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Kim Crawford: Wine Experience and Degustation Menu

For the second time in six months I was at The Laguna Bali in Nusa Dua for an evening of great wine and food. On this occasion at the Balai Raya Ballroom the hotel was presenting a little known (for me, till that moment) New Zealand wine called Kim Crawford. Continue »
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Sharing the Finer Things in Life

FRV Travel talks with Katrina Valkenburg, the woman behind Bali’s first wine school, about her life, her passion for wines and her plans for Bali’s first wine school located at the WineHouse on Jalan Kerobokan. Continue »
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An interview with Francesco Marone...

Francesco Marone Cinzano, owner of Col D’Orcia winery, a noble man with a longstanding passion for wines. Continue »
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Henschke Wine Dinner at The Legian

The Restaurant at The Legian is one of the most famed fine-dining restaurants in Bali – a little obscured in the razzmatazz of the local fine dining culture nowadays, but still one of the best. Continue »
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An Interview with Eko, the Sommelier at...

It’s no secret that wines have not been a big part of traditional Indonesian culture, but over the past few years many locals have started showing an interest in discovering and understanding more about all the characteristics of this wonderfully complex concoction. Continue »
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An interview with Mauro Von Siebenthal

Over 20 years ago Mauro von Siebenthal, a Swiss lawyer and wine aficionado, had a dream. He wanted to produce his own wines and, in 1998 after a long search across the world, he found the ideal terroir in the town of Panquehue in the Aconcagua Valley, in Chile. Continue »
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Undurraga Winery: sparkling people’s...

I really enjoy coming back home to Chile, I always have such a good time visiting and spending time with my family and friends, but also, as a wine aficionado, I am happy to drink good wines without paying the crazy prices we pay for them here in Indonesia due to the high taxation policy for alcoholic beverages across much of Southeast Asia. Continue »
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Harald Wiesmann: a Sommelier with a...

With a superb lunch at KayuPuti Restaurant, the St Regis’ Sommelier and Restaurant Manager welcomed FRV magazine over to talk about wines, life and poems. Continue »