Another monthly microcosm of the wine world from our Singapore correspondent.
The photograph above shows winemaker Maxence Dulou in the second glass from the left, who visited Singapore to pit the 2019 vintage of Ao Yun (the premium, LVMH-funded Chinese wine from Yunnan province) against three other wines in a blind tasting. I admire any winemaker who is prepared to risk such a taste-off, even more so within the constraints of a luxury corporation that usually stage-manages its events closely.
The three other wines turned our to be Ch Lafite, Sassicaia and Chadwick from Chile. They were all 2019, and...