Más Vino, Por Favor

The best of rioja in Vietnam Wines from Rioja are internationally renowned as the best wines from Spain. This small region located in the North of Spain probably has the country’s longest history of producing wine, dating back over 2,000 years to Roman times, and is the oldest and first officially recognized wine producing area … Read more

Diplomatic Drinking

Oi speaks to Francois Carteau, sommelier and director at Wine Embassy, about his new boutique and wine training course What makes Wine Embassy unique? Francois Carteau: We have brought wine accessibility to a new level in Vietnam – more choices by the glass, monthly updates, group wine tastings and we are the only wine bar using a wine dispenser. … Read more

Sippin’ in Saigon

Wine tasting is not the same as drinking it Swirl, sip, spit. Is that all there is to tasting wine? Well, yes and no. I think there’s a lot of pretentiousness out there when it comes to tasting wine – fancy verbiage, oddly inflated egos, specialized glassware, and a myriad of fancy corkscrews and decanters – that can overwhelm a lot … Read more