Lisa's Wine

Domaine d'Estoublon 2016

Today’s wine is Domaine d’Estoublon 2016 from Alpilles, France. It’s off dry white wine with medium acidity and buttery texture. With aroma of lemon, pear, yellow apple, mineral a…

2020/03/06 21:51

Sauvignon Blanc 2018 Pays d'Oc, France

Today’s wine is Sauvignon Blanc 2018 from Pays d’Oc, France. I bought in super market in Hong Kong for around HKD100 with buy one get one free. It’s refreshing and easy drinking d…

2020/01/31 21:31

Nebbiolo from Langhe, Italy

Happy Friday! Today’s wine is Nebbiolo from Langhe, Italy. I bought this wine from M&S in HK. Pale garnet colour with medium intensity. With aroma of strawberry, red cherry, plum and mushroom. …

2020/01/17 21:53

Australian Wine

Yesterday, I joined a Foundations of Australian Wine course. And got to try 6 wines from Australia. Jansz Tasmania Premium Cuvee Grosset Polish Hill RieslingEvans & Tale Redbrook Chardonnay De …

2020/01/03 19:12

Phuket Trip

I went to Phuket with my family in Christmas holiday for 4 nights 5 days. It was our first time to visit Puket. So we stayed at Patong where is main area many tourist stay. Thai foods were really y…

2019/12/29 20:02

Comenge 2006 – Ribera del Duero, Spain

Today’s wine is Comenge from Ribera del Duero in Spain. I love to drink Tempranillo wine. Complex and good value for its quality. It’s full body red wine with garnet colour. It’s medium(+) intensity wine with medium(+) acidity and high tannin. ABV is 14% however doesn’t feel so heavy. Fruity wine with aroma of black …

2019/12/21 14:30

Delaware Wine

Today is Friday! I tried Delaware wine from Kumamoto, Japan. It’s my first time to drink Delaware grape variety wine. It’s dry white wine of pale yellow green colour. The intensity of wine is light with aroma of lemon, green apple and pear. It’s very refreshing wine with good acidity. Easy to pair with many …

2019/11/22 22:11

How to preserve left over wine? Vacuum system

How to preserve your wine once it’s opened? There are some ways to do that. But I found vacuum pump is easiest and cheapest. You just place stopper on top of bottle and pump it for around 10 times. You can keep your wine fresh for days after opening. Cheers~ ☺︎

2019/10/19 19:35

Half Bottle Wine – Yellow Tail Merlot

In Hong Kong, we can buy 375ml half bottle size wines in convenience stores and super markets. If you want to drink just a glass of wine, it’s very useful. I found Yellow Tail Merlot in super market and I had with Chinese BBQ pork for dinner. Fruity and easy drink dry red wine with …

2019/10/19 19:12

Devon Greco Di Tufo 2017

Happy Friday Night! Today’s wine is Devon Greco Di Tufo 2017 from Taurasi, Campania in Southern Italy. I bought this wine another day from an Italian grocery store in Hong Kong for about HKD250. It’s refleshing dry white wine with aroma of lemon, yellow apple, yellow peach and pineapple. Main grape variety is Greco. It’s great …

2019/10/12 00:25

Wine Rally @ Repulse Bay in Hong Kong Report ③ Wines

  At Wine Rally, I tasted 15 wines from new world and old world including sparkling wine, white wine and red wine. I had chance to taste below wines; Sparkling: Procecco White: Chablis, Graves, Riesling from Rheinhessen, Sauvignon Blanc from Loire Valley, Verdejo wine from Spain, Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux Red: Lafite Cabernet, Margaux, Amarone della …

2019/09/29 01:22

Wine Rally @ Repulse Bay in Hong Kong Report ② Foods

Actually I was busy drinking wines but the foods in Wine Rally were delicious! Especially I loved fresh oysters, pan-fried foie gras and grilled pineapple. Many foods in buffet were great match with wine. For sweets lover, they had corn ice cream, chocolate cake, chocolate fountain etc.

