The Balvenie single malt Scotch whisky had successfully held THE SOUND OF WHISKY event at The French Window in a wonderful evening on 2nd March 2017. The event had invited The Balvenie's Head Cooper Ian McDonald to first visit Hong Kong and meet media friends and whisky lovers, who were enthralled to learn his sharing on casks making and its impact on whisky maturation. Apart from tasting The Balvenie selected whiskies, guests had immersed themselves in the creative performance - THE SOUND OF WHISKY sonata - where Ian’s demonstration of cask making was splendidly accompanied by live drumming. The extraordinary
evening was complimented by blending whisky and music altogether.
A grand finale to International Women’s Week, Hong Kong debuted the Swire “Women of Wine” (WoW) Festival on Friday. The event featured a plethora of wow-worthy women, inspiring seminars, pop-up workshops and more than 50 wines made by women shared by the city’s female importers, to a full house of over 350 mostly female guests.
Actress and celebrity winemaker, Bernice Liu (Liu Bik Yee), opened the festival with a bang – literally, as VIP guests led, by founder and director Debra Meiburg Master of Wine, popped a cluster of balloons to kick off the event.
Powell & Son is the latest venture for Dave and he is now joined by his son, Callum. The father and son’s vision is to become the DRC of the Barossa, but with an affordable range to offer. Producing tiny quantities from some of Barossa’s most ancient vineyards, their much heralded 2015 vintage has garnered spectacular reviews, including the Kraehe Shiraz receiving 99 points from the Wine Advocate.
