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Wine and Spirits

Wine and Spirits
News and trends in luxury wine and spirits
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword. Here’s how Hong Kong’s fine dining is improving its green policies: from Amber at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental and Michelin-starred Mono to Vicky Lau’s Mora, Roganic and the Marriott group. Photo: Ting Lung Heen

How Hong Kong’s fine dining scene is getting greener – at last

The staff of Socio at the the 100 Top Tables Tables 2025 Unveiling Ceremony and Awards. Photo: Jordan Chan

Celebrating 100 Top Tables’ top restaurants and bars in Hong Kong and Macau

Bar Leone co-founder Lorenzo Antinori. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

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A Japanese monk took in an abandoned dog that was considered too noisy, and the canine later saved him from a fierce bear. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/QQ.com

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A Japanese woman was shocked when she returned home unexpectedly to find her boss in her bed, clad only in his underwear. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Trending in China

Chinese boy, 11, invents 300 hair braids for toddler sister, wins online praise

An 11-year-old boy in China has created 300 unique hair braids for his toddler sister, earning widespread admiration online. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Diplomacy

Chinese envoy urges Israel to halt ‘risky’ Iran attacks, warns of consequences

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Tech War

Temu resumes direct sales to US after Washington-Beijing trade truce

The Temu logo is seen in front of a US flag in this illustration taken May 4, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Young women drink beer at local restaurant in Saigon, Vietnam. Photo: Shutterstock
Vietnam

Tears for cheers: Vietnam to raise alcohol tax to 90% by 2031

The new move adds to the challenges facing the beer industry, led by Heineken, Carlsberg and local brewers Sabeco and Habeco.

Your Perfect Week

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, June 15-21

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 13-15

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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 13-15

This weekend, experience a six-hands guest shift at the St Regis, try creative cocktails at Hong Kong’s new Ginza-style bar, and explore nature-inspired drinks with Caprice Bar’s new menu.

Madara in Causeway Bay is Hong Kong’s newest Ginza-style cocktail bar. Photo: Handout
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for June 13-15

Celebrate Father’s Day with your meat-loving dad at Morton’s, or head to Rosewood for Spanish specials and Tai Kwun for spice-driven dishes.

China manufacturing

Baijiu blues and plum pickings: tastes of China’s Gen Z rewrite liquor industry

Young Chinese are driving a shift from the traditional white spirit to fruity, lower-alcohol beverages, in a sign of as evolving lifestyles.

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 6-8

From the ultimate celebration of cocktails to ballet, Thai massage and a Lane Crawford pop-up, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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Egg cups by Anya Life are among items including espresso cups, tea pots, butter dishes, and salt and pepper shakers available at the Anya Life pop-up at its Hong Kong outlet at the IFC Mall in Central. Photo: Lane Crawford
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 6-8

From fresh takes on classic sips at C108 to can’t-miss guest shifts at Bar Leone and The Aubrey, here’s where to drink this Friday to Sunday.

Luxury travel

Visiting Venice for the biennale? Here’s how to avoid the tourist traps

From dazzling displays of design, art and architecture, to the best cicchetti spots and a characterful boutique hotel with Venetian Lagoon views, this is how to do the Biennale in style.

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Redemption at Orchard

The Hong Kong bar’s take on the negroni uses prune brandy to accent notes of strawberry, chocolate and hazelnut.

The Redemption cocktail – Orchard in Hong Kong’s take on the negroni – uses prune brandy to accent notes of strawberry, chocolate and hazelnut. Photo: Handout
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 31-June 1

From a celebration of artisan Korean liquors to Wes Anderson’s latest film The Phoenician Scheme, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 30 – June 1

Bid farewell to Stockton, enjoy the Hong Kong Whisky Festival, and celebrate The Savory Project’s anniversary with Native’s unique cocktails.

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The Japanese distilleries fuelling craft gin’s ‘unstoppable’ rise

In Japan, distillers are making gin with home-grown ingredients as the spirit gains fans. Could it rival whisky and shochu’s popularity?

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Nashik, India’s answer to Napa Valley, becomes a tourist draw

Near Mumbai, Nashik’s award-winning vineyards and holy sites draw visitors after something beyond the Taj Mahal as Indian wine tourism booms.

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Food and Drinks

Tokyo bartender’s graffiti-themed cocktails inspired by his travels

Hideyuki Saito conjured memories of ‘incredible’ street art for the cocktails on his new menu at Tokyo Edition Toranomon hotel’s Gold Bar.

A cocktail from Hideyuki Saito’s Graffiti menu. Photo: Tokyo Edition Toranomon
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 23-25

Drinks on a rooftop in Kai Tak, award-winning brews from Chicago, and a dive bar from Orchard’s Alex Pun.

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From ‘world’s best pizza’ to cocktail making, bartender’s TV tour of Japan

Mr Lyan’s Taste Trips explores the food and drink scene in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo in its first episode, and host creates a Japanese cocktail.

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Food and Drinks

Language Matters | How whisky took its name from the Gaelic ‘water of life’

‘Whiskie shall put our brains in rage’, a phrase in a 1715 book, marked the first appearance in English of the term for the distilled drink.

Whisky is a word derived from the Gaelic for “water of life”. A similar Medieval Latin term, aqua vitae, is the root of the French “eau de vie”, a brandy that, like whisky, is distilled. Photo: iStockphotos/Getty Images
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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 16-18

A gin extravaganza at PMQ, a talk about ageing well followed by a run or walk, opera, and a luxury handbag pop-up await you this weekend.

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Drink in Focus: Smoky Manhattan at Mizunara

The Wan Chai bar injects extra depth to the classic cocktail with precision techniques and innovative spirit pairings.

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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 16-18

From Ling Chan’s guest shift at Serendipity and a gin-filled experience at PMQ, to a special evening with Ajit Gurung and Nokoy Mak in Macau.

Ginsanity, Hong Kong’s biggest gin festival, is returning to PMQ. Photo: Handout
Architecture and design

Scotch whisky brand The Dalmore redefines culture through art and design

Foster and Partners’ Ben Dobbin, who led the redevelopment of San Francisco’s famed Transamerica Pyramid, was the designer behind The Dalmore’s sculptural project this year.

Ben Dobbin was the luminary designer for The Dalmore’s art project at this year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, May 11-17

Cheese-infused sushi at Roucou, art with wine at ThinkWine, urban art in Tai Kok Tsui and a one-night revival of Canton Disco at The Trilogy.

Food and Drinks

Japan’s oldest sake brand leans into tradition to revive the drink

Kenbishi Sake Brewing uses traditional methods and equipment to make drinks it believes will become trendy again.

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Martinis to Cosmopolitans, where 7 classic cocktails were created

James Bond’s tipple first appeared in New York’s Times Square. Black Russians aren’t from Russia. Cocktail origins from Paris to Puerto Rico.

A Black Russian cocktail. Photo: Shutterstock
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 8-11

From The Daily Tot’s alcohol-free menu to Hong Kong Beer Co’s hoppy IPA and The Aubrey’s Korean-inspired cocktails.

The Daily Tot x Crossip’s Zero ABV Summer Menu. Photo: Handout
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929, New York bar that plays Chinese pop, is an ode to its owner’s roots

A temple to Cantopop and Mandopop, 929 serves cocktails inspired by Leslie Cheung and Dou Wei. For the owner, it’s about embracing identity.

Hong Kong

Allez to the French May arts festival as it returns to Hong Kong

The annual celebration serves up a slice of Gallic goodness with its bounty of gourmet food and performing arts feasts.

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