Những vườn nho trải dài tít tắp đến tận chân trời, và người ta có thể bất chợt có cảm giác như đang được dịch chuyển tức thời khi – ngay giữa lòng Thái Lan, chỉ cách Bangkok vài giờ đường – những tấm biển gỗ bằng tiếng Pháp với những từ gợi cảm như «Marsanne», «Roussane» và «Petite syrah» bỗng xuất hiện.

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

Throughout the ages, sharing a beer in good company has always been an important part of social interactions. But what if beer could do more than just bring joy to those who drink it?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

At Wines Experience Ho Chi Minh City 2026, we sat with three Italian producers: Cantina Maria Faretra from Puglia, Cantina Paltrinieri with their centennial Lambrusco, and Conte Collalto from Conegliano Valdobbiadene – plus a frank conversation about what the Prosecco Tên actually means.