Burgundy Experience by Château de Pommard wine tasting
Singapore, December 1st 2019 – For the very first time, Château de Pommard visited Singapore. Its event – Burgundy Experience – explored the mosaic of terroirs and compare the multiple expressions of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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Singapore, 23 November 2019 – In the last few years during visits to wine exhibitions in Asia I have noticed an increase of “new” styles of wine presented: “Appassimento” – dried grapes wine – and “Governo” wine. While I will talk about the former next time, today I would like to focus on the latter.
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For the second time, Vito Donatiello has been awarded the prestigious title of “Italian Wine Ambassador” for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of Italian wine in Asia.
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Browsing in a fine supermarket in the modern city-state of Singapore, I was suddenly shocked when I noticed a bottle of PriSecco, shameless copy of Prosecco, one of the most famous Italian sparkling wines in the world.
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Singapore’s wine market will grow to reach US$ 1.4 billion by 2021, driven by consumption of premium still wine, despite the country’s punitive ‘sin’ taxes on alcohol, according to the data and research company GlobalData.
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Singapore, 16th July 2019 – Vito Donatiello participated to the South Australia Tapanappa Sommelier Supper organized by Sommelier Association of Singapore at Praelum Bar.
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Singapore, 1st July 2019 – Vito Donatiello was invited to Wine Concierge Portfolio Tasting. The event featured 120 wines from 24 wineries across 9 countries, at Salt Grill & Sky Bar, 56th floor, ION Orchard Mall, Singapore.
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Singapore, 22nd May 2019 – Vito Donatiello was invited to “Native wine grapes of Italy” masterclass held by Jessica Tan followed by B2B meetings with 6 Italian wineries at Marina Mandarin Hotel.
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Singapore, February 27th 2019
Italian Sommeliers’ Vito Donatiello participated to “Sense of Tuscany” wine tasting at Little Italy, 26A Dempsey Road.
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