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Create your own Home-makase and sake paring experience
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Brand of the month - Shichiken
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15 Lantern Riddles for the Full Moon Night
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Brand of the month - E.Guigal
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Perfect Match on the full moon night
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Old Wine In A New Bottle?
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Brand of the Month - Bollinger
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Pisces - Becoming Famous and Popular. Time to Break the Ice and Heal Others
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Brand of the Month - Robert Mondavi
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Loving Italian Charm. Italian Wines VS Italian Guys
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Aquarius - A Year of Smooth Sailing. Check in with Your Family
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Simple is The Best: Italian Food & Wine Pairing
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Capricorn - Be Happy with The Change of Status. Strive Hard to Express and Relax
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Sagittarius - Wait for your chance. Promises go a long way
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Brand of the Month - Frescobaldi
For those who love drinking red wines except the astringent mouthfeel, Sangiovese is always a goo...
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Scorpio - Out with The Old Friends and Objects. In with The New Fame and Prosperity
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Brand of the Month - The House of Suntory
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8 Myths About French Wine Drinking
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Libra - After suffering comes happiness. A change in relationships
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Virgo - Longing to be understood. Seize the opportunity to improve interpersonal relationships
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An Explorer Tour to France’s Top 5 Wine Regions
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Leo - Let Trust Take You to Another Level
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Cancer - It’s Okay to Cry
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5 Personality Traits in a Bottle of Sake
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Brand of the Month - Senkin
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Brand of the Month - Penfolds
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Brand of the Month - Fukuju
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Gemini - A year of inner struggle. Be patient and enjoy solitude
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Japan Virtual Sake Tour
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Taurus - Keep Your Dream Alive Find The Joy in Exercise
Always fighting the good fight, ambitious, diligent, restrained, smart, hardworking, reliable but...
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Aries - Let Your Light Shine. Be Mindful of Your Body
Passionate, exuberant and hardworking Aries are the life and soul of every party. Candid and impu...
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Brand of the Month - Four Pillars
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8 Christmas Cocktails to try at home
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10 Best Wines For Your Christmas 2020
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Brand of the Month - Minuty
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Wine and Dine to Welcome Fall
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Brand of the Month - S.Pellegrino
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Drinking With the Hong Kong Movie Stars ( Part 1 )
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Brand of the Month - Bollinger
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Takeaway For Two
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"Two in One”
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Brand of the Month - Eiko Fuji
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Brand of the Month - Frescobaldi
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Discover France's Best Kept Secret Wines
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Brand of The Month - Chateau d'Esclans
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Sa...
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Brand of The Month - Shichiken
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 4: Millennium
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L’etiquette de chEATing
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 3: 90s
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The "Eat by Yourself Club"
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 2: 80s
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Brand of The Month - Marques de Murrieta
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 1: 70s
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Sparkling Chinese New Year
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Reddest Chinese New Year
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Let's get Vodka party started
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Season of Sweet Port
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Seasonal Wines for Fall
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Seasonal Raw Oysters & Wine
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Pair Oysters and Sea Urchin with Sake
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The Honesty of Sake
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Mooncake and Wine Pairing
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Finest of Fine
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Food & Wine Pairing in Summertime
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Ohh-oh Summer Wine
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Tastes Under The Tuscan Sun
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Choosing an aged bottle of wine – 2. Ullage & Capsule
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Choosing an Aged Bottle of Wine - 1. Foreword & Intro
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Left or Right in Bordeaux
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Love, Passion and Glamour
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The Artist Labels of Château Mouton Rothschild
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Mellow Out Over Time
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Sake for New Year's Day
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Christmas Songs and Wine Pairing
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Mulled Wine: Yummy & Eco-friendly
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It’s More than Shiraz in South Australia
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Kir Royal – The Summer Extravagance
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Japan Virtual Sake Tour
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The Pride of Loire Valley
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Sake for New Year's Day
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Mulled Wine: Yummy & Eco-friendly
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To prepare for the Chinese New Year, everyone in the city gets excited and busy searching for aus...
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Best Wines For Him and For Her
Valentine’s day is coming! Let’s celebrate the touching love story of your own by picking a wine ...
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10 Best Wines For Your Christmas 2020
This Christmas is going to be different.
Though you can’t throw a big party, you could still get...
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Gift ideas for wine lovers
Regardless of the current group gathering ban, imagine how wonderful it’ll be to stay home for C...
