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An Italian wine bottle stands beside a torn rulebook page and scattered dried rosemary sprigs on terracotta tile — One rule made Super Tuscans
Buying Guide

How one rule created Super Tuscans and reordered Tuscan prices

Tuscan wine lists price four things in an order that looks arbitrary: Chianti Classico at...
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Three worn oak barrel staves lean against a stone wall, each paired with a small glass of wine showing a different hue — Rioja tiers are age, not quality
Buying Guide

Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva measure time, not quality

Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva. One word changes on the label, the price climbs at every...
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A glass of pale gold wine sits on black volcanic stone beside a small cluster of green grapes in soft coastal light — NZ goes past Marlborough
Buying Guide

New Zealand after Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is in almost every fridge in Hong Kong, and there is no...
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A small wine glass sits beside a narrow stack of gold coins and a tiny fenced patch of vineyard soil in a terracotta tray — Scarcity sets the Burgundy price
Burgundy

Why Burgundy costs what it does, and where the value hides

You looked up a Burgundy someone poured at dinner, found it costs more than your...
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A dense cluster of dark Shiraz grapes rests on cracked red earth beside a small glass of deep purple wine — Shiraz is not just jammy here
Australia

Australian Shiraz beyond the jammy reputation

Polite refusals of Australian Shiraz tend to arrive with a description attached — big, sweet,...
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Six wine bottles standing in a row beside twelve empty glasses arranged in two lines on a long table — Twelve drinkers need six bottles
Buying Guide

How many bottles a table of twelve actually drinks

Twelve people have said yes, the restaurant lets you bring your own, and you are...
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A single chilled glass of pale wine beside a small dish of olives and nuts on a bare counter, no plates laid yet — Open dry before anyone has eaten
Buying Guide

What to open first when guests arrive and nobody has eaten

People are arriving, nobody has eaten, the food is twenty minutes away, and you need...
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A wine bottle wrapped in bubble padding inside an open suitcase beside a blank boarding pass and a small luggage scale — Your limit is where you land
Buying Guide

Taking wine out of Hong Kong: the limit is at the other end

Hong Kong is not the problem. Since duty on wine was removed here, the territory...
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A brass hotel corridor trolley holding a wine bottle in an ice bucket, a folded napkin and a blank key card — Hotels need the room not a name
Buying Guide

Getting wine delivered to your Hong Kong hotel room

You land in Hong Kong on Thursday, you are hosting a small dinner in your...
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Rows of wine glasses and unopened bottles fanned across a long red banquet cloth, round table settings receding behind — Twenty tables need a plan
Buying Guide

Buying wine for a Hong Kong banquet of twenty tables

The banquet is booked, there are twenty tables of twelve, and someone has told you...
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One dust covered Champagne bottle beside a newer clean bottle of the same shape, two blank price tags turned face down — Vintage costs two to three times non-vintage
Buying Guide

Why vintage Champagne costs two to three times the non-vintage

A vintage Champagne from a good house often costs two to three times its non-vintage...
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Three champagne glasses holding pale gold, deep gold and salmon pink wine, white and dark grapes scattered on dark slate — Skin contact sets the style
Buying Guide

Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs and rose: what changes in the glass

Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs, Rosé. Three phrases that sit on Champagne labels doing...
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