Summergate Italian Odyssey In Macau

It’s not often that Wine Times leaves Hong Kong to go wine tasting but that’s exactly what we did yesterday. Macau is not exactly a particularly foreign or exotic location for those of us that live in Hong Kong, it’s just an hour away by ferry and is a weekend or daytime get-away place from the monotonous life we lead here in Hong Kong and a place to go and get great food, wine and Port.

So, this time we headed over to go and check out Summergate Fine Wines Macau Italian wine tasting as, with many of the big name suppliers that supply Greater China (Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China) there are wines on portfolios in Macau and China that do not feature on their Hong Kong portfolios.

The Summergate Italian Odyssey is doing its tour of China’s main cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau and Hong Kong – and we will be going to the Hong Kong tasting on Monday but for now, Italian Odyssey Passport in hand, we thought taking a magic trip around the regions of Italy that Summergate Macau represent a good idea.

The tasting was held in the exclusive and newly opened Tasting Room in the Crown Towers hotel situated in the city of Dreams, Macau.

There were some fantastic wines from all over the country and we were lucky enough to try most of them. From Piemonte we tasted Beni di Batasiolo, Friuli was represented by Livio Felluga, Veneto by Allegrini and Corte Giara, Tuscany by Poggio al Tesoro, San Polo and Barone Ricasoli with, finally, Sicily represented by Tasca d’Almerita.

Our stand outs were the Vin Santo from Ricasoli – something we have written about before and always happy to taste when given the chance – the Allegrini La Poja, Tasca d’Almerita Nozze d’Oro DOC – a nice blend of Inzolia and Sauvignon Tasca – the Poggio al Tesoro Sandraia DOC – a Tuscan wine made totally from Bordeaux varietals – the Batasiolo Barbaresco and the Emidio Pepe Trebbiano.

In all it was a great event with representatives from certain wineries there to talk people though their wines. We had a lot of fun with Giuseppe Tasca d’Almerita of Tasca d’Almerita and Fabio Re of Allegrini, whilst Francesco Ricasoli is always a delight to talk to and taste with.

We are looking forward to the Hong Kong edition of this to see these and more wines that are available on Summergate Hong Kong’s portfolio and looking forward to seeing our friends from the wineries for one last time before the Christmas holidays!