The Wandering Palates Terra Australis correspondent, Andrew Jenkins (Jenks) breaks silence on Australia’s most covert winery, Bass Phillip, admittedly the worst kept secret amongst undercover palates.
A Grand Cru Chardonnay, Downunder
Sommelier Shalom Chin – Part 8 – Closing the Chapter on Burgundy
Our intrepid Singapore Sommelier, Shalom Chin, travels in Burgundy is coming to the end and he shares his thoughts and summary on the communes of Burgundy. He heads to Provence next, and will sending in regular reports on his travels through the region.
Shalom Chin Burgundy Blog 6 – Wine Feng Shui in Burgundy – A superstitious affair?
Our ‘Wandering Sommelier’ Shalom Chin encounters some Wine Feng Shui in Burgundy, indeed it would appear that Burgundian’s take Chi as a life-force very serioulsy…
Sommelier Shalom Chin Burgundy Blog – Part 4 – An overview of the vines of Burgundy and some tasting notes
07 /11/2011 PART 4 of the Burgundy Series
The very first thing that got me interested in wine when I was seventeen was winemaking. After all, I was a science student.
Sommelier Shalom Chin Burgundy Blog – Part 2
02/11/2011 PART 2 of the Burgundy Series
As my guide, Elohim Balest of Alter&Go tours and I travelled along the highway from Dijon towards the vineyards of the Côte d’Or, there was aneerie fog that surrounded us. Read More >
Sommelier Shalom Chin – Blog from Burgundy – The Holy Grail of Pinot Noir & Chardonnay
Our intrepid Singapore sommelier, Shalom Chin has completed his vintage stint at Undhof Salomon in krems, Austria and has now surfaced in burgundy. Be sure to follow his blog as it no doubt, Shalom will leave no stone unturned… no holy terroir unexplored…
Maison Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Saint Aubin Le Banc 2008 – Burgundy, France
On my first trip to burgundy, some 20 years ago, I discovered the appellation and white wines of St. Aubin.
Felton Road Bannockburn Chardonnay 2009 & 2010 Central Otago, New Zealand
Antipodean Chablis
Are you a Chablis drinker? A chardonnay purist who relishes the ethereal clarity of Chablis; a wine infused with flinty minerality and a saline quality that speaks so loudly of the soils it hails from it’s unmistakable. Then there’s the slippery, silky texture, largely unadulterated by oak, it’s glassy, lubricous, tantalizingly tangy palate invigorated by exhilarating steely acidity, a wine bursting with energy and freshness.
Cha-Bliss
I’m in nirvana, “a place or state characterized by freedom from or oblivion to pain, worry, and the external world”. Actually I’m at the Datai resort, Langkawi Island, 30 kilometers off the coast in the northern part of the Peninsular Malaysia where the Straits of Malacca meet the Indian Ocean.
We are at the beach club, nestled amongst the jungle that would have its feet in the sea if it weren’t for a strip of ivory coloured sand. Our poolside table has a view to one side across the tranquil Andaman Sea towards the first islands of Thailand, the largely uninhabited Tarutao Archipelago, with its rugged peaks silhouetted in the evening sunset.
Domaine de la Romanee Conti vs the World Blind Tasting Results
Part of the ‘Unrivalled Passion for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay’ program, on Friday, April 8th, 108 wine connoisseurs and enthusiasts congregated at the St Regis Hotel, Singapore, for a two hour tasting of Domaine de la Romanee Conti served alongside wines from four other wineries encompassing America, Australia, Austria and New Zealand.
There was much conjecture and to a degree, misinterpretation, of the objectives of this tasting but in reality, it was always going to be controversial. However, to our knowledge this is the first ever structured comparative consumer-driven tasting of this genre to be held in Asia, and perhaps the world. We would like emphasise this is a consumer preference outcome, ultimately the most strategic arbiter on wine.
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