Ageing under screw cap — a vertical masterclass with Pepper Tree Wines.
David Hewit, Export Manager of Pepper Tree Wines, is in Hong Kong for one evening. We are opening three wines across two vintages each — six glasses, poured side by side — to work through a question the trade still argues about: can wine under screw cap actually age?
What you'll learn
01 — How screw cap really ages wine. What the closure does, and does not do, to a wine over a decade in bottle.
02 — How to taste a vertical. Reading the difference between a young vintage and one with ten years on it, in the same wine, from the same site.
03 — Why the site changes everything. Three Pepper Tree single vineyards across three Australian regions, and how each one shows up in the glass.
The wines
- Coquun Shiraz — Single Vineyard, Hunter Valley — 2013 & 2019
- Venus Block Chardonnay — Single Vineyard, Orange — 2015 & 2025
- Block 21A Cabernet Sauvignon — Single Vineyard, Wrattonbully — 2013 & 2021
About Pepper Tree Wines
Founded in the Hunter Valley in 1991 and owned since 2002 by John Davis — a geologist by training, a vigneron by trade — Pepper Tree farms single vineyard sites across four premium Australian regions: Hunter Valley, Orange, Coonawarra and Wrattonbully. The estate has earned 121 five-star ratings in the Halliday Wine Companion since 2010, and was shortlisted for Australian Winery of the Year in 2024.
Details
- Thursday 3 September 2026
- 7:00pm welcome drinks · 7:30pm masterclass begins · finishes around 9:00pm
- Two More Glasses — Unit 1001, World Interests Building, 8 Tsun Yip Lane, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
- Conducted in English
- Limited seats
Your ticket
HK$200 per person, fully redeemable. The ticket holds your seat, and the full HK$200 comes back to you as credit against any bottle you buy on the night. Nothing is shipped — please select local pickup at checkout and simply bring your order confirmation with you.
Questions, or booking for a group? WhatsApp or email us and we will look after it.