1959 Fine Wine Dinner - 60 Years On

 Date: 16th December 2019 (Monday) Time: 7 PM Venue: Chief Executive Suite at the Grand Hyatt Ticket: HKD 20,800 per ticket RSVP: ====================== Join us this evening for a rare look at the great 1959 vintage – 60 years on.

1959 was one of those landmark years that seemed successful almost everywhere. Bordeaux and Burgundy – our principal focus this evening – perhaps makes the year especially prominent in the minds of enthusiasts. It was also great across many classic regions in Europe, and in the still tiny but emerging regions beyond those shores too. In Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for example, there was just one family estate – pioneer Gaston Hochar and his son Serge (who debuted with 1959) at Château Musar. That wine is included tonight, alongside another Mediterranean-influenced wine – Chapoutier’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape, for a sense of breadth.

Vibrant tangy-ripe wines were produced in The Loire, sunshine and chenin blanc’s natural acidity combining to…