Cambodian Chef Wins Culinary World Cup in Paris Held between September 11th and 14th, the inaugural Private Chef World Cup (PCWC2025) competition attracted chefs from around the world. The location, Village International de la Gastronomie,...

  The King of Sweetness   The International Wine Challenge (IWC) in London has crowned Hans Tschida 'Sweet Winemaker of the Year' for the 11th time. Burgenland winemaker Hans Tschida turns almost every appearance at the International Wine...

Goodbye La Maison  “We walk about under a load of memories which we long to share and somehow never can.” ― George Orwell, Burmese Days   La Maison Birmane For ten to fourteen days of almost every month for...

Cẩm An Dreaming Cẩm An is a small coastal commune of the Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam. It sits about four kilometres northeast of the UNESCO World Heritage town Hội An. I have always...

The Uva From La Mancha Octavo Arte Verdejo, La Mancha, Spain I stumbled upon this wine at a dinner in Ha Noi this past week and found it absolutely delightful. Matched as it was with...

  Tasting with Thibault   A fascinating tasting of Troplong Mondot wines with my old friend and great man of wine, Thibault Odent. Thibault is genuinely funny, irreverent, and cheekily mischievous; tasting wine with him is...

ODE to Joy The Moors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa in 711 AD, establishing a civilization known as al-Andalus, which was ruled by a series of caliphates for over 400 years. On...

Champagne de Saint Gall Union Champagne is a winemaking co-operative based in the village of Avize. Champagne de Saint Gall is the name of the Champagnes produced by Union Champagne. Founded in 1966, it comprises...