Don Perignon 2003 , Light up Label!

How about this? Collectible!?
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A 50 years Moutai, Guess who will afford to open it for a Dinner!?

Price Peso 2.200,000

Or HKD$392,857

Avaiable at Caviar at Alanang.

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Some of the Wine Labels I Collected over the years.

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Don Perignon 2002

People says there is about 43,000,000 tiny bubbles in a bottle of Don Perignon, I have tried but no way to find so many.. anyway the Champange is best of all, of course that is not as good as year 1996, 1973...
Anyway, it's bottle that we should open with good friends. This Restaurant the guy does not know how to open it and it popped out about 10% of the liquid and the cork jet up sky high with sound of a small motar!
Anyway, the restauarnat should teach them how to open a bottle of decent Champange properly.
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Chateau Angelus in Casino Royale

Someone from Chateau Angelus must have paid million dollar in order that Daniel Craig put the Angelus Label right in front of the Camera? Is it too obvious?

Angelus is a Premier grand Cru Class from Saint Emilion,  especially 1989. Moreover, price is not that untouchable!

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Korean Ginsen rice wine

Honesty, when I first saw it, it was not pleasant to look at, the wine is chalky and thick, but once i tasted it!
I found that is very good for Korean roasted beef in Summer. Korean used to take it with bowl, holding it with one hand and drink with big mouthful. The are pleased to be serve full on the bowl as a kind of respect.
The alcohol content is somewhat liek red wine:12%.
It is sweet, served cold and highly recommended with Korean and korean Food! of course, if the Korean Movie star is there, the taste will be even perfect...
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Wine for the past 4 years

This is the bucket of corks that I had opened in the past 4 years, I think The most beautiful evenings I had were:

1. 1966 Margruax

2. 1986 Lafite

3. 1996 Petrvs

4. 1996 Latour

5. 1989 Angelus

6. 2000 Mouton

7. 1976 Lafite

8. 1996 Mouton

Today I met a women wine appreciator, she told me some one wants to sell tow bottle of Lafite 1982 at abput HKD$30,000 each! What a tempting price, but how sure that the storage is good!?

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Wine Depot

This is what we had shopped for wine that could be consumped in the Christmas Party, some 20 bottles of French, and Chilean Wine.
Interesting to see good information about wine... "If food is the good body of living, Wine is Soul!

"Manila Snob

A Case of Lafifte

We bought a Case of Lafifte, Well, it was bid as HKD$50,000, Now this case of wine came to us with minimum price of HKD$120,000. This is the magic and Charisma of Wine.

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Balvenie 1964 at HKIA

I came HKD$1across this great Bottle and It seems to me I could smell the scent of the Whisky form the glasses... Well, I do think that oce you have got th budget, go and try, I ahve not tested it as I am not yet a fan of Whisky.

This unique cask, Number 10378 from 1964, has matured to perfection at The Balvenie Distillery, and is extremely rare, offering connoisseurs a whisky of a lifetime.
The 1964 cask, personally selected by The Balvenie Malt Master, rested in a single oak cask for over 40 years at The Balvenie Distillery in Speyside, Scotland. With only 151 bottles forthcoming, The Balvenie 1964 is a rarity. Look at the price tag HKD$108,000.00! Last Customer was a Chinese, he bought it with cash!

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Romanee Conti 1985

Romanee Conti 1985 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Cote de Nuits, Grand Cru What makes the DRC wines so famous? Unquestionably, they literally stand alone in the vintage somewhat like the mythical city of Minas Tirith in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a bright, shining empire that cannot be matched for beauty or power. In vintages such as the 2003, 1999, and 1990, no Pinot Noir in the world comes remotely close to what the DRC achieves. Romanee-Conti's extraordinary perfume, power, and penetration make it special.

The Romanee-Conti is utterly mind blowing. The heady, intoxicating bouquet delivered penetrating and sublime aromas that were even more intense than those from the La Tache. On the palate, there is a veritable smorgasbord of earthly and heavenly delights. It it is very rich, very opulent, and very concentrated. Red burgundy and red wine do not get any better than this - 100. RP / Burgundy. Lot 546 6 bts Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 119,500 USD

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Les Gouttes De Dieux's 8 Disciples

From A Japanese cartoon novels, Les Gouttes De Dieux which created a hit in the High Society in Hong Kong 5 year ago. The main theme is to find out the best 12 Disciples Collection of wine…

Now they have showed us of the 8 Disciples:
1st Disciple:George Roumier Clambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les, Amoureuses 2001.
2nd Disciples:Chateau Palmer 1999.

