Mark your diaries for 3-5 June 2019, to be part of the first academic wine conference in Asia brought to you by UNESCO Chair “Culture and Wine Traditions” of the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France and the School of Hotel & Tourism Management of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This pioneering academic multidisciplinary wine conference will take place at Hotel ICON in Hong Kong and we are very honoured to announce the following confirmed speakers: Professor Jean-Robert Pitte, Professor Bill Gartner, Professor Olivier Jacquet, Professor Caroline Le Goffic, Professor Demei Li, Professor Haiyan Song, Steven Spurrier, Jasper Morris MW and myself.
If you want to share and exchange the latest research on wine markets and the quickly evolving culture of wine consumption, please register here to get 10% off for early-bird registration by April 15th and check out the website for full program details.
The past several months have been a whirlwind of travel concluding in over 1,000 notes from tasting 2017 Burgundy wines and 300 tasting notes from 2018 Bordeaux wines. Search my tasting notes here and read my recommendations in My Views.
Exciting upcoming events include a masterclass and walk around tasting of wines from Grandi Marchi, the most prestigious group of Italian wineries in Hong Kong on June 6th 2019 at the Four Seasons Hotel. For more information, please email [email protected].
Join me in Seoul this month on April 16th when I will help launch LG Electronics Signature Kitchen suite including a premium built-in wine fridge. Or in London later this month during Decanter World Wine Awards where I will chair the Burgundy panel. I hope to see many of you at Vinexpo Bordeaux on May 14th where I will be speaking about the impact of climate change in global vineyards – click here for more details. I will also be in Champagne and France in May and in June with the Singapore Airlines team, sourcing the best wines for the ‘world’s best airline’ according to TripAdvisor’s Travellers´ Choice Awards!
Please join me in supporting the crowdfunding campaign to publish Gerard Basset’s book, Tasting Victory. Be among the first to receive the first edition of Gerard’s book by using this link. Gerard Basset was an incredible wine professional and an even more amazing human being and we are extremely lucky that he left his words of wisdom and insight in this book.
Lastly, I am thrilled about the launch of my book, The 100 Burgundy, published by Assouline which will be available starting June 2019. The book tour schedule for this fall will include more than ten cities around the world – watch this space for more details. As always, I look forward to hearing from you via Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, WeChat or Weibo.
A belated new year of the Golden Pig!
猪年快乐!
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