Discover the contrast between traditional European elegance and California's bold, expressive style in this blind tasting dinner. Taste side by side, debate with your team, and compete for a prize bottle of Surh Cellars Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc.

🗣 Speaker: Raymond Pang | Language: Cantonese

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🍽 The Menu

Flight 1 : Elegance vs. Red Fruit Burst

Sous-Vide Chicken Breast Caesar Salad

Flight 2 : Mineral Crispness vs. Creamy Roundness

Black Truffle & Wild Mushroom Soup with OX Bone Marrow Butter Toast

Flight 3 : Structure vs. Power

100-Day Grain-Fed Australian Black Angus Sirloin Steak

Dessert

Pistachio Mochi Cup

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🎲 How to Play

• 3 rounds, 2 wines each: 6 wines total

• Teams of 4 compete to guess: grape variety, region (spot the California wine!), and approximate price

• 1 point per correct answer, 4 points per round, 12 points max

• Highest-scoring team wins; tiebreaker goes to earliest submission

• Host's decision is final

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An evening of curated wine pairings at The Oyster House, exploring the wonderful terroir of Chateau Mihope from the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, ranked among the Hurun Top 10 Chinese Wineries, with internationally acclaimed wines that have been presented as national gifts to foreign heads of state.

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🍷 The Wines

• 2023 Chateau Mihope Dry Riesling

• 2022 Chateau Mihope Chardonnay

• 2023 Chateau Mihope Viognier

• 2023 Chateau Mihope Syrah

• 2023 Chateau Mihope Marselan

• 2021 Chateau Mihope Reserve Red

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🍽️ The Menu

海鮮拼盤

澳洲哥芬灣生蠔（1隻）· 日式磯煮鮑魚（1隻）· 新西蘭青口（2隻）· 翡翠螺（1隻）· 北海道帆立貝（1隻）

前菜

意式水牛芝士蕃茄沙律 · 香煎鵝肝

餐湯

法式蠔皇濃湯

主菜

炭燒肉眼牛扒 · 香烤春雞

甜品

英式香蕉太妃批

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🏛️ About

Chateau Mihope — A premium 120-hectare estate in the Helan Mountain East region of Ningxia, established in 2011 by the Midea Group. The late renowned Australian viticulturist Richard Smart identified six distinct microclimates on the property, ensuring optimal vine placement, while French flying winemaker Marc Dworkin serves as chief winemaker.

At 1,100 metres elevation, the vineyard benefits from high diurnal temperature variation, abundant sunshine, and a dry, windswept climate, producing highly acclaimed wines particularly celebrated for its Marselan, Viognier, and Cabernet Gernischt.

GAAN Wine Club — Hong Kong-based wine community dedicated to exploring and championing Chinese wine through its "Redefining Chinese Wine" dinner series.

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Rioja meets prime steakhouse. An evening dedicated to Viña Ijalba, one of Rioja's pioneering organic estates with their wines paired across a 4-course menu crafted by the Wooloomooloo kitchen.

From a refreshing Tempranillo Blanco welcome pour to a rich Reserva Sección Especial alongside filet mignon, this dinner showcases Rioja's diversity beyond Tempranillo..

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🍷 The Wines

• Vina Ijalba Tempranillo Blanco 2025

• Vina Ijalba Blanco Reserva 2020

• Vina Ijalba Graciano 2023

• Vina Ijalba Reserva Sección Especial 2018

• Vina Ijalba Reserva 2020

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🍽️ The Menu

• First Course — Hokkaido Scallop Wrapped in Bacon | wasabi and pea purée | salmon roe | fine herbs

• Second Course — Beef Carpaccio | fried capers | pickled onions | tonnato sauce

• Main Course — Filet Mignon | crushed potato | duck mousse | red wine and thyme sauce

• Cheese Course — Assorted cheese | fruit jam | toast bread

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🏛️ About Viña Ijalba

Founded in 1975 in Logroño, Rioja. Owner Dionisio Ruiz Ijalba planted his first vines on a reclaimed gravel pit and built one of Rioja's most distinctive estates, 90ha farmed organically on alluvial and stony clay soils. In 1998, Viña Ijalba became the first ecological winery in Rioja. They are pioneers in rescuing nearly forgotten native grape varieties such as Graciano, Maturana Tinta, Maturana Blanca, and Tempranillo Blanco and one of the only producers bottling them as single-varietal wines. Their experimental vineyard holds over 100 different varieties, seventy of which are native to Rioja.

