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Sake Club India co-founder Ravi Joshi at a sake shop in Japan. Sake is gaining fans overseas, and could be awarded Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage status. Photo: Sake Club India

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.

Your 100 Top Tables Hong Kong weekend drinks guide, for November 15-24

Drink in Focus: The Savory Project’s Thai Beef Salad cocktail

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide: the best places to eat from November 8-10

Indulge in a sumptuous afternoon tea at Conrad Hong Kong complete with a Christian Louboutin fragrance gift, or party the night away at The Wine Rally at The Repulse Bay.

The Repulse Bay Wine Rally will take place this weekend in Hong Kong. Photos: Handout

Hong Kong’s liquor tax cut boosts interest among patrons at wine and spirits fair

Merchants at event say recent levy cut for liquors with import price of more than HK$200 has encouraged them to bring out pricier wares.

Sweet potato soup sake? 3 Hong Kong women’s dessert-based craft drinks

Three women have created sake drinks based on sweet potato and red bean soups using traditional Hong Kong flavours and Japanese ingredients.

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Belgian Days brings intercultural culinary delights to Hong Kong and Macau

From November 9 to 17, experience a taste of Belgium with culinary, musical and cinematic collaborations showcasing Belgian and local talent.

Belgian Days will feature work by graphic artist Jérôme Van Roye. Photo: courtesy of Jerome Van Roye

How India’s single malt whiskies are challenging global giants

Indian brands like Indri, Amrut and Paul John are winning best whisky prizes at international awards and surging in popularity beyond India.

China’s cocktail bars are great, so why hasn’t the world taken notice yet?

China’s top bar concepts boast world-class quality and skills, while the country boasts the largest market for alcoholic drinks in the world – worth US$336 billion in 2023.

Chinese investors sour on Bordeaux winery investments

They dreamed of elegant living in France and good earnings from selling their wine in China. Now many investors have given up or want out.

Harvest time at the Chateau des Chapelains winery, owned by Zhang Rong, in Saint-Andre-et-Appelles, France. Zhang is among a minority of Chinese investors in Bordeaux wine estates who is not selling up or looking to sell. Photo: AFP

How a college dropout and ex-racer became one of Asia’s best bartenders

Ace bartender Sandeep Kumar, a two-time winner of the Bacardi Grand Prix National, found success in Hong Kong with The Wise King and The Blind Spot.

Sandeep Kumar, founder of Hong Kong bars The Wise King and The Blind Spot. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

The Glenlivet launches limited edition 55-year-old Scotch whisky

The Scottish distillery will only be releasing 100 bottles of the spirit, and two bottles are coming to Hong Kong.

Scrapping of punitive tariffs sparks surge in Chinese imports of Australian wine

Australia’s share of China’s imported wine market plunged to 0.06 per cent last year from 37 per cent in 2019.

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Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival logs 155,000 visitors despite Typhoon Trami

Some vendors say they have recorded double or triple-digit revenue growth compared with last year despite Saturday’s wet weather.

Revellers enjoy evening entertainment at the Central harbourfront. Photo: Nora Tam

Meet Sarah Jane Ramos, fiancée and baby mama to NFL star Dak Prescott

Ramos, who hails from Florida, is a wine and spirits specialist, a Tampa Bay Lightning superfan, and a golfer – it was on the green that Prescott popped the question.

Meet Sarah Jane Ramos, baby mama and fiancée to NFL star Dak Prescott: she seems to prefer watching ice hockey … and why that US$1 million engagement ring got Dallas Cowboys fans all riled up at first. Photo: @sarahjane/Instagram

Why there’s a bittersweet side to Chinese wedding drink ‘bride wine’

Nu’er hong, or huadiao, is rice wine traditionally drunk at Chinese weddings. Matured 18 years, its opening marks a daughter’s leaving home.

8,000 cruise passengers invited to Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival

Invitation to visitors from over 30 jurisdictions marks biggest collaboration between Tourism Board and cruise sector.

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Hong Kong trade body hails liquor tax cut but some firms find little to toast

Activities and interest around liquor trading have ‘significantly increased’ since the tax cut was announced, says Trade Development Council’s Sophia Chong.

The Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair will run from November 7 to 9. Photo: Edmond So

Craving Thai milk tea canelés or Bordeaux wine? Hong Kong’s food fest is back

The 5-day event along the Victoria Harbour will feature world-class mixologists and Michelin-starred restaurants.

Video | How some of the best wines in China are being made by women

From the dusty vineyards of China’s countryside to its chic metropolitan bars, women are at the forefront of the country’s increasingly vibrant wine scene.

5 of the best things to do this weekend in Hong Kong, October 18-20

From the Hong Kong Ballet to the Asian Film Festival and World Shochu and Awamori Festival, our pick of the best things to do this weekend.

Choreographer Ricky Hu Songwei directed the dance programme for Hong Kong Ballet: The Butterfly Lovers.

Yum bui! How different cultures toast to good health through the ages

‘Yum bui’ were among the first Chinese words taught to Europeans arriving in Hong Kong, while ‘Bottoms Up’ is also the name of a Tsim Sha Tsui bar.

Robby Cheung, manager of Tung Po Kitchen, toasts with customers at Java Road Market and Cooked Food Centre, North Point, Hong Kong, in 2022. Photo: Dickson Lee

Why you should invest in alternative assets – experts share their insights

Rise Art, Cask Trade and Wristcheck founders describe the benefits of betting on secondary luxury investments, while investors seek transparency and meaningful connections.

Hong Kong drinks traders say prices of high-end spirits will fall with lower tax

Mixed responses from traders on benefits of slashed alcohol duty and unhappiness among the medical sector, but doctors who are Exco members support move.

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Q&A | How Four Seasons’ Argo is blending quirky ingredients for year-round cocktails

The futuristic bar’s playful new cocktail menu is a deep dive into flavour combinations that draw on ingredients that are available all year long.

Argo’s beverage manager Federico Balzarini. Photo: Courtesy of Argo

How a few drinks can go straight to your heart as well as to your head

Drinking alcohol raises your pulse, and having too much alcohol can interfere with the processes of the heart, according to a new study.

Too much alcohol causes damage to your heart, even if you are young and healthy, a new study suggests. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong distillers ready to try their hands at Japanese whisky production

Kit Cheung and Joseph Cheung are opening the Tankyu Distillery in the northern region of Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, in 2025.

Award-winning winemakers in Ningxia, China, battle falling sales

With wine consumption down in China, winemakers in Ningxia look to export more, and create new products to meet consumers’ changing tastes.

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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
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Leela’s smoked butter chicken, an innovative take on an Indian classic. Photo: Nicholas Wong

Dish in Focus: smoked butter chicken at Leela

Quinary’s Texture menu. Photo: Handout

Your 100 Top Tables Hong Kong weekend drinks guide, for November 15-24

Nocino’s vibrant new location is situated on Wai Yip Street in Kwun Tong. Photo: Courtesy of Nocino

100 Top Tables weekend food guide: where to eat from November 15-17

The Thai Beef Salad cocktail by The Savory Project in Hong Kong features savory profiles from beef, peanut and chilli as well as coconut, kaffir lime and rum. Photo: The Savory Project

Drink in Focus: The Savory Project’s Thai Beef Salad cocktail

Dish in focus: Is LPM’s gateau au fromage frais the “best cheesecake in town”? Photo: Handout

Dish in Focus: LPM’s gateau au fromage frais

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