Wine with a twist. What's that about? It's not about the same old "sip, swirl and spit." It's not that my 90 is way better than your 89. It's not that bigger and bolder is always better. It's as simple as what you like. It all depends on your point of view.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Vinexpo Asia-Pacific 2014
The listing of 1,300 exhibitors at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific
I attended the three-day Vinexpo Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong May 27-29, the largest wine fair for the trade in Asia. It was a robust program of tastings, in-depth seminars and meetings between wine producers and Asian buyers designed to acquaint the Asian -- and especially the fast-growing Chinese -- market with wines from all over the world.
The most extensive tasting of a mainland Chinese winery was a 10-year vertical of Grace Vineyard's "Chairman's Reserve." This is one of the best wineries in China and it was a privilege to taste the wines and to hear the articulate Judy Chan talk about her family's winery -- one of the first quality grape-wine producers in the country. For more information on the meeting and what took place there, see my stories California Vintners Optimistic About Asian Market and Saint-Emilion Chateau Goes for the Gold.
