Northern & Southern Hemisphere Tastings …
2025 has kicked in. A New Year. So what is a ‘new year?’ Basically it’s the solstice—a celebration that days stop shortening and the amount
Asia and Wine
Greek Wine & Food In Singapore
While returning, recently, from the Solomon Islands to France, the flight from Port Moresby in New Guinea was delayed, causing me to miss my connecting
Wine and Food In The ‘Hapi’ Solomon Islands
OVERVIEW. It has been two months since I arrived in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to direct an infrastructure project. The Solomons gained
Virtual Tasting / Dégustation Virtuelle – En Primeurs … !
This post is in English and French. Ce poste est en anglais et en français. English: In early to mid April I’ll do an online
This Wine Detox Is A Bhutanese Parasite
A New Year is here. Open mind, open horizons. Many of us splashed our way through midnight, then decided to enjoy celebratory bottles again for
Highland Wine from Bhutan
This post is overdue. I’ve traveled for a few weeks, some of which is covered in recent Forbes posts. A highlight was attending the inauguration
Summer White Wines From The Azores And Japan
Three Topics This Week: Book Azores Islands in the mid-Atlantic Denis Dubourdieu memorial wine tasting (Japanese, Spanish, French and Italian wines featured) The Cookbook –
A Turkish Master Chef and Winemaker
The last time I wrote about Turkey was five years ago in a piece titled Turkish Wine. Many of us were privileged guests of a
Wine and Sea Life in the Maldives
The Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean do not produce wine. Those living on any of the inhabited two hundred (of over a thousand) coral
Hong Kong’s Dynamic Wine Scene
My friend Kathy Fu who works in Hong Kong provided photographs for this post, as well as information about Hong Kong itself – basic but
