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Janelle Carrigan

There's been a push for eco-friendly wine production in recent years, but one family-run winery in New Zealand has been doing it for three decades.

Influential wine publication Decanter delivered a surprise when it released its annual World Wine Awards on June 14. The International Trophy for Chardonnay priced over £15 (HK$180) didn't go to a French winemaker in Burgundy or an estate in California. Instead, the gold trophy was awarded to "a distinctly modern New Zealand chardonnay", 2012 Vidal Legacy Chardonnay. What's particularly notable is that Vidal Estate isn't in the Marlborough region, which produces the bulk of the country's wine, particularly white. The 110-year-old winery is on North Island, in Hawke's Bay halfway up the east coast between Auckland and Wellington.

Ice drip coffee. Nitro coffee. Fans talking about floral aromas and terroir rather as wine buffs do. It's the latest trend in coffee consumption, in Hong Kong and overseas.

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In an industrial estate on the outskirts of Hobart is a warehouse filled with hundreds of oak barrels. It's the unlikely home of one of Australia's most celebrated whisky distilleries, Sullivans Cove.

Korakot Punlopruksa was savouring her favourite green papaya salad and summer sausages at Bangkok's Chatuchak weekend market when her bliss was shattered.