Wine

[stayhappy21]

Was browsing the web and came across this site:

When to drink ? - StatWine

For people always debating whether it is too young or too old to open your bottle of Bordeaux, this is a very useful too.. Of course, the individual chateau and storage conditions play a part too, but nevertheless useful in providing a generic framework on when is the 'ideal' time to open your bordeauxs..

 

[stayhappy21]

Another article which i thought is useful for wine lovers in Singapore.. Since space is always a premium at home and the local weather doesn't really permit the storing of wines in the cupboards or store rooms, these are perhaps useful for people with good wines that should be ideally drank a few years down the road but resistant to the purchase of wine fridges at home:

Julian's Eating: Wine Storage in Singapore

 

[looiwte]

Anyone knows where to get Vacu Vin Wine Saver with vacuum cocks? Estimated price?

Robinson's has them. I thought it was $20+ but someone posted before that it's slightly pricier. Shops like Tott, Sia Huat and even Fairprice Finest have similar apparatus under different brands.

Seems like, however, the popular wine preservation solution these days is the argon in a can type, judging by the number of different manufacturers on the market.

 

[ikileo]

Any more location ideas?

We can do back to university club again for their lunch set

or if u want chinese with peking duck and the works, we can go to the NUSS guild house at Kent Ridge chinese restaurant. but it's $15 corkage per bottle.

Let me know what you think.

 

[ikileo]

Robinson's has them. I thought it was $20+ but someone posted before that it's slightly pricier. Shops like Tott, Sia Huat and even Fairprice Finest have similar apparatus under different brands.

Seems like, however, the popular wine preservation solution these days is the argon in a can type, judging by the number of different manufacturers on the market.

or u can just drink and finish it during the course of the meal

 

[hkm520240]

Any more location ideas?

We can do back to university club again for their lunch set

or if u want chinese with peking duck and the works, we can go to the NUSS guild house at Kent Ridge chinese restaurant. but it's $15 corkage per bottle.

Let me know what you think.

It is a Friday dinner so perhaps we can consider their set dinner ...

Guess we have to go super peking duck or Jade Palace for good food and free corkage. Any other idea?

 

[Condor]

New cork design.

They've Invented a Twist-Off Wine Cork and Life Will Never Be the Same

 

[Baggio10]

Another article which i thought is useful for wine lovers in Singapore.. Since space is always a premium at home and the local weather doesn't really permit the storing of wines in the cupboards or store rooms, these are perhaps useful for people with good wines that should be ideally drank a few years down the road but resistant to the purchase of wine fridges at home:

Julian's Eating: Wine Storage in Singapore

quite torn between 12Deg and WEA after reading.

What do you reckon?

 

[stayhappy21]

quite torn between 12Deg and WEA after reading.

What do you reckon?

You can write the WEA and check out their storage services. The last time i did that the person in charge informed me that their storage is full at the moment and additional storage spaces will be reserved for their existing customers only.

12 Deg's handling fee is lower than WEA.. But the turnover rate of staff is a concern (to me personally) as you are handling over your prized possession to a virtually unknown stranger..

But both are good if you are looking to store small quantities of wine (less than 4 cases) that has not reached the optimum drinking period yet.

 

[ikileo]

my 6 bottles of champagne arrived yesterday.

3 X 08 Pierre Paillard Blanc de Blancs Acte 1
3 X 08 Pierre Paillard Blanc de Noirs Acte 1

this is the 2nd vintage off this special project by Pierre Paillard to create a 100% chard and 100% pinot noir champagne, respectively; that is not only vintaged by also of a single vineyard.

I have tried the 07 and even for an above average vintage, it was really delicious. the 08 is supposedly a better vintage and this can keep for quite many years.

You can find out more at their site. an interesting read.

Champagne Grand Cru & Bouzy Rouge Pierre Paillard: grower champagne at Bouzy since 1768, France

Champagne Grand Cru & Bouzy Rouge Pierre Paillard: grower champagne at Bouzy since 1768, France


and my mum redeemed a bottle of red from Culina today.

2010 Torres Celeste, Ribera del Duero, Spain (100% Tinto Fino aka Tempranillo)

 

[looiwte]

2010 Torres Celeste, Ribera del Duero, Spain (100% Tinto Fino aka Tempranillo)

Have you tried the Celeste? Supposed to redeem mine too. But haven't been wowed by the basic ranges of the Torres wines to date.

 

[looiwte]

Anyone knows where to get Vacu Vin Wine Saver with vacuum cocks? Estimated price?

Btw I saw the Le Creuset version on sale at Isetan Scott's for $25, comes with one pump and three stoppers.

 

[ikileo]

Btw i bought a vacu vin aerator yesterday. Keen to test it out

 

[looiwte]

Btw i bought a vacu vin aerator yesterday. Keen to test it out

Is it the funnel shaped type that sprays like a fountain?

 

[looiwte]

A revealing article about the complexity + bull**** in wine. But we know that already, don't we?

Wine-tasting: it's junk science
Wine-tasting: it's junk science | Life and style | The Observer

 

[ikileo]

Haha i saw this article in cellartracker forum too. The main comment from the UK blokes is that The Observer is a junk tabloid haha

 

[Baggio10]

You can write the WEA and check out their storage services. The last time i did that the person in charge informed me that their storage is full at the moment and additional storage spaces will be reserved for their existing customers only.

12 Deg's handling fee is lower than WEA.. But the turnover rate of staff is a concern (to me personally) as you are handling over your prized possession to a virtually unknown stranger..

But both are good if you are looking to store small quantities of wine (less than 4 cases) that has not reached the optimum drinking period yet.

hey you are right, WEA is fullhouse up to Sep.

i guess there is only one choice left.

 

[gohks]

What about Crystal Wine storage service? Is it good?

Fine Wine Storage | Crystal Wines

KS

 

[stayhappy21]

What about Crystal Wine storage service? Is it good?

Fine Wine Storage | Crystal Wines

KS

I personally like the services provided by Crystal Wines.
Problem with their wine storage is with the minimum charges.

Minimum storage per month is $50, which works out to be around 14 to 15 cases. At those quantity one can rent a wine locker at Extra Storage.

The other problem is the handling fee. At $0.10 per bottle and minimum $10 per transaction, the minimum quantity for each deposit or withdrawal is 100 bottles.

If one has large quantities of wine and am trying to look for alternatives other than self storage, Crystal Wines is a good option. However, for wine lovers with a small collection and/ or requires frequent deposit/ withdrawal it might not be so ideal.

 

[ikileo]

was at wine connection at Robertson Quay yest for a business gathering.

2010 Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett, Mosel, Germany
2007 Campomaggio Chianti Classico Riserva, Tuscany, Italy
2010 Le Chablisienne Chablis 'Fourchaume' 1er Cru (WOTN), Burgundy, France
2011 Paulett Polish Hill River Late Harvet Riesling, Clare Valley, Australia