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WINE&DINE
107
Jun-Jul15
These wines are available online at the Flying Winemaker website (visit
flyingwinemaker.asia and click on “Shop Online”) or in-store at 6/F, Yu
Yuet Lai Building, 43-55 Wyndham Street, Central.
#1
For taking to a barbecue
Roberto Voerzio’s Priavino
Dolcetto d’Alba 2012
Great with anything smoked, charred,
fatty, juicy or bloody. (Writing that has
just made me ridiculously hungry –
and thirsty!)
#2
For sundowners
on the roof
2008 Rose of Sharon Sparkling
Stop buying champagne and
instead do sundowners with
Sharon, from the Hemel En
Aarde Valley in South Africa.
Pink drops are the best!
#3
For a beach picnic
L’Armangia
Moscato d’Asti 2012
A sweet and poppy wine that
could fool anyone into thinking
it’s adult creaming soda. Enjoy with
cucumber sandwiches or hummus
and crackers. Works a treat!
#4
For drinking with
a summer salad
Mahi Sauvignon Blanc 2013
This wine from Marlborough, New Zealand,
is a great one to enjoy with the likes of beetroot,
cucumber and feta.
#5
For afternoons by the pool
Sigalas Assyitko from Santorini Greece
Can’t get to the Greek Islands this summer? Then laze by the pool wrapped
in your towel (or toga!) and let the slight saltiness this white wine presents
transport you. Got some fresh calamari? These two weremade for each other.
#6
For drinking with friends on a balmy evening
Initial honest answer: beer! But if you’re inclined to drink wine
then go for a light red like a Pinot Noir such as Innocent Bystander from
the Yarra Valley, Australia. People often associate balmy nights with only
whites, but a light red, at times even sat on ice (though not super-chilled),
wins out in my opinion.
#7
For Friday nights after work
Grover Viognier Reserve Blanc
You want something you can drink fast that has a tone of flavour so you
can blow away the week gone by. I usually kick off with a Viognier – it’s
well known that I’m a sucker for this varietal, and since I’m also prone to
be a bit of a wine rebel, I’d say that the Grover from India fits nicely here.
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EDDIE MCDOUGALL is the
award-winning winemaker,
wine judge, columnist and
TV personality behind
The Flying Winemaker
store located on Wyndham
Street. We called upon Eddie’s decade
of winemaking experience and in-depth
knowledge of drinking trends to find out
what we should be pouring as the weather
heats up in Hong Kong.
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