Peter Scudamore-Smith MW of the Brisbane-based wine advice label Uncorked & Cultivated on discovery in Vietnam; this city the ancient capital of Hue; staying in a grandiose villa at Ancient Hue Garden House & Villas to soak up local sites, tastes and hospitality vistas. The ancient buildings; temples, shrines, walled and moated citadel, canals and old-fashioned roads; littered with scooters, bikes and run-down mini retail stores, centre around, and along the Huong or Perfume River. Found a French-inspired, Viet-owned La Carambolle (probably translated from the yellow carambola fruit) serving five-spice marinated duck, also frites for comfort; great fish soup consomme at Le Soleil (the accommodation’s signature poolside signature eating house); then a rare meal, at a restaurant on bamboo stilts in the sea proximate; Tam Giang Lagoon (it extends for 35 km) of small whole fried lemongrass prawns, then garlic-steamed rabbitfish; the local inhabitants here. Other sites -the lipsticked Ancient House gardener who looked a million under a typical rice straw hat and a glass of Aragon Spain grenache with Oz- grown Angus rib.
Wickman’s Fine Wine Auctions
Wickman’s is one of Australia’s leading wine auction houses. Auctioneer Mark Wickman has been auctioning and valuing wine in Australia since 2003, when he launched Wickman’s Fine Wine Auctions to help his son raise money for multiple sclerosis research.
If you have excess wine and would like to consider selling them in an upcoming wine auction, you will find information on how to sell wine with Wickman’s here.
Mark Wickman’s bidder membership includes Australia and Asia’s wealthiest private wine collectors, Masters of Wine, top restaurants, casinos, sommeliers, and commercial wine buyers. Wickman’s can guarantee you one of the most popular marketplaces in Australia to sell your wine, with clearance rates in excess of 70%!
Wickman’s also has a great YouTube channel. Check it out if you’d like to learn about:
- educational tastings and instruction on how to buy wine at auction
- private sales of fine & rare wine throughout Australia.
- wine reviews, wine tasting panels and resources for wine lovers and enthusiasts.
