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

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

After a long ascent along winding roads to the summit of the Dalat highlands, above the clouds, a rare gem finally comes into view: Ladora Winery, producer of the renowned Château Dalat, the only 와인 estate that is truly 100% “made in Vietnam”.

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

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.

Our report on ProWine Singapore 2026 and the 와이너리 we think you should know.

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

At Vinexpo Asia 2026, the UNSIGNED pavilion brought together natural 와인 producers from five countries – and Tunisia made its Vinexpo debut.

Nino, 55, is Georgian by birth but spent much of her life in Russia, where she worked as a professional pianist. It was a serious career, a life shaped by discipline, by the pursuit of something internal – maybe a quest of harmony.

Ngonista’s first industry panel – moderated by Lê Hoàng Khánh Vi, with Nimmi Malhotra, Mary Vu and Jack In Bartender – covered pandemic-era 홈 drinking, the bar scene it created, how Vietnam compares to Hong Kong and Singapore on tax and GDP, and pairing 와인 with Vietnamese food without a rulebook.

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