{"id":96360,"date":"2026-10-29T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96360"},"modified":"2026-10-29T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:58:00","slug":"on-the-menu-eh-could-canada-be-the-next-big-wine-country-find-out-at-hong-kong-wine-dine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96360","title":{"rendered":"On the Menu | Eh, could Canada be the next big wine country? Find out at Hong Kong Wine &#038; Dine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/29\/48a5f947-35fc-47ba-a853-512cbff15a3f_68ac3265.jpg?itok=EaN1yuo4&amp;v=1793260246\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe\u2019re in the golden age of Canadian wines,\u201d legendary wine writer Tony Aspler tells me confidently. We are at an intimate showcase of the stuff at the Canadian consulate in Hong Kong\u2019s Quarry Bay neighbourhood, where representatives of nine wineries have gathered to prove that the true north has more than ice wine to offer.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As a wine drinker with no particular bias \u2013 I will happily quaff a funky Austrian <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">p\u00e9t-nat<\/em> (sparkling wine) as much as a fine Burgundy \u2013 it was natural for me to enter with few expectations.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Canada and wine are not exactly words commonly used in the same sentence; if anything, its wine production has long been overshadowed by those of its neighbours down south, never mind other continents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3372554\/eh-could-canada-be-next-big-wine-country-find-out-hong-kong-wine-dine-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in the golden age of Canadian wines,\u201d legendary wine writer Tony Aspler tells me confidently. We are at an intimate showcase of the stuff&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[577,8588,1967,2186,1901,803,3569,5231,739,7390],"class_list":["post-96360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-big","tag-canada","tag-country","tag-dine","tag-festival","tag-find","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-menu","tag-wine","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}