Australian Gateway

Australian Gateway

How was Hong Kong today? The heat? The moisture? The noise? The crowds…Same good old routine? Did you catch a tram, have a nice ride on the Tube? A cross channel trip to KOWLOON? You have done them all I guess, then all of a sudden somehow you might just feel...
Grenache Crazy

Grenache Crazy

GRENACHE CRAZY…is the mood I went the day Hugo Levingston told me his story about music, wines, freshness and altitude. What does make a wine…? Or take a wine to becoming « Extra » good…maybe when experiencing tasting it with the very wine-maker, or being entertained...
Grenache Crazy

En Primeurs 2013 – What should you expect?

En Primeurs 2013…stop shooting please, try it you might like it. The lonesome cowboy vintage, was heading into a desert of negatives appreciations and sentenced to death before its samples were bottle… Weather & maturing markets, drove Bordeaux in a combo...
Grenache Crazy

Loire Carnival

The Loire Valley…was a good stop on my back to Britany; and after all the reds I had in Languedoc, a fair excuse to spend some times with the whites. LOIRE valley is BIG; it spreads from Nantes to Sancerre…5 times the distance from HK to MACAU… No gambling, no casinos...
Grenache Crazy

From Baccarat to Red Ground

Driving to Paris and heading to Baccarat’s 250th anniversary was just an introduction to a one week crazy journey full of surprises and filled up with nice encounters and topped with hips of foods, truffles, and of course wines. The private hostel location of...