The Singapour – January 2025

Six bottles of wine in front of Christmas presents

Reviews of what Richard drank at Christmas, including the curios shown above.

Over the festive season, I spent one chunk of time with my family in the UK, and another chunk of time with a case of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Which was worse, do you think?

Kidding, kidding. Poor old Marlborough. But it is a well-worn trope of the wine world that Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is not taken seriously by wine elites, despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that the public drink huge volumes of it. In fact, nearly 250 million litres of it was exported in 2024. To...