One of the things I found incredible in Singapore was that just about every specialist wine store had at least one Magnum of Chateau Petrus! I’ve never seen so much of the stuff. In fact most stores had a fairly good representation of the top Bordeaux producers as well as a good smattering of quality [...]
Finally back from Singapore after a rather eventful flight. This should mean normal transmission should resume once I catch up on my sleep. Plenty of interesting things to write about so I hope I can make up for lack of posting over the last couple of weeks.
So far I have had a good response to the wines I have brought over to Singapore. I have found the market here is really interresting, due to the high alcohol duty which is charged on the alcoholic percentage you end up adding $7.00 to $8.00 per bottle to most table wines (I’ll link to [...]
Back in Singapore again which I must say is fantastic. I’ll post some photos when I get a connection for my mac!
Wine sales and marketering experts, Winepartners have started a blog that looks like it will be a refreshing critique of elements of the New Zealand wine industry. It’s good to have a few more people offering opinions about the industry outside of just tasting notes.
I have come across a new source for bottling lines manufactured to ISO 9001 in India. If you are in the market let me know.
Apparently 9 out of 10 Victorians wanted cigarette style warning lables for alcohol in recent survey. Wow. The story is in the Herald Sun.