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Jo Nash Wines Coming to Taiwan

Exciting New Range on its way to TaiwanI was pleased to hear the news the McPherson Wines from Victoria in Australia’s new flagship wines, the Jo Nash range, are on their way to Taiwan. Named after the chief winemaker at…

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Ancient Rome Comes to Taichung

A Tour of Italy at Rico Padre Restaurant   Last Friday I was on deck to help my good friends at Thisrty Scholar with their Italain wine tasting at the new Rico Padre restaurant in Taichung. Some pleasantly warm mid-winter…

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Chinese New Year Wine Offer

Bellenda ProseccoRefreshing, great value sparlking wine from Italy. Perfect for your family’s new year celebrations. Fresh lime peel with sweeter floral, apple and pear notes make this a great aperitif wine with good persistant bubbles. Drink: Now Match with: shellfish…

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ProWine in Shanghai

This year’s event in Shanghai was a very interesting insight into the dynamic wine market in China. Italian and Australian wines continue to go from strength to strength in the market, while wines from my own country, New Zealand were…

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Taipei Wine & Spirit Festival 2018

It was great to witness the ever-growing interest in wine in Taiwan at the recent Taipei Wine & Spirit Festival, held at the extremely convenient (for anyone heading to Taipei vis the High Speed Rail) Nangang Exhibition Center. What particularly…

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V Lingual Studio Tasting Dinner

After a slightly late start mostly due to rushing back from Prowine in Shanghai, then missing my connecting train in Kaohsiung, we had a great evening of wine tasting and food. Special thanks to Vera from VLingual Studio for organising…

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Vedan Staff Training

Thanks to June and the team at Vedan for inviting me to train the staff for a session on wine styles, labels and marketing. We had a great time and cleared up a few misconceptions as well as hopefully inspiring…

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