3rd Disciples:Pegau CDP Cunnee Da Capo 2000.

4th Disciples: Chateau Lafleur 1994.

5th Disciples: Chateau Michel Colin-Deleger Chevalier Montrachet 2000.

6th Disciples: Luciano Sandrone Barolo Cannubi Boschis 2001.

7th Discipleds: Sine Qua Non The Inaugural ( Eleven Confession) 2003.

Special Feature: Chateu Le Puy 2003.
Now They are on sales as one lot for HKD$138,000.00!


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Caymus 1990

Caymus 1990 was once the best from Caymus, It belongs to one Chap Jim, who is good friend of mine. A few days Ago hethis  asked about the 1990 Caymus. I said that we have been keeping that for more than 5 years. He asked me to open and drink, rather than to wait for his daughter to come to HK for Opening Ceremony. His Daughter was borne as the same year of this Caymus.
I am waiting to open this bottle of wine with Jim and his daughter. Well  I think We can not wait. Let's open on this Friday.


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Wine Taster

In an alcohol factory the regular taster died and the director started looking for a new one to hire.

A drunkard with ragged, dirty look came to apply for the position.

The director of the factory wondered how to send him away.

They tested him.

They gave him a glass with a drink. He tried it and said, "It’s red wine, a Muscat, three years old, grown on a north slope, matured in steel containers."

"That’s correct", said the boss.

Another glass.

"It’s red wine, Cabernet, eight years old, a southwestern slope, oak barrels."

"Correct."
The director was astonished. He winked at his secretary to suggest something.
She brought in a glass of urine. The alcoholic tried it.

"It’s a blond, 26 years old, pregnant in the third month.

And if you don’t give me the job, I’ll also tell who the father is!"

Champagne Barons De Rothschild, as good as their Red Wine!?

If you are the fans of the magnificient Lafite which is no question the best of the Top Five Brands of Red wine from France. They did go into the Champagne business!? Will that be as good as the Red wine, Still a question to me as if that could be comparable to Dom Perignon? We will see! HK Snob

Magic Decanter

A Very Special Design of speeding up your wine with a flash f seconds.
A Large flask may not be the best as it has to wait for the wine to get mixed with Oxygen.

This tiny magic Decanter can work effective. Just pour in the wine on the glass with this magic decanter in between. it creates a swirl of bubbles trapped inside the wine with hissing sound. Enjoy.

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Chateau Laffite 1869, World Most Expensive Red Wine sold in Hong Kong!

Hong Kong has become World No.1 Red Wine Auction centre with red wine transaction amount reaches 900 Millions this year.

Laffite, the liquidous Gold reaches the World Highest Record of auction price.

Last Friday 29 Oct, Sotheby HK made an auction of Three bottles of 1869 Laffite. We speculated the price would be just HKD$56,000.00 each, final bit was coming from an unidentified man, he offered HKD$1,500,000.00 a bottle. Or HKD$1,820,000.00 Including 21% commission.

We believe the mysterious man is a Chinese. This is the highest record of a single bottle of Laffite.. The price sis 6 times higher than the same weight of Gold!

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1961 Paul Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle

This Bottle of 1961 Paul Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle was attained a record High auction price of HKD$50,000.00 a bottle last year at Acker & Merrall summer auction. Soon later it appeared in a Geneva Christie with a Historical high of final bidding price of 66,000 Pounds for 6 bottles. The historical record of Red Wine Auction! Someone estimated that is an offer from a Chinese. If not Chinese. Who else!? Japanese or Korea? No way!



Paul Jaboulet is the name of this French winery, Hermitage is a wine-growing appellation in northern Rhône on a hill with an old hermit's chapel. La Chapelle is a church. That St. Christophe Chapel has been there since 1235. The Church belongs to Paul Jaboult, however Chateau La Lagune has acquired the Paul Jaboulet winery business.


