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Sotheby's in Hong Kong to hold first global wine auction of 2012 on 14 January Art Daily 01/11/2012 | Peninsula Hotels will ban the shark soup Hotel Business News 11/29/2011 |
 Sotheby’s will open 2012 global wine auctions on 14 January 2012 at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong with a various owner sale of Finest and Rarest Wines Including the Bordeaux Winebank Collection. Highlights include over 200 cases of investment grade Bordeaux from the Bordeaux Winebank Collection, Super Second Bordeaux of exceptional quality and value, great Burgundy from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, historic Champagne direct from the cellars of Veuve Clicquot, as well as a selection of rare California Cult Wines. |  One of the leading hotel chains in Asia - Peninsula Hotels - will refuse from cooking the famous Chinese delicacy shark fin soup in its restaurants. In the hotel restaurants belonging to the Peninsula Hotels shark fin soup will be excluded from the menus in January 2012. |
Beginner's guide to Hong Kong food CNNGo.com 11/29/2011 | US restaurants plan DNA-certified premium seafoodROD McGUIRK AP 11/28/2011 |
 Eating in Hong Kong can be overwhelming. Food trends are ever-morphing and the choice of things to eat is staggering, such that at any time, a "Hong Kong meal" can mean many different things. But just like the most complex building structures in the world, Hong Kong cuisine can also be broken down to its bricks and mortar. The following pillars of local food culture should be part of any Hong Kong itinerary. |  Restaurants around the world will soon use new DNA technology to assure patrons they are being served the genuine fish fillet or caviar they ordered, rather than inferior substitutes, an expert in genetic identification says. |
Spectrum Wine Auctions Realizes Nearly $6 Million at Hong Kong Rare Wine Auction Spectrum Wine Auctions 10/05/2011 | China's Rich Pass on Lafite for First Time in 17 Sotheby's SalesFrederik Balfour BusinessWeek 10/03/2011 |
 Spectrum Wine Auctions, a California-based auction house of fine and rare wine, realized nearly US$6 million (HK$46.5 million) at its latest live auction, held September 24 and 25 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Lively competition amongst bidders in the room, as well as worldwide via telephone and Internet, resulted in 95 percent of the lots selling. |  Sotheby’s failed to sell all of the wine in a Hong Kong auction for the first time in 17 sales as China’s wealthy collectors passed on oversized bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild yesterday in Hong Kong. |
Lafite Leads $347 Million Hong Kong SaleFrederik Balfour San Francisco Chronicle 10/01/2011 | Romanee-Conti 1990 Burgundy Fetches Record $297,400 at Hong Kong Auction San Francisco Chronicle 09/21/2011 |
 Eight days after global equity markets lost $3.5 trillion in a week, Sotheby's begins a Hong Kong sale of wine, art and jewels that will test the strength of China's growing market for luxury goods. |  A rare case of Romanee-Conti 1990 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Burgundy sold for HK$2.32 million ($297,400) in Hong Kong, a price auction house Acker, Merrall & Condit said set a world saleroom record for that vintage. |
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