WINE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SALE!!

Here's 5 recommmendations great wines for the end of the year celebrations you are planning now! Be it for a nice dinner among loved ones, or as a token of appreciation to your customers, I do believe these wines will do their trick! If you are interested in any of the wines below, do drop me an email and it certainly can be arranged(Sorry valid for Singapore only)! Orders above $200.00 will come with free delivery, if not, a $10.00 delivery charge has to apply (I gotta eat too!) Cheers and happy shopping! Great for dinners and friend's get together!

Cote du Rhone Domaine de la Maurelle Rouge 2005 - $32.50

A lovely multi award winning red wine that comes from a region famous for making great food pairing wines! A blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre harvested from 50 year old vines, do expect a full-bodied and well balanced wine. It's aroma are full of ripe blueberries and subtle blackcurrant buds, with good roundness and silky and plump tannins. Try pairing it with traditional yuletide dishes like turkeys and roast beef!

Swiss Peak Premium AOC Valais Chardonnay 2005 ~ $38.00

I think its time to try something different this season don't you think? So here's a very unique wine from the land of watches, chocolates and Rich banks, Switzerland! I know most of us don't even know that Switzerland makes wines, thats because most of their wines are made for domestic consumption and definitely too little for the export market! This chardonnay is a lovely semi-sweet wine with aromas of passion fruit, fresh pineapples and lemons, with good complexity of oyster shells & light pine wood. This wine will go well with fresh smoked salmon & cream based dishes!

Haut Espoir Estate Syrah 2004 ~ $44.00


This South African Boutique wine is the reason why I started my wine business in Singapore in the first place. I met up with the owners, Ian & Ann Armstrong during the Wine for Asia 2005 and honestly never looked back. I'm not going tell you its tasting notes because I have already discussed it all in my previous post, but what can i say is that this wine is seriously worth its price! Only 4,500 bottles made in the 2004 vintage and i'm reserving about 120 bottles for myself! Its completely perfect alone OR you can pair it with a steak..beautiful.

Haut Espoir Estate Semillon 2005 ~ $38.00

The sister wine of the above Syrah, also a remarkably complex white wine. Oaked matured for 6 months in new Hungarian and French oak cask, this wine is completely balanced with very lively green apples, guava and grapefruit peels, with a wonderfully oily texture reminding me of olive and nut oils. Only 3380 bottles made, and goes perfect with cold seafood appetizers and salads. I had a good experience with this wine and a caesar salad!

Vacqueryas Vieilles Vignes 2003 ~ $52.00

Now my last recommendation is again from the Rhone Valley from the most recently promoted district of Vacqueryas from a Cote du Rhone Village to an AOC district. Vieilles Vignes means OLD VINES which is a hint of the 50 year old vines that the grapes are harvested from. Already aged for 4 years, this old world wine is made in a new world style, great fruit characters of Grenache, Syrah and Grenache with superb balance of tannin and oak characters. Full bodied and good maturity, this highly complexed wine is good for wine drinkers who likes the Aussies and Californians but desire a tad bit more complexity and terroir. Goes amazingly well with beef stews, red meats and tomato dishes.