A Wine for One’s Home
Cambodian businessman and entrepreneur Edward Chea has taken a long and somewhat circuitous route to wine. It is a journey that has involved travelling the world over and cultivating...
Le Nardian Grande Vin de Bordeaux Blanc 2023
Just south of Saint Emilion, this tiny 1.8-hectare vineyard sits in the commune of Lugaignac. Its south-facing slopes of clay and limestone are planted to old-vine,...
Happy Birthday Sophie
I am sitting in a wine bar in Phnom Penh’s Old Quarter, enjoying lunch with Sophie Solnicki, the commercial director of Clos Fourtet, savouring some of her magnificent wines. It is noon...
Tasting with Toto
My dear friend Mr Seila sometimes goes by his digital moniker ‘Bong Toto.’ In Khmer, ‘Bong’ means older brother, though ‘Oun Proh’—younger brother—would be more accurate when I address him.”
Toto is the...
Mas Amiel Origine 2017
Varieties: Grenache (from old vines more than a century in age), Carignan, Syrah
Region: Maury, Roussillon
Maturation: 2 years in large oak casks
From the ancient lands of the Cathars, in a valley of...
The Bishop with the Bad Hand
The Maury AOC wine region in Roussillon, southwest France, lies deep in rugged Cathar country; It has a rich history of grape growing and wine production dating at...
Wine, Design & Inner Peace
Designing Time Machines
Phnom Penh’s magnificent new airport and the highly acclaimed Le Dôme winery in Saint Emilion share more than just the same design firm of Foster...
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...
