Just a train ride away from Tokyo City Center, Ishikawa Brewery is laden in history and traditions. Cellar Bridge takes you on a visit into the heart of sake and beer brewing.

We got the chance to sit down and chat with the Sydney-based Master of ღვინო Andrew Caillard, who was there to show his latest opus, 3 splendid volumes about the history of Australian ღვინო: The Australian Ark.

At Wines Experience Ho Chi Minh City 2026, a NielsenIQ-supported panel asked what comes next for Southeast Asia’s hospitality and ღვინო markets. The data was revealing. The answers were more so.

At Vinexpo Asia 2026, a panel on regenerative viticulture brought together growers from Mendoza, McLaren Vale and Marlborough, and the message from buyers was clear: they want proof, not promises.

Inside Vinexpo Asia 2026 in Hong Kong: record numbers, the rise of Be სპირტიანი სასმელები, and standout producers from Etna to Tasmania, South Africa to Champagne.

Osaka-born sommelier Yu Yamamoto won the first-ever MICHELIN Sommelier Award in Vietnam for his work at Lua, a hidden Thao Dien ღვინო bar turned farm-to-table restaurant. We sit down with him to talk about building a ღვინო list from nothing, the natural ღვინო debate, and the fast-rising Vietnamese scene.

მევენახეობის ვრცელი ფართობები თვალის მოსაჭრელად გადაიჭიმება და შეიძლება მოულოდნელად იგრძნოთ, თითქოს ტელეპორტაცია განიცადეთ, როდესაც ტაილანდის გულში, ბანგკოკიდან სულ რამდენიმე საათის სავალზე, ფრანგულენოვანი ხის ნიშნები ჩნდება ისეთი მახასიათებელი სიტყვებით, როგორებიცაა "მარსანი", "რუსანი" და "პტი სირა".

From a vertical of vintage Port to Korean cheongju and Burgundy vodka: the off-site tastings, სპირტიანი სასმელები, and what’s next for Vinexpo Asia.

At Wines Experience Ho Chi Minh City 2026, five sommeliers from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand asked where Southeast Asia’s ღვინო market is heading – and shared four bottles that made the point.

Cellar Bridge was at ProWine Tokyo 2026.
Here’s what we saw, who we met, what we drank, and what we learned.

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