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Wine and Dine to Welcome Fall
When swirling autumn breezes blow gently, you’d know it’s time to savour some seasonal delicacie...
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‘Wolfing’ down the nullness
In the past it seemed that we would only open a bottle of champagne when there was ground-breakin...
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Hau’s my dish?
When friends come to visit, I like to treat them to a seafood feast. If we are lucky and Asian d...
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Takeaway For Two
Recently, I rarely eat out, but despite how much I love cooking, after a while of cooking three ...
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"Two in One”
I have always liked having a few drinks (or more) in a favoured bar with friends, learning about...
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A Date with Sake
Reminiscing the night of 24 June 2020, a special night which felt surreal. The half year before t...
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Discover France's Best Kept Secret Wines
When talking about the French wines, what comes to your mind is probably the first growth of Bor...
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Let's Go Home
Since I have my own family, I have been transformed from a daughter to a wife, a daughter-in-law...
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Char Siu and Chill
Don’t expect the first thing we singer-songwriters do is to compose songs and write lyrics, most...
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L’etiquette de chEATing
I’m someone who is scared of loneliness, and as odd as it may sound, I also like to be alone. I ...
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The "Eat by Yourself Club"
At the moment I have a lot of time by myself, in some ways it is the situation that forces me to...
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Sparkling Chinese New Year
Sesame Balls, New Year Pudding, and Sweetened Dried Lotus Root inside the packed candy tray are ...
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Reddest Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese, special dishes are made to celebrat...
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Season of Sweet Port
Christmas is always a sweet festival for me. In Western countries, it is more than just a couple...
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Seasonal Wines for Fall
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander - "It was a beautiful, bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sk...
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Seasonal Raw Oysters & Wine
Oyster is not just delicious, it is often referred to as “the milk of the sea” for its high nutr...
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The Honesty of Sake
Japanese cuisine is one of the core topics used in Japanese novel or manga. If you were born in 7...
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Finest of Fine
Connoisseur in Hong Kong is always looking for the finest cuisine around town, to pair with the y...
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Food & Wine Pairing in Summertime
Summer weather in Hong Kong is sultry; the most common thirst-quenching wine choice would be dry...
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Choosing an aged bottle of wine – 3. Cork, Label & Colour
The last articles of the series “choosing an aged bottle of wine”. The last three categories are...
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Choosing an aged bottle of wine – 2. Ullage & Capsule
With the introduction of the same topic last time, there are a few categories of checking the co...
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Choosing an Aged Bottle of Wine - 1. Foreword & Intro
The articles with the above topics are not to discuss what wines to choose to age, it’s about ho...
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Left or Right in Bordeaux
Bordeaux is undoubtedly one of the most famous producing regions for Red wines. Not only New Wor...
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The Artist Labels of Château Mouton Rothschild
If you ask me to choose the most artistic wine label, I’d definitely vote for Château Mouton Rot...
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Kir Royal – The Summer Extravagance
I was having this book “A2Z” handy lately. Written by Japanese writer Amy Yamada, the book illust...
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PLEASURE IN A BOTTLE
2022 Sakura and Sake Guide
Okay, you're not the only one. We all miss Japan crazily, especially when the beloved hanami seas...
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10 Best Wines to woo the one you love
Valentine’s Day is coming and everyone is looking for a wine for the perfect date. This year, it’...
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Auspicious wine gifts for Year of the Tiger 2022
Chinese New Year is approaching. It marks the time of the year good for expressing your gratitude...
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In the mood for a romantic season. 4 tips for picking mood-setting holiday wines
It’s December! The Christmas Season has just started.From festive lights, dazzling Christmas tree...
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Packing for the Perfect Picnic
As we’re all in the quest for fresh air and socially distanced activities, it is no surprise we’r...
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Bring Your Own Bottle. A guide to a full-moon mini party
It’s another tough year that we are all locked up in the city, but luckily, we are still able to ...
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Perfect Match on the full moon night
Mid-Autumn Festival is time for a reunion. Whether it’s a gathering with the one or a family part...
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Pisces - Becoming Famous and Popular. Time to Break the Ice and Heal Others
Pisceans’ bottomless well of intuition, massive imagination and watery nature give them shape shi...
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Aquarius - A Year of Smooth Sailing. Check in with Your Family
With their own thoughts and opinions, Aquarius always stands alone. They are independent, playful...
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Capricorn - Be Happy with The Change of Status. Strive Hard to Express and Relax
Capricorns are friendly, hardworking, practical, steadfast, persevering and stoic characters. The...