🗣️ Event conducted in Mandarin

Executive Chef Li Yuet Fat and his team craft a one-night-only menu where Zhenjiu baijiu is woven through every course.

From a Zhenjiu Dirty Martini welcome cocktail to an exclusive Zhenjiu Cheesecake finale guided by Isabella, Zhenjiu Brand Ambassador.

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🍶 The Drinks

• 珍酒馬天尼 Zhenjiu Dirty Martini (Welcome Cocktail)

• 珍酒·珍十五 Zhenjiu·Zhen 15 (Valued at HK$680)

• 珍酒·珍三十 Zhenjiu·Zhen 30 (Valued at HK$1,300)

• 珍酒2014 Vintage Zhenjiu·Zhen 30 (Valued at HK$2,800, each bottle with an exclusive serial number)

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🍽️ The Menu

• 開胃小食｜洛神花百香果鵝肝凍 Foie Gras Terrine, Passion Fruit, Drunken

• 明閣兩小碟｜珍酒浸南非鮑魚魚子醬 Zhenjiu South African Abalone, Pear & Caviar｜松露鳳梨乳豬件 Sliced Suckling Pig, Black Truffle & Pineapple

• 主菜｜珍酒酒糟網油香煎東星斑球 Leopard Coral Grouper, Wine Lees, Pan-Seared

• 主菜｜珍酒神仙鴿 Pigeon, Fish Maw, Sea Cucumber, Conpoy Premium Sauce, Braised

• 主菜｜連年陳皮和牛面頰 Wagyu Beef Cheek, 15-Year Aged Dried Tangerine Peel, Clay Pot

• 主食｜鍋燒干巴菌雲腿鮑魚瑤柱炒飯 Fried Rice, Abalone, Ganbajun Fungus, Conpoy & Yunnan Ham

• 甜品｜獨家限定珍酒芝士蛋糕 Zhenjiu Cheesecake ✨

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🍶 About Zhenjiu (珍酒)

珍酒 is a prestigious Guizhou-born Moutai-style (醬香型) baijiu, rich, complex, and layered with years of ageing. Born from the same terroir and traditional techniques as its famous neighbour, Zhenjiu has carved its own identity as one of China's most respected sauce-aroma spirits. This dinner showcases its versatility beyond the banquet table: infused into cooking, shaken into cocktails, folded into dessert, and paired alongside Michelin-starred Cantonese fine dining.

Swiss wines rarely make it to Hong Kong, this is a rare chance to explore them properly.

A 2-hour free-flow of boutique Swiss pours paired with unlimited Tête de Moine cheese rosettes. One evening to discover what the Alps have been keeping to themselves.

🧀 What's Included

2-hour bottomless pour of curated Swiss wines · Unlimited artisan Tête de Moine cheese rosettes

⚠️ Spots are limited, book early to secure a seat.

Six wines that define California's place at the top table of world wine. From the Judgment of Paris veterans to a 25-year-old Stag's Leap S.L.V. and the near-impossible-to-find Heitz Martha's Vineyard.

🎤 Raymond Pang

🗣 Cantonese

💰 $950 early bird (before 7th July) / $1,380 regular (incl. $50 redemption on event purchases)

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🍷 Wines for Tasting (60ml+ per glass)

• Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs 2022

• Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 2023

• Ridge Geyserville 2021

• Ridge Monte Bello 2018

• Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 'S.L.V.' Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

• Heitz Cellar Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

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🍇 About the Wines

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- Chateau Montelena (Napa Valley)

The winery that shocked the world at the 1976 Judgment of Paris, where its Chardonnay beat the finest white Burgundies in a blind tasting. Decades later, it remains one of Napa's most iconic estates and a symbol of California's arrival on the global stage.

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- Ridge Monte Bello (Santa Cruz Mountains)

Consistently ranked among the world's greatest Cabernet-based wines, Monte Bello comes from limestone vineyards at 400–800 metres elevation above Silicon Valley.

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- Stag's Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. (Napa Valley)

The other Judgment of Paris legend, the 1973 S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon defeated Bordeaux's finest First Growths. Tonight's 2000 vintage offers a rare chance to taste this icon with 25 years of bottle age.

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- Heitz Cellar Martha's Vineyard (Napa Valley)

One of California's first single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons and arguably its most collectible. Known for its signature eucalyptus and mint character, Martha's Vineyard is allocated, scarce, and almost never poured at tastings.

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