NV Prosecco ‘Jeio’ Valdobbiadene Brut, Bisol, Veneto, Italy 211RMB
Available from East Meets West, contact: Wendy Jiang. Email: wendy@emw-wines.com

Prosecco is an easy sparkling wine to enjoy and to remember! Prosecco is both the grape name and place from which this famous Veneto sparkler comes. Bisol is a highly reliable producer too, this wine originating from the Valdobbiadene heartland of the Treviso region.

Light to medium green in colour with a persistent mousse, this Prosecco has delicate apple and pear fruit, refreshing high acidity and good length.  Try as an aperitif or with many Chinese light dishes (Prosecco is very food-friendly).

NV Pol Roger Champagne Brut, France 826RMB
Available from Summergate, contact: Jim Yang. Email: jim.yang@summergate.com
Telephone 86.10. 6562.1800 ext 16.

Although one of the famous Grande Marque Champagne houses – like Moët & Chandon or Veuve Cliquot – Pol Roger is relatively small. It boasts very high quality wines indeed. This classic non-vintage Brut – known popularly as ‘White Foil’ on account of its distinctive white packaging – is a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier (exactly a third of each).

Lovely medium gold colour with a fine, delicate mousse, the nose has complex citrus and slight redcurrant fruit with typical yeasty, bread-like and biscuit aromas. The palate is effectively dry with amazing depth of flavour, very well-balanced high acidity and considerable length. Winston Churchill once described Pol Roger as ‘the most drinkable address in Europe’. Now we can enjoy this top-flight Champagne in China!

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