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Donum 2022 Vintage Available Now!!
Vinopolis launched the latest 2022 vintage of Donum two weeks ago. Donum CEO Angelica de Vere-Mabray and winemaker Dan Fishman flew over...
Apr 44 min read
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Collecting Wines?
The assumption is that readers of this column do drink wines. Are you buying wines only when you plan to uncork a bottle or two for an...
Mar 104 min read
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What a blessing as the Year of the Dragon is ending!!!
Subscribers joined for some time might remember our 6 May 2020 newsletter “What is a Car?” It must give driving pleasure for sure but...
Jan 154 min read
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As 2024 coming to an end…
The festive season is a time to enjoy, reflect and look forward. We do know you have plenty of choices when it comes to buying wines and...
Dec 20, 20245 min read
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Paper cuttings…
In the 2004 cult movie “Closer” (starring Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julie Roberts and Natalie Portman), the media person Dan Woolf (played by...
Nov 25, 20244 min read
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Re-visiting the Donum Estate
Yours truly fell in love with the Donum Estate during that first visit in 2018 as the property brought to life a delicate balance among...
Oct 18, 20244 min read
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More wine trivia…
We had our newsletter under a similar headline a bit more than three years ago ( https://www.vinopolis.com.hk/single-post/wine-trivia )....
Sep 8, 20244 min read
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The Olympics…our few words
After Leon Marchand, Sun Yingsha and five others blew out the Olympic flames, and Mayor Anne Hidalgo being handed the Olympic flag as Los...
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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“Catch me if you can”
Some of you may remember this 2002 Steven Spielberg movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, one which was based on the story of...
Jul 21, 20245 min read
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Inflation and Stagflation?
A few editions back, our newsletter had the heading “Everyone can be an Economist”. Your truly is not to give you another write-up on the...
Jul 2, 20244 min read
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