2019/09/28 23:34

Wine Rally @ Repulse Bay in Hong Kong Report ① Atmosphere

Yesterday, I went to join the Wine Rally event with my friend in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. The venue was outside of the Verandah restaurant in Repulse Bay. Wine Rally is wine tasting event and I heard that it’s hold once a year. We had chance to taste over 60 wines from old world and …

2019/09/28 23:05

Easy Peasy Shepherd’s Pie

Do you like Shepherd’s Pie? Shepherd’s Pie is an English home cooking. Actually you can make good one at home using gravy powder!   Firstly you can make mashed potato just boiling peeled potato and mashing it adding milk, butter and a little of salt and pepper.   And you can make filling. For filling …

2019/09/26 17:45

Easy Peasy Grilled Chiken (Herb&Lemon flavour)

Another day, I received herb salt for souvenir from France. So I wanted to make use of it and made grilled chicken for dinner. It’s very easy just marinate the chicken and grill it in the oven!   You can use any kinds of chicken.  This time I used chicken leg.   Firstly, you can wash …

2019/09/26 15:59

Easy Peasy Apple Pie

Do you like to eat apple pie? Actually you can make at home very easily with pre-made pie crust!   This time I used half of the pie crust for the bottom and half of the pie crust for decoration on the top.   For filling, you can simmer sliced apple with sugar. If you …

2019/09/26 13:53

Domini Venti Cedri Soave Classico 2017

Today’s wine is Domini Venti ‘Cedri Soave Classico 2017’ from Soave in Italy. I bought this wine in an Italian grocery store in Hong Kong in another day for about HKD200. The grape is Garganega based. It’s easy drinking dry white wine with good acidity with aroma of lemon, yellow apple, peach and hint of …

2019/09/24 23:33

Great Wine Movie ‘Premiers Crus’

French movie ‘Premiers Crus’ is one of my favourite movie starring Jalil Lespert. Story background; The main character Charlie born in a winery in Burgundy, France. But he hated restrictions from family business and went to Paris to work as a wine critic and he was successful . One day, he found out his family …

2019/09/23 23:13

Useful App for Wine

I think many wine lover already using this wine app ‘Vivino’. This app is really useful and I also download it in my mobile and use it often. After download it, you can just scan the front label of wine by the phone camera and you can instantly check the detail of the wine including …

2019/09/23 22:03

Delicious Brunch @ Gia Trattoria Italiana

Today, I had semi buffet brunch with my partner in Wanchai, Hong Kong at my favorite Italian restaurant ‘Gia Trattoria Italiana’. I like this restaurant because food is very authentic Italian also environment is quite quite with nice sea view from window seats. For main, we had margherita pizza and vongole pasta. Appetizer and dessert …

2019/09/21 23:38

Kumamoto Wine

In this summer, I had chance to visit Kumamoto wine shop in Kumamoto city in Japan. At there, I got to try Kikuka Chardonnay of 3 kinds (Unoaked, Oak aged, Oak fermented and Oak aged). Oak fermented and Oak aged Chardonnay was suprisingly oaky. I personally liked their unoaked Chardonnay the best because it’s easy …

2019/09/20 22:53

Wine & Cheese Pairing

            Cheese is one of the most wine friendly food. I’m always excited to drink wine with cheese plate. Below is some example of nice wine & cheese pai…

2019/09/19 14:00

Studying for WSET

Since end of last year to mid of this year, I studied WSET courses in Hong Kong. I studied Level 1 in Spirits and Level 1~3 in Wines. Also I took 1 session of wine and cheese paring class for fun. …

2019/09/18 18:50

Where to buy wines in Hong Kong?

I drink wine outside in restaurant, bar with my partner and friends and enjoy the atmosphere. But I like to drink wine myself at home as well with nice cheese and finger foods. It’s always ni…

2019/09/18 12:53

Introducing Myself

My name is Lisa who currently live and work in Hong Kong. I’m a wine lover also enjoy eating, cooking, travelling etc. I’d love to share useful information about wine from Hong Kong and…

2019/09/17 17:23