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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
From Amber and Aqua, to The Upper House’s Salisterra and Morton’s The Steakhouse, check out our list of the seven best New Year’s Eve dinners in Hong Kong for 2024. Photo: Handout

The 7 best New Year’s Eve dinners in Hong Kong for 2024

DarkSide’s Festive Manhattan, part of its special Christmas cocktail menu, is made with panettone-infused cognac. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Drink in Focus: Festive Manhattan at DarkSide

Hong Kong’s professional chefs may be among the best in the world, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t experienced their share of disasters. Photo: Ilus AI

Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s top chefs’ worst kitchen nightmares

Delicate scallops drizzled with yuzu ponzu and shiso for a refreshing burst of flavours will be served at a two-night only omakase at Liberty Exchange. Photo: Iron Chef Hong Kong x Liberty Exchange

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for December 20-22

Yurakucho’s Merry Mischief Midori as part of Singular Concept’s The Grinch Who Stole Cocktails event. Photo: Handout

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

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A bottle of wine a week could be as good as statins for heart health. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

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

It’s often said light to moderate wine drinking is good for heart health – but how much wine is that? Scientists have put a number on it.

Food and Drinks

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

Food and Drinks

Drink in Focus: Festive Manhattan at DarkSide

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.

You do not have to drink alcohol to have a good time this Christmas. Sober people offer tips on staying tipple-free. Photo: Shutterstock
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.

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.

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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.

Irish Coffee at The Diplomat bar in Central, Hong Kong. Photo: 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.

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.

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.

Bar Leone co-founder, Lorenzo Antinori poses i a corner booth at Bar Leone. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
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.

Mahaniyom’s “Watermelon” cocktail. The Bangkok bar plans to bring four signatures to The Opposites in Hong Kong on Saturday, December 14. Photo: Handout
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.

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.

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.

A festive gift set by Hong Kong-based chocolatier Conspiracy Chocolate. Photo: Conspiracy Chocolate
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.

Momotone, Okayama Collection. Photo: Momotone
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.

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.

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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.

Two variations on the 20th Century cocktail at The Opposites in Hong Kong – part of the Monkey Express 47 collaboration. Photo: Handout
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.

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.

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.

These Hong Kong manhole cover coasters by Concretology are made of diatomite concrete. Photo: Handout
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.

A Mandya Sour cocktail prepared by bartender Neil Alexander. Photo; Instagram/@neilalexandermixology
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.

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.

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.

If you associate the pinot grigio grape with cheap, mass-produced wines, think again. Photo: Instagram/@winestyleto
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.

Devender Sehgal, The Aubrey’s assistant general manager, has popularised shochu as a serious cocktail ingredient. Photo: The Aubrey
SCMP Highlights

Recap | Tara Margarita’s culinary love story, tips for foodie heaven: 5 food & drink stories

From Hong Kong culinary gems to Unesco ambitions for sake and China’s ancient wedding cake customs, explore some of our latest stories from the world of food and drink.

Food and Drinks

Will Unesco heritage listing boost sake’s popularity outside Japan?

Sake is gaining popularity overseas, and makers in Japan are hoping it is awarded Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage status.

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