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French Wine Paradox at Waldorf-Astoria

Markets on 02/16/2012

From some months now, French Wine Paradox is cooperating with Waldorf-Astoria Shanghai, on the bund, for some wines. Wines have been carefully choosen to match with the Pelham’s Restaurant on the 1st Floor of this wonderful Hotel. After tasting, 2 wines have been choosen, both Saint Emilion Grand Crus, Galius 2003, and Château Le Loup 2007.

I’m advising you now to have a lunch or dinner to this amazing restaurant, enjoy a nice meat and let you seduce by those Saint Emilion Grand Crus.

Address :

Waldorf Astoria,  Heritage Building,  Lobby Level  2 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu,  near Guangdong Lu

上海外滩华尔道夫酒店  中山东一路2号,  近广东路

Phone : 6322 9988

Tags: Bordeaux, Chateau Le Loup, Galius, Meat, Waldorf-Astoria

Obikwa gets naked!

Corporate on 02/09/2012

Since Chinese New Year, our famous South-African brand Obikwa has become the unique housewine of Naked Retreat, a paradise-like resort lost in the moutains of Moganshan, one hour away from Hangzhou (Zhejiang).

Obikwa, one of the most eco-friendly wine on the Chinese market, will now have its Shiraz, Pinotage, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinotage Rosé and Cuvée Brut in every room of the Eco Resort, described as « the place where you want to be if you are longing for fresh air, quiet time with God and embrace the beautiful nature! »

« Obikwa is already selling really well », explains Nick, F&B director of Naked Retreat, « and especially the Shiraz ! People like it, they usually start with a glass and then order the whole bottle. »

To know more about Naked Retreat and how to get there, visit their website: http://www.nakedretreats.cn/

French Wine Paradox at Wanguo Carrefour (Guangzhou)’s wine fair!

Markets on 12/12/2011

On November the 17th, Carrefour Wanguo organized its 2011 autum wine fair’s opening ceremony.

This unique event is one of the most important of the year in the South of China for the wine market. From Thursday to Sunday, wine experts have adviced and trained customers through tastings and offered them exceptional discounts.

FWP, one of Carrefour’s top wine suppliers, used this opportunity to send Gregory PERRET, marketing manager based in Shanghai, in order to hold an important press conference during which he introduced Carrefour’s wine fair, Georges Duboeuf’s Beaujolais Nouveau and the most popular wines from French Wine Paradox to more than 30 Chinese journalists.

In total, the event was covered by 19 of Guangdong’s most famous medias. They all reported french-wine-emissary Gregory PERRET’s presentation:

- 4 very popular Guangdong newspapers: Nanfang Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Information Times, Guangzhou Metro Daily.

- 13 prestigious websites:

Tech Food: http://www.tech-food.com/news/2011-11-22/n0655898.htm

9gui: http://9gui.net/hjInfos/2011/1121/0NMDAwMDAwNjQ0Nw.html

Taojiu5: http://www.taojiu5.com/1434.html

TJKX: http://wine.tjkx.com/detail/842686.htm

CNFOL: http://wine.cnfol.com/111123/467,2093,11195756,00.shtml

Wine China: http://www.winechina.com/html/2011/11/20111140508.html

9928: http://www.9928.tv/Info_news/View.aspx?id=17075

Sohu: http://roll.sohu.com/20111118/n326024213.shtml

CENN: http://jiu.cenn.cn/info/nid_51630.html

TopBiz 360: http://www.topbiz360.com/web/html/newscenter/origin/96434.html

Sina: http://life.gd.sina.com.cn/news/20111118/40293.html

GD: http://www.gd.chinanews.com/2011/2011-11-17/2/157256.shtml

Guangzhou TV : http://gztv.com

- 2 TV Channels : TVS, Guangzhou TV

The Union of Grands Crus de Bordeaux in China!

Event on 12/05/2011

Touring Asia for 10 days, the producers and brand ambassadors from world’s most famous wine region were in China recently, after visiting Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo. Beijing on the 2^nd of December, Shanghai on the 3rd, Xiamen and finally Guangzhou on the 5th and 6th, in total, more than 100 Grands Crus from Bordeaux were introduced to the Chinese public. Attendance to the event was higher than ever.

Graves, Pessac-Léognan, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Pomerol, Listrac-Médoc, Moulis-en-Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Médoc, Margaux, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe, Sauternes et Barsac, for this 2011 edition, it is the 2008 vintage that was tasted by some 1200 people in Beijing and nearly 2000 in Shanghai. In China’s economic capital, the tasting was held at the famous Hyatt on the Bund.

This 2008 vintage is pretty good and relatively complex and, contrary to its elder brother from 2007, it is closed, which means that you’ll have to open the bottle at least 10 to 30 minutes before tasting in order to appreciate all its subtelty.

The French Wine Paradox team, which distribute most of these Grands Crus in China, was there of course to taste again this vintage which will obviously make its way through the Chinese Market.