Darren Gall

Penh Folds - The Four Wines of Destiny “The Ox is slow but the Earth is Patient” Confucius The recent Spring Festival and Lunar New Year heralded in the arrival of the year of the...

  Ostra e Vino - Old Vines, New Seas The Evening: Ostensibly a ‘new dishes’ try-out, at Tim Squires’ epicenter of all things seafood in Phnom Penh. Squires' ‘The Oyster Bar’ is at Ostra Fine Foods...

  Stones of Gold Situated near Lyon, at the southern, warmer end of Beaujolais, is a little village called Charnay. On the northwest edge of the village you will find a small area known locally as...

Rueda Verdejo Herederos del Marqués de Riscal was founded by Don Guillermo Hurtado de Amézaga in 1858, in Rioja, Spain. Don Francisco Javier Hurtado de Amézaga, like his ancestor Don Guillermo, went to Bordeaux, where he...

Who's Laughing Now? Since 1912 the Osborn family have tended vineyards in McLaren Vale, South Australia. Today, fourth generation family member, Chester Osborn is making distinctive wines using traditional methods in the vineyard and the...

The Chinese Lantern Under a Bushel   “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness” Chinese Proverb   The Tower The Vattanac Capital Tower rises over Phnom Penh like a dragon’s tail, standing at 187.3 meters, it...

  The very top bracket of white wines from Burgundy are the stuff of legend, be they the Grand Cru or Premier Cru Montrachet, (Montrachet, Le Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet, Croits Batard Montrachet, Chassagne Montrachet, Chevalier Montrachet,...

  Bourbon Barrel Aged Wine   Young Things Whilst ‘Natural’ and ‘Orange’ wines get a lot of press as the biggest new trends to hit the wine market in decades, with their rebellious appeal to a younger...