Traversing The Orient Magazine

Wines from China have come a long way in their development. They are the house wine in Peninsula Hong Kong, Shangri-la Hotels throughout China and are the only Asian wines to be found on Starwood’s Wines of the World. ...

Wine scribe Laurence Civil explores the question ‘Are we drinking wines younger as a lifestyle or economic choice?’ In a recent conversation with Steve Reader - Win­emaker for SIMI in California – I learnt that in the US 90% of wine is drunk within two days of purchase. It strikes me ...

A  sweet  red wine  that’s often associated with  stuffy British  tradition and Stilton Cheese  is well known, yet not readily understood. When Jorge Nunes, Wine Maker of Graham’s Port was recently in Bangkok Laurence Civil joined him to quaff a few glasses and discover his passion for Port at the ...

Monsieur Laurence Civil enjoys a tipple of Bordeaux Back in the 90’s there was a decline in  domestic  consumption  of  wine in France, the result a dependency on an overseas market. But this new customer base didn’t have  the same complex understanding  of  wine  and  needed things made simpler ...

To get an understanding of why the Antinori family’s approach to winemaking scandalised Tuscany our Wine Writer Laurence Civil recently had dinner at Ristorante Zannoti with Jacopo Pandolfni. Jacopo has just taken over from Alessia Antinori the role of their Export Area Manager Asia and Australia The Antinori family ...

Denis Horagan was an accountant by profession and acquired a former cattle farm by way of set­tling a debt. Luckily, that proved to be some of the finest vine growing soil in the now famous Mar­garet River district. His second piece of luck was in 1972 he met ...

Bringing quality and afordable wines to the table tops of Bangkok Q Shop is an independent wine retailer carry­ing a carefully selected range of old and new world wines in the comfortable price range of 500-2,000 baht. They recently opened two branches in Bangkok to cater for the needs of a ...

Laurence Civil meets Jean-Michel Cazes – a vintner of worldly distinction who was awarded La Croix de Chevalier de la Legion in 2002 and Man of the Year by the wine magazine Decanter in 2003 Jean-Michel Cazes is a French winemaker of worldly distinction, described as “the new Baron of Bordeaux.” ...

For many years Patcharin Hame-Ung-Gull has been importing fine food with her sister Nuntiya.  Patcharin felt they should expand their business to include food wines as well so early 2008 she established Beverage One. Being a new player in Thailand’s wine scene she invited our Grape Scribe Laurence Civil to ...

Less than a year ago Ekkachai Mahaguna, Managing Director of Canpac Beverages told TTO’s wine scribe Laurence Civil of his intention to import wines from the sub-continent into Thailand. One year on our grape connoisseur delivers his verdict and recommends a pairing with Indian food....