Category Archives: Torres

‘Bap til you drop II: rmb69 Korean food-China wine pairing at Saveurs de Coree

King-Tai Chow and Eun-Jung Yoo try to use as many local products as possible at their two branches of Korean restaurant Saveurs de Coree and we have often talked about…

Wrap-up: The Hilton Food & Wine Experience

Rather than write a lengthy report about Saturday’s Food & Wine Experience at The Hilton, I thought it would be more fun to interview myself. Here we go: Was that…

Wine world: Torres Taste of Nations event

I would have given two thumbs up to Torres for last weekend’s Taste of the Nations, an event in Trader’s Hotel that featured some 150 of the distributor’s wines, but…

Dragon Fruit, Rickshaws and Wine

The all-male crowd seems to have abandoned Q Bar as its Thursday night watering hole. The place was lightly populated tonight (last night), which meant peace and quiet as I…

Happen stuff

Cafe Pause will feature German music and Jagermeister cocktails on September 23 (8 PM on), and co-owner Stefan Fleischer is offering a free shooter to anyone wearing Leiderhosen. / Crowne…

Wine events galore

Torres will hold a “European Lifestyle Party” at the Sunstyle Show Room on June 10 (7-10 PM), with Torres (Spain), Baron Philippe De Rothschild (France) and Zonin (Italy) wines, and…

Twinkle, twinkle, sparkling wines

A dozen of us gathered in Sequoia Cafe‘s newly refurbished front room on December 10 to taste five sparkling wines from Torres. [Ed. It turns out only the Bellavista Franciacorta…

Beijing Boyce VIII: Opening Shots

Ch-ch-changes: Is Neo Lounge set to reappear? The bar had a cult following before it closed more than a year ago and is the topic of a forthcoming documentary. Which…

Wining about Beijing at the Hilton

The annual Hilton wine fest a couple of weeks ago filled two floors of the hotel, with over 160 producers from Canada (How often is Canada listed first when it…