Every January since the early 1980s, a group of British wine buyers has escaped to Southwold in Suffolk to spend three days tasting through the most recently released Bordeaux vintage at The Swan Hotel. The 20 tasters include several Masters of Wine, the wine buyers for Britain's leading wine merchants and distinguished wine writers Jancis Robinson MW(jancisrobinson.com and the Financial Times ), Neal Martin (the Wine Advocate) and Steven Spurrier (Decanter Magazine). I joined the group over 20 years ago as the youngest member (at the time) but I'm now one of the "old boys".
Last week I was so excited to be able to visit one of the famous award-winning local restaurants "Tung Po" located in the public wet market in the North Point district of Hong Kong Island.
Last week I was fortunate enough to be invited to a spectacular wine dinner in a city that I had never visited before. It was certainly worth the journey as we enjoyed outstanding food with some exceptionally rare, and great, wines.
