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Wine and Spirits
News and trends in luxury wine and spirits
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
Chef Antonio Oviedo, co-owner of 22 Ships, suggests staying flexible. Photo: Nicholas Wong

What’s in store for Hong Kong’s dining scene in 2025? F&B leaders weigh in

The new marmitako dish at 22 Ships in Central, Hong Kong. Photo: Nicholas Wong

Dish in Focus: Marmitako at Spanish restaurant 22 Ships

Afternoon tea at the Lobby Lounge at The Peninsula Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

7 of the most luxurious afternoon tea sets in Hong Kong

The Opposites’ spirit-free menu, which includes this Apple Custard Pie tipple, is perfect for welcoming the new year with a healthier mindset. Photo: Handout

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 27-29

À Poêle festive dishes. Photo: Deadly Rabbits Concepts

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 27-29

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Many believe that snake wine (pictured) offers medicinal benefits, including improving blood circulation – but drinking it is not without its risks. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese culture

The secrets of snake wine, long touted as good for health

Many believe that snake wine offers medicinal benefits, including improving blood circulation – but drinking it is not without its risks.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 27-29

Wellness

Light to moderate wine drinking could be as good as statins for your heart

Food and Drinks

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, December 23-28

Indulge in Michelin-starred Christmas fare at Petrus, drink classic cocktails at Darkside, enjoy the harbourside AIA Carnival, and check out MGM Macau’s new show.

Darkside’s new cocktail menu features classic recipes from the 1920s and 1930s. Photo: DarkSide
Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Festive Manhattan at DarkSide

This classic cocktail gets a thoroughly festive makeover for the holidays, complete with a side of panettone.

Food and Drinks

Planning a sober Christmas? Tips on avoiding alcohol and having a good time

Sober coaches, sober bar managers and happily sober people give their tips on avoiding alcohol – one trick is to leave a party early.

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Food and Drinks

How to drink soju, and why having Korean spirit is like a polygraph test

Artist Funnyjun teaches non-Koreans the art of drinking soju. He says how people drink the moreish spirit reveals much about their character.

Artist Funnyjun teaches non-Koreans the art of drinking soju in his book How to Drink Soju. He equates a soju drinking session to a polygraph test, because how a person handles it reveals much about their character. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

Your 100 Top Tables Hong Kong weekend drinks guide, for December 19-21

Enjoy a feast at Honky Tonks Tavern, indulge in Dr Seuss cocktails at Singular Concepts’ venues, and wrap up the holiday with some final drinks at DarkSide.

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Irish coffee at The Diplomat

This winter warmer, reportedly born at an airport in Ireland in the 1940s, gets a sumptuous upgrade at SoHo hotspot, The Diplomat.

Food and Drinks

Shaoxing wine is for cooking, right? It’s on Michelin-star drink menus now

After a period of decline in which it was relegated to the kitchen, Shaoxing wine is finally reclaiming its status as a refined drink.

Artisanal Shaoxing wine brands such as Dong Qu make single vintages that are poured at top-tier restaurants. Photo: Dong Qu
Japan

Japanese women join the sake industry despite traditional exclusions

Mie Takahashi is one of a small group of female master sake brewers, made possible by changing gender norms and increased mechanisation.

Sake brewer Mie Takahashi. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks

The secret to Bar Leone’s success, according to its owner Lorenzo Antinori

The lawyer turned bartender eschews the trend of too fancy cocktails and believes that creating the right atmosphere is a crucial part of the whole mix.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 12-14

This weekend, enjoy cheeky concoctions on Peel Street, swing by a Japanese guest shift in mid-century Hong Kong surrounds, and enjoy Thai flavours at a one-night only takeover in Central.

Food and Drinks

Why a Japanese spirit has been made with Thai rice for 600 years

Unlike sake, Okinawan spirit awamori is distilled, making it much more potent. To this day it is made with unpolished Thai long-grain rice.

The Okinawan speciality awamori, is a spirit made from Thai rice and distilled according to a 15th century Thai recipe. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

How Shanghai’s academic Bunker bar is redefining intellectual nightlife

Bunker went viral this year, pioneering a new trend: academic bars, where people and professors meet to discuss burning topics over tipples.

Bunker, the Shanghai bar that went viral in China this summer. Photo: Xiu Chunlei
Hong Kong

PostMag Christmas gift guide: 9 ideas for the foodie in your life

From dumpling-shaped salt and pepper shakers to egg tart scented candles or a gourmet Christmas ham, snap these up for your reservation-making, dinner-party-throwing friend.

Hong Kong

PostMag Christmas gift guide: 9 ideas for the chill island dweller

We’ve picked out a jacket for pets, mushroom supplements, corduroy slip-ons, a Chinese checkers set, a hiker’s backpack and an indigo dye workshop.

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Food and Drinks

Japan’s sake brewers hope Unesco heritage listing boosts sales

Hong Kong sake-focused restaurant founder among those hailing sake’s heritage listing. Brewers of the rice wine hoping for rise in exports.

A cup of sake is poured in a Japanese tavern. Photo: Getty Images
100 Top Tables

7 best Christmas cocktails in Hong Kong: from mulled wine to spiked chai

These unique drinks offer a festive twist on classic favourites – perfect for celebrating with friends and family or a romantic tête-à-tête.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for December 5-8

Embark on a Friday night crawl across 3 bars, pair local bites with world class cocktails at 001, and celebrate a big anniversary with Bar De Luxe.

Food and Drinks

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, December 1-7

From a cheesecake sensation to Spanish tapas in a historic setting, a London rooftop bar’s Hong Kong debut and Central’s new matcha haven.

Tokyo’s popular cheesecake brand Cafe The Sun Lives Here opens its first overseas location in Hong Kong. Photo: Cafe The Sun Lives Here
Hong Kong

PostMag Christmas gift guide: 10 ideas for your favourite couple

From eco-friendly bedding and bamboo sheets, to handmade incense and festive perfume, here are 10 picks for that one couple closest to your heart.

The Coravin Timeless Six+ bottle preservation system is among our recommended gifts for couples. Photo: Coravin
Hong Kong

PostMag Christmas gift guide: 8 ideas to please that culture vulture

From Hong Kong manhole cover coasters made of diatomite concrete to an iconic and revamped Diana plastic toy camera.

Food and Drinks

Indian cocktail lab shapes the future of drinking around the world

Flavor Lab in Bengaluru serves Indian whisky, riffs on martini and more to help spirits giant Diageo predict the habits of a new generation.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for November 28-30

Check out Nest By Pun’s guest shift at C108, enjoy Cognac-spiked cocktails at Artifact and celebrate Singular Concept’s Mindful Mo.

Nest By Pun in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Major Hong Kong wine retailer cuts some high-end product prices by up to 59.2%

Watson’s Wine says it is lowering prices on more than 100 premium spirits in support of the government’s liquor tax cut.

A wine tasting session at a booth of the Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair in November. Photo: Elson Li
Food and Drinks

Why love-to-hate wines like pinot grigio deserve a second chance

Put aside your memories of cheap wine made from certain grape types such as zinfandel and moscato, and try some high-end bottles.

Food and Drinks

How an underrated Japanese spirit became a new cocktail staple in Hong Kong

Indian mixologist Devender Sehgal is dedicated to showcasing the flavours of shochu at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong’s The Aubrey and elsewhere.

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