Just the essentials: Links hosts Sine Qua Non owners, opens bunch of awesome wines

By Jim Boyce

As I recently perused a menu in Beijing and agonized between ordering the enticing 2014 Tsingtao draft beer or the eloquently if tersely described NV house red (that description consisted of “house” and “red”), acquaintances in Hong Kong faced slightly better options. Even, one might argue, *much* better options.

The occasion was the first Hong Kong visit of Elaine and Manfred Krankl, owners and winemakers at California winery Sine Qua Non, distributed by Links Concept. To mark the occasion, Links owner Patricio de la Fuente-Saez organized a dinner for a dozen people and opened an impressive array of wines from the likes of Roederer, Heritage and Giscours, Heitz, and Dominus and Screaming Eagle, and Vega Sicilia, Penfolds and Yquem, and, of course, Sine Qua Non. A list of the main bottles is below.

Sine Qua Non’s “The Five Shooter” Syrah and Grenache is already listed in the Links portfolio and “The Dark Blossom” is expected to be added this week.  For details or to order, send an email to patricio (at) linksconcept.com.

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