Wine

Stepping inside the effortlessly cool Brut! in Sai Ying Pun, the melodic tunes coming from musician Alex Purdue's live acoustic guitar is slow and steady, setting the mood perfectly. In one of Hong Kong's trendiest 'hoods, the year-old wine…
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Unfiltered. Raw. As real as it gets. In wine-speak, it's called natural. Made without chemical, sulfites, and with minimal technological intervention (or low-intervention) in growing grapes, the natural wine scene has exploded in recent…
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It's a drizzly Tuesday night and the air outside is sticky and hot but Wyndham Street is alive with people electrified with laughter and happy hour. Above Lan Kwai Fong, the elevator doors part open on the seventh floor of Winsome House and…
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Us Green Queen gals are avid foodies, in the real sense of the term: what we eat and where it comes from is something we take very seriously. We strongly believe that a cornerstone of living a healthy life is eating quality food. This…
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As I was walking through the wet market, I was excited to see that the summer fruits had finally come into season. I was inspired to create a fresh summer recipe to celebrate their gorgeous tropical flavors and go beyond the ubiquitous…
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Who doesn't love a full glass of (green) wine after a long day at the office? Now that you know everything there is to know about organic, biodynamic and vegan wines (for a refresher, try here and here), the next step is where to buy…
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In Part 1 of this series, we covered what it means for a wine to be organic, what sulfites are and why they can be harmful. In Part 2 below, we explain how biodynamic wine is different from organic wine and what exactly is vegan wine.  What…
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Organic wine has graduated from a hippie dream to a bona-fide mega growth industry, one that no one can afford to ignore any longer. Love your evening vino but want to drink green? Know your way around the wine aisles and the difference…
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Today's word is: biodynamic /baɪəʊdaɪˈnæmɪk/ an agricultural term that refers to a specific methodology of farming which embraces a holistic philosophy and uses the symbiotic relationships between the soil, plants and animals to…
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