Cambodia
Culture
Bad Earth, Petillant Naturel
Bad Earth, Petillant Naturel
I have been a huge fan of this vineyard and its wines from the very first time I tasted their Pinot Noir, and soon after managed to kick the dirt...
Wine
A Well Chimed Visit
A Well-Chimed Visit
“I had an inheritance from my father,
It was the moon and the sun.
And though I roam all over the world,
The spending of it’s never done.”
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, (1940)
The...
Wine
Bordeaux, Asia Tour 2022
Bordeaux, Asia Tour 2022 - Maison Ginestet - Warehouse
Tasted on the 39th floor of the Rosewood Hotel, Phnom Penh Cambodia on the 25th of November 2022
Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion – Pessac Leognan
The property...
Culture
Basque-ing in Glory
Basque-ing in Glory
The Basque Country, (Basque: Euskal Herria) is the home of the Basque people, it sits in the north of the Iberian Peninsula in the Western Pyrenees, straddling the border between Spain...
Culture
Euskaldunak Roaming
Euskaldunak Roaming
“We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.”
Miguel de Unamuno
Iñaki Bolumburu is a chef from the small town of Derio, on...
Culture
Una Fuga Italiana a Siem Reap
For Pchum Ben, during September 2022, Luxardo Liqueurs & Distillates has teamed up with the Tomoka Cocktail Company to create a distinctly Italian ‘cocktail and culinary getaway’, in Cambodia’s favourite holiday destination, Siem Reap.
Talking...
Culture
The River of Sapphire
The River of Sapphire
Cambodia’s celebrated master chef, Luu Meng is looking lean and relaxed as we meet for an early morning chat, I have not seen my good friend for a little while...
Culture
The Art of Camembert
The Art of Camembert
“Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!”
Michael Leunig
It was over half a century ago, 1966...