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Sagittarius - Wait for your chance. Promises go a long way
Sincere, free-spirited, passionate, generous, magnanimous, forgiving are synonymous with Sagittar...
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Scorpio - Out with The Old Friends and Objects. In with The New Fame and Prosperity
Scorpios are calm, enigmatic, determined, enduring and competitive characters who are good at kee...
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Libra - After suffering comes happiness. A change in relationships
Peacemakers by nature, Libras are known for being smart, meticulous, humble, courteous, empatheti...
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Virgo - Longing to be understood. Seize the opportunity to improve interpersonal relationships
Virgos are known to be neat freaks and highly critical. Whilst hardworking, meticulous, and sensi...
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Leo - Let Trust Take You to Another Level
Born confident and brave, Leos are cheerful, talkative, generous and loyal to others. With a stro...
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Cancer - It’s Okay to Cry
he gentle, introverted Cancers tend to hide their emotions, and are always the onlookers in the c...
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Gemini - A year of inner struggle. Be patient and enjoy solitude
With two souls living in one body, Geminis are intellectually curious and playful, they excel at ...
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Taurus - Keep Your Dream Alive Find The Joy in Exercise
Always fighting the good fight, ambitious, diligent, restrained, smart, hardworking, reliable but...
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Aries - Let Your Light Shine. Be Mindful of Your Body
Passionate, exuberant and hardworking Aries are the life and soul of every party. Candid and impu...
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Tips for Chinese New Year Wine And Dine
The Year of the Ox is almost upon us. To reward yourself for withstanding the challenging year, a...
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8 Christmas Cocktails to try at home
This year we’ve learned how to live a normal life no matter what happens.
When eateries are orde...
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Drinking With the Hong Kong Movie Stars (Part 2)
Château Lafite Rothschild 1982 may be the best supporting act in Hong Kong cinema, but she's not...
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Drinking With the Hong Kong Movie Stars ( Part 1 )
When it comes to Hong Kong pop culture, there is more than Cantopop. Hong Kong used to hailed as...
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 4: Millennium
Since Leon Lai and other "Heavenly Kings" announced stepping down music award ceremonies in earl...
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 3: 90s
Lau Handover is undoubtedly the hottest issue for Hong Kong in the 1990s, however, the domestic ...
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 2: 80s
Sam Hui is not the only Cantopop artist to sing about the drink culture in Hong Kong, Roman Tam,...
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We Drink and We Sing Cantopop Episode 1: 70s
I drink [Champagne] when I win, to celebrate...and I drink [Champagne] when I lose, to console m...
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Wine, Movie & Romance
Wine and movie are all you need to set a romantic mood for this Valentine's Day. However, "roman...
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Let's get Vodka party started
Vodka is a clear distilled spirit made by mainly cereal grains, like wheat, rye, corn, or potato...
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Pair Oysters and Sea Urchin with Sake
Sashimi is national diet in Japan, but not all the Sakes produced in the country are good to pai...
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Tastes in Wine Country
Nobody knows "Sideways" would received five nominations from Oscar and won the "Best Adapted Scre...
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Ohh-oh Summer Wine
What defines summer wines? “Strawberries, cherries and an angel’s kiss in spring” - such dazzlin...
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The Beauty of Tuscany
Hongkongers eager to travel, if you are a wine lover too, Tuscany is undoubtedly your best desti...
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Love, Passion and Glamour
"Love, Passion, and Glamour" is the theme of Le French May's film programmes this year, it's rea...
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Mellow Out Over Time
The Thomas Quasthoff Quartet concert stands out after I take a look to the program of the 47th H...
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Harry Potter and Port
“Harry Potter” is one of the best-selling fantasy novels of all time, Port is the most well-known...
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Sake For Chinese New Year
It's approaching Chinese New Year, in Chinese tradition, alcoholic beverages are also put on the ...
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Christmas Songs and Wine Pairing
There are some songs you will listen in the same period of time every year, when the music starte...
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BRAND OF THE MONTH
Brand of the month - Shichiken
Founded in 1750. In Hakushu – a location of excellent water. Shichiken uses water from the Minam...
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BRAND OF THE MONTH
Brand of the month - E.Guigal
"E.Guigal is not only one of the most largest winery in Rhone Valley, but probably the most award...
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BRAND OF THE MONTH
Brand of the Month - Bollinger
As a Champagne preferred by James Bond, there must be something special about Bollinger. Champagn...
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