This winery produces 90,000 bottle of wine every year. This 1961 bottle has 100% Syrah, known to be complex and blended with sophisticated aroma. Robert Parker rated this great bottle 100 points. Anticipated for another 30-50 years. If I had money I would not care to taste it with a sip at HKD$5,000.00!


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DRC 2005

Texas Real Estate Developer Marcus Hiles carried his 6,500 bottles of fine wine for Southey’s auction. Within that collection, there were 1,030 of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. That is the historical largest Asia Southey’s action item, there are some 2005 DRC. Estimated actions price for 12 bottles of 2005 DRC is HKD800,000 to HKD1,200,000.
After Laffite 1896, 1947, 1982, perhaps Marguax 1900 (it is still too young to drink, perhaps we have to wait for another 20 years), Mouton 1945. Petrvs 1961, 1989, Latour 1959….After all you have to try different wine like 2005 DRC?
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Cru it Yourself...Crushpad

Have you ever wanted to make your own luxury-class wine? This is now possible, thanks to the partner Crushpad. For the past 8 years, Crushpad has made premium wines on behalf of private clients throughout the world. Each customer decides on the style of wine they want to produce, selects the vineyards and grapes and decides on the final blend under the expert supervision of Crushpad's renowned wine makers.


Since the 2009 vintage, Crushpad has operated from Saint Emilion with access well-located parcels throughout Bordeaux (Margaux, Pauillac, St Emilion...). They've also hired one of the world's renowned wine making consultants, Eric Boissenot (wine consultant of Lafite, Latour, Margaux, Pichon Baron, Leoville Barton, Palmer and many others...) to oversee vineyard selection and management as well as winemaking and client blending support.


All wines are produced in Saint Emilion at Chateau Teyssier, under the winemaking supervision of Jonathan Maltus, producer of top rated wines (Le Dome, Les Asteries and Vieux Chateau Mazerat).

Crushpad is now proposing to do YOUR 2010 vintage:
How it works:
1) You select a barrel (minimum order, ie 300 bt) based on the style of Bordeaux you want to produce (fruity, strong, rounds, more or less tannins, a wine to age or to drink, etc...).

2) With the support of Crushpad's team, including Eric Boissenot, you will make the selection of grapes from specific varietals (cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc) and parcels. Most of these parcels are located within or next to prestigious chateau (Sociando Mallet, Le Tertre, Prieure Lichine, Pichon Baron, Tertre Daugay...) and were selected specifically for their quality and terroir. More details on the parcels are available in the attached document.


3) You choose a preliminary blend percentages (70% Cabernet, 30% Merlot....) to respond to your wine style.


4) You participate as much or as little as you like in the winemaking process. If you can't make it to Bordeaux, you monitor the wine process online and can contact Crushpad in Bordeaux at any time for changes or adjustments.


5) You adjust the blend to your taste while the wine is aging in barrel. You can do so at Crushpad's "Primeur" event in April 2011, where Eric Boissenot and Crushpad's winemaking team are on hand to finalize the blend directly with you. If you can not come, samples will be sent to you with suggestions for blend modification.


6) You design your own label, packaging, bottling. Crushpad has a team of four designers to respond to your specific label design requirements.


The whole process can take from 14 month to 24 months. Of course, should you want to travel to Bordeaux and visit your wine in progress, you can do so at any time. Best would be in April during the "En Primeurs" tastings, where you taste your barrel samples, meet the other owners and blend with Eric Boissenot and Crushpad's winemakers. (See enclosed South China Morning Post article with the popular HK Actress Bernice Liu and her 2009 vintage !)


You are the wine maker and you are assured to get a 100% excellent wine at the end thanks to the ideal location of each of the parcels (cf attach documents), the excellent advise from all the wine makers at Crushpad and of course Eric Boissenot.


As a reference point, Crushpad clients have produced a number of wines rated between 90 and 94 points by Robert Parker, The Wine Spectator and the Wine Enthusiast. Even further, one client was named by the Wine Spectator one of the 20 best 'newcomers', with a 92 point rating.


Act fast as the 2010 harvest is about to begin and barrels are limited. Prices start at HK$ 72,500 per barrel (equivalent 300 bt delivered in wooden case or HK$ 241 per bt) and depend on the vineyards selected.

Contact Simon Tai, Director of Connoisseur Wines [simon@connoisseur-wines.com.hk]

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