tardieu drops into Hong Kong to meet the Team

2010 a great vintage……. Chateau Lafite 2010:  Production around 15,000-20,000 cases; Release price approx. £12,000 cs/12* Côte Rotie Tardieu-Laurent 2010:  Production around 400 cases; Release price (and the only price) @ £430 cs/12 *  Apologies for the vulgar attention grabbing (and somewhat simplified) headlines but I hoped to get your attention? Still reading right?!...
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Several bottles at Planet of the Grapes

Last week we had two colleagues over from the Hong Office - Erica and Huge. We decide on a meal out on the Tuesday and headed off to Planet of the Grapes in Bow Lane near mansion house tube. It is a cracking spot and they allowed us to take...
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Château Phélan Ségur at One Thirty-One

So it had been a year in the making and finally the day had come, for C&B to host, what can only described as Hong Kong’s “dinner of the year”; Thursday 3rd November saw the long awaited Ch. Phélan-Ségur dinner. We had the honour and pleasure of not only that...
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Schloss Schönborn Dinner – Hong Kong

(English Translation Below) 有650多年歷史的Schloss Schönborn是由一個家族私人擁有的德國葡萄酒莊園。現在雖有多間傳統酒莊都是由各大百貨經營，但Schloss Schönborn經過18代守業至今，實在難得。 我們於10月17日在一星Michelin餐廳 - 桃花源舉辦Schloss Schönborn酒宴，並邀請了Herr Marcel Von den Benken到香港參與是次晚宴。餐廳雖沒華麗的裝飾，但客人可於舒適的環境享受佳餚美酒。 Rheingau Riesling QbA, Schloss Schönborn 2009作為第一隻佳釀展開了晚宴的序幕。 清新、有活力、非常充足的白色的果性。 以Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg Riesling Kabinett, Schloss Schönborn 2003 和 Erbacher Marcobrunn Riesling Spatlese，Schloss Schönborn 2007配上三小碟的手拍青瓜、醬油滷豆腐和脆皮燒腩仔。前者幹身、清爽、很多礦物氣息及少許辛辣香料。後者是單一果園Marcobrunn，果性非常，而有足夠的酸來平衡酒質，甜美悠揚。 主菜方面，以玻璃明蝦球、椒鹽炸原隻鮮蟹鉗及西芹炒海青斑球等海鮮為主，遂以4種Riesling配襯。Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg Riesling Spatlese, Schloss Schönborn 2008 – medium intensity、不太重身、少甜、還有點dry-finish；Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg Riesling Spatlese Lothar Franz Schloss Schonborn 2001 – 非常complex、黃梅、濃，還有汽油礦物的味道，以致由基本至陳年複雜變化的味道；Rudesheimer...
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Hong Kong Annual Tasting – The Low Down

A week or so ago saw C&B's 3rd Annual Hong Kong tasting at the Shangri-La hotel in Admiralty.  Tickets had sold out well before the event itself and we had many more wines to show than ever before so hopes were high for a cracking evening.  A grand room was...
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Dragons and Delamotte…….Paddles Up!

The Tuen Ng Festival aka Dragon Boat Day….is for most in this part of the world a sleepy bank holiday. A chance to over indulge all weekend. Wrap gifts of Château Beychevelle etc. Well not for one of the newest arrival’s to the HK office! Ten weeks previously I had...
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