{"id":4361,"date":"2020-11-26T04:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/2020\/11\/26\/virtual-wine-tasting-in-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T11:33:45","slug":"virtual-wine-tasting-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/en\/2020\/11\/26\/virtual-wine-tasting-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual wine tasting in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In spite of the pandemic, our member wine brotherhoods are keeping active !<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, the Hong Kong Wine Society has regularly organized, in these times of lockdown, virtual wine tastings on a given theme: &#8216;Zoom tasting with a theme&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-59.png 800w, https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-59-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-59-768x445.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In somecases, the organizer arranged to have the wines available to be delivered to the participants\u2019 homes, to ensure that everyone had the same wines. In one particular event the organizer even split each normal 750 ml bottle into 50 ml mini-bottles. That way each participant has 12 mini-bottles of different wines to taste, which was as close as one gets to a HKWS tasting in normal times. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-60.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-60.png 800w, https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-60-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-60-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>A logistical challenge, given the number of vintages and the number of participants. In Hong Kong as in Europe, although to a lesser extent, there is a resurgence of the pandemic and coercive measures. But &#8220;we are keeping our fingers crossed, and keeping on enjoying wine tasting\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-61.png 1024w, https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-61-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/winebrotherhoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-61-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to Kay Lau and the HKWS for showing the way !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In spite of the pandemic, our member wine brotherhoods are keeping active ! 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