Decanter Fine Wine Encounter Singapore 2024

The Decanter Fine Wine Encounter is so special because you get such a diversity of wines, such a diversity of wine producers, but also such a diversity of people that you'll meet when you're here to taste. It's really an experience that you can't replicate anywhere else. This is the first time Singapore has been selected as a city to be a platform of Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, so everyone is very excited, thrilled. And so far, everyone is just over the moon. I found it surprising. I didn't know all the booths would be all the big names. And feel like, I want to try this, I want to try that. All the wines are fabulous. You get interactions, you get... Shared moments and anecdotes. You get incredible wines that are very well prepared, I'd say that's an important part. And you have the time, you have the time to sit down and to enjoy the wine, to think over. And I think that's precious in today's time. To be rubbing shoulders with some of the top winemakers from all over the world has been incredibly rewarding. I'm extremely excited because we not just have the big brands, the famous guys who are here, but also a strong focus on the Chinese wines as well, which for me, it's one of the pride and joy of the Asian wine market. Amazing interest from people, I mean the number of collectors and you know great people that we've met sharing the experience of Europe and at the end of the day we all come from the old world and we have a depth in our knowledge which might not be as integrated here and to be able to share all of that again, it's about sharing you know, it's like wine, you need to share a glass of wine. It's so special because we are I mean we're teeny tiny but then you look around the room and there's some really amazing producers that I've idolized as a young winemaker and you're in the same room pouring wine alongside them so I mean for me that's why it's definitely a pinch yourself moment. The Decanter Masterclass allows you to go in depth in a particular topic. My topic today was the Clos de Bourgeot and I think we really had an immense range of wines Different vintages, different producers, and a depth of experience with one particular topic that you're just not going to get elsewhere. Events like the Decanter Masterclasses contribute to the global wine community because it gives the opportunity to many persons who have not been to the wine regions to taste the wines produced there. But whisky out of many, many categories of spirits I think is one that has an incredible depth. Wine drinkers are so particular in sensing all the very little, you know, different flavors and aroma of a wine. They'll absolutely love doing that with whiskey as well.