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Private wine tastings are a popular feature of Viking Cruises’ luxury trips through France’s Bordeaux wine region. Photo: Shutterstock
Tourism

Luxury cruise through Bordeaux reveals the French wine region in a new way

Take in the vineyards, chateaux and villages on a river cruise through Bordeaux, with fine food, wine pairings and elegant accommodation.

Food and Drinks

Rhythm and booze: Japanese distillery uses music to create different flavours

Food and Drinks

Martini with Wagyu fat oil? Hong Kong bartender’s new menu at The Aubrey

Your Perfect Week

What to do in Hong Kong, August 10-16

Take in some classic crime movies, try some new cocktails at Caprice, taste a Cantonese cuisine collaboration from two top restaurants, and get some comic relief.

Infernal Affairs starring Andy Lau Tak-wah (left) and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Photo: Media Asia Films
France

France’s largest wildfire in decades contained after tearing through wine region

Blazes burned over 160 sq km and is considered the worst since 1949.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for August 7-9

Singapore’s Sago House stops by Dead Poets in Central, Glass Gardener returns to Tai Kwun’s Gishiki Lounge, and Crushed Wine Bar turns 2.

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Food and Drinks

How to make the perfect gimlet – tart, light and refreshing

The recipe for a gimlet cocktail involves only three ingredients, but you do need to be very picky about them, experts say.

A gimlet cocktail, made from gin, lime and simple syrup, is easy to make, refreshing and ideal for the summer. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Mole Negroni at Coa Hong Kong

Jay Khan puts an unusual spin on the classic negroni, drawing inspiration from the spicy-chocolatey mole negro sauce of Mexico’s Oaxaca region.

Food and Drinks

How Chinese wines are finding new fans at New York’s drinking hotspots

Importer and event host China Wine Club is giving modern Chinese wineries from regions like Ningxia and Shangri-La the spotlight in the US.

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Hong Kong

Find Cuban cocktail magic at Montana on Hong Kong’s Hollywood Road

With their latest bar opening in the city, two mixologists have penned a love letter to a faraway time and place.

Montana co-founders Lorenzo Antinori (left) and Simone Caporale (right) have an abiding love for classic cocktails. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 31 – August 2

Indulge in coffee and tea cocktails at The Opposites, sip Aperol tipples at The St. Regis, and enjoy a new Cuban bodeguita experience at Sugar King.

Sugar King in Hong Kong is Peel Street’s own “bodeguita”, serving Cuban classics and small plates. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

A drink to your health! Hong Kong duo revive Chinese medicinal wines

Drinks brand Magnolia Lab is bringing back the wines-for-wellness concept with botanical liqueurs based on traditional Chinese medicine.

Britain

How a tiny Welsh village brought its pub back from the brink

Of the 45,000 UK pubs still operating, 378 – at least one a day – are expected to close by the end of this year.

Food and Drinks

How a rare whisky’s box can bump its value, and the makers getting creative

Whisky makers like Macallan and Glenrothes are working with artists and architects on innovative packaging that’s proving a hit with buyers.

The Glenrothes 51 comes in a Jesmonite case that must be broken to reveal the bottle inside. It is part of a recent trend of distilleries getting creative with their packaging. Photo: The Glenrothes
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend July 25-27

The opening of a new Muji-like Japanese store, a day of mindfulness with monks and nuns, and a cocktail event are among the weekend’s events.

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The Opposites cocktail bar is celebrating its first anniversary in July 2025 and has been hosting a month-long series of events featuring limited-edition drinks and collaborations. This weekend, two special cocktails will be available to preview ahead of the grande finale of the celebrations on July 31. Photo: The Opposites
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 24-26

Amir Javaid transforms TokyoLima’s surplus ingredients into drinks, The Murray offers up a range of beverages, and C108 celebrates its first anniversary.

Asia travel

Planning a Hong Kong staycation? 6 hotels turning up the summer fun

From food and drink festivals to music to pet- and family-friendly staycation deals, these hotels offer treats without the hassle of travel.

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Food and Drinks

Bar Leone’s Lorenzo Antinori on the secret to his latest Asia’s 50 Best win

‘Nothing changed but everything changed,’ says the Bar Leone co-founder, now a 2-time winner of the awards.

(From left) Lorenzo Antinori, Justin Shun Wah and Wing Lo of Bar Leone celebrate their win at the Asia’s 50 Best Bars Awards 2025. Photo: Handout
Your Perfect Week

What to do in Hong Kong, July 20-26

Try guest chefs’ takes on a Sunday roast, sip tea-and-coffee cocktails, get some art education at Hong Kong Palace Museum and go to the city’s annual blockbuster anime and gaming fair.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend July 18-20

From live music and cocktails at an unusual venue to an animal-filled fun event for children, here is what to look forward to this weekend.

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Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Ritual Fizz at The St. Regis Bar Hong Kong

This riff on the Ramos Gin Fizz, invented in New Orleans in 1888, cuts down the supposed 12-15 minute shaking time – but doesn’t do away with the drama.

Ritual Fizz from St Regis Bar Hong Kong’s new menu, Tickets to Ride on Trains & Trams. Photos: Handout
New Openings

Hong Kong’s latest openings, from dai pai dong classics to pistachio-themed desserts

Get a taste of wok hei at Peng Leng Jeng, a gin at The Pottinger hotel, a quiet drink at Bar Mind, or a sweet treat at Grindie.

Black Sheep’s Peng Leng Jeng is a tribute to Hong Kong’s vanishing dai pai dong. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

‘Soul warming’ noodles, ‘stunning’ fusion: drinks expert’s Hong Kong picks

Always chasing good food, Terrence Tang, Asia head of wine and spirits at Bonhams, reveals his favourite restaurants and bars in Hong Kong.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for July 17-19

Lobster Bar hosts 3 guests from Seoul back to back, Yakoboku stops by Gossip in Central, and a Sydney sensation drops in on Avoca.

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong’s Bar Leone tops Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 list

Bar Leone topped the regional list for the second year in a row, while bars in mainland China, Indonesia and India made significant inroads.

(From left) Bar Leone’s Lorenzo Antinori, Justin Wah and Wing Lo celebrate on stage with Perrier representative PJ Gheysen as the bar grabs top spot on the Asia’s 50 Best Bars list, for the second year running, on July 15, 2025. Photo: Asia’s 50 Best Bars
Wealth management

Hong Kong’s ultra rich get the cheapest champagne, priciest lawyers

Hong Kong falls to third place amid dropping property prices, cheap champagne, research says.

A man exercises in a hotel on the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Sam Tsang
100 Top Tables: Cities of Gastronomy

The Macau mixologists spicing things up ahead of Asia’s 50 Best Bars

As Wynn Palace prepares to host the Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards ceremony on July 15, local bartenders are crafting cocktails inspired by Macau’s culinary traditions.

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Food and Drinks

Hong Kong bar power couple’s cocktail joint serves the ‘flavour of memory’

Partners in life and business, Birs Wong and Jo Lo went from winning awards to opening Bar Mind, a stripped-down spot dedicated to nostalgia.

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