Wine Sale : Vinum Wine Sale from 27 Aug to 4 Sep 2010

Vinum at Level 3 Unit 20/21 Shaw Centre Scotts Road is having their Annual Sale from Friday 27 Aug to Sat 4th Sept. They have over 200 top-end wines this year on offer with discounts up to 45%.

The sale includes :-

Bordeaux
Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion, Laftite, Latour, La Conseillante, La Mission Haut Brion, Margaux, Mouton, Palmer, Petrus, Pichon Lalande, Pontet Canet, etc

Burgundy
Armad Rousseau, Claude Dugat DRC, Dujac, Jean Jacques Confuron, Leroy, Meo Camuzet, Emmanuel Rouget, Leflaive, Ponsot, etc

Others
Cristal, D'Yquem, Dom Perignon, Egon Muller, Etienne Guigal, Joseph Phelps, Vega Sicilia,etc


I took a quick glance at the price list and though there are substantial discounts, the bulk of the wines are the newer 2006 and 2007 which I am not particularly excited about.

The Sauternes half bottles of 2005 de Fargues and 2005 Suduiraut, did perk my interest.

Wine TV : Kami-no-Shizuku (Japanese drama) 2009

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I got to be aware of this Wine-intense Japanese drama called Kami no Shizuku (translated as "The Drops of the Gods") sometime last year when it was launched but I managed to watch a couple of episodes only this weekend. It was adapted from a Manga comic, except it had a more fancy name "Les Gouttes de Dieu".

The story revolves around Kanzuki Shizuku, a young man who was estranged from his father, a world-famous wine critic. When his father passed away, he left behind a wine collection worth 2 Billion Yen, but in order to inherit it, Shizuku must solve a series of tests left by his father to identify 6 wines. His competitor is Tomine Issei, a prominent wine critic, whom his father adopted before his death.

Overall, it is an entertaining drama for wine buffs, with lots of references to the 1st Growths, Burgundy wine, and in general very much French focused. (Which is also why the Japanese have a penchant for LV, Hermes, Longchamp etc..) The actors and actresses in the drama are also a draw for non-wine lovers as eye-candy. However, some of the antics in the show were over the top, especially decanting of the wine like pouring teh-tarik.

Wine Fair : Carrefour Wine Fair Aug 2010

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Carrefour held their at Plaza Singapura Atrium from 29 July 2010 to 1 Aug 2010.

Interestingly Carrefour is also carrying Mercer's Wine Ice Cream. There were sampling available and the Peach White Zinfandel actually tasted like Rum and Raisin ice cream to me.

Worthy mentioned wines on sale :-

Reserve de la Comtesse 2007 $52
Reserve de la Comtesse 2006 $89
Ch Montrose 2007 $119
Ch Figeac 2006 $152
Ch Kirwan 2007 $89
Ch Talbot 2006 $99