Red Wine in Cambodia
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It's a decent wine.Heng Heng Heng wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 3:52 pm I don't know anything about wine, but I like Yellow Tail Shiraz. To the educated palate it might be like drain cleaner for all I know.
Some people on here are unaware that Cambodia has the lowest taxes on alcohol in the region. A bottle that costs $7 here will set you back at least twice that, and probably three times that in Thailand.
They should stop lending their ears to bogans and Banglas, B&B, get it? Never mind. LOL
Yellowtail is good wine.
Spanish is best value, imho, Chilean, Australian, NZ, SA, French, Californian, Bulgarian..not many German wines around, unfortunately, and I haven't had a really good bottle of Italian red yet, but I'm sure they exist.
You can also order very good Spanish wines by the box from Hispania Import company in Sinville, contact Diego or Christine
https://www.facebook.com/Hispania-Impor ... 627736120/
You should avoid wine snobs at all costs. There was an experiment years ago with 2000 people; they deliberately chose upper-middle class participants, people who were most likely to be social climbers wanting to impress people.
They showed them 20 different kinds of wines before the tasting, from box-wine to $250/bottle
Then they had ' blind' tastings, and served the box wine in crystal glasses, and the expensive wines in cheap plastic fake wine glasses
They never served the $250/bottle.
Predictably, the wannabes ticked the crap served in crystal as the $250 wine, and the better wines served in plastic as cheap plonk
The moral of the story, and the practical lesson is that do not be swayed by watch-shaking wannabes, drink what you enjoy, within your budget.
Cambodia is a fantastic place to live if you enjoy red wine, loads of suppliers and very competitive.
Also check out this place: wines, fine brandies et al, all French:
https://www.facebook.com/WineCambo/?hc_ ... 4d8xuoxMl8
Several hotels do cheese and wine events, search Facebook
Listen to your palate, and your wallet.
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Lanzerac Rose,Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 4:40 pm The problem with red wine in Cambodia is the temperature. "Room temperature" is far too hot, so you have to refrigerate it.
Putting red wine, especially good wine, in the fridge always seems like blasphemy. But what can you do ?
I know this is a red wine thread, but does anyone have recommendations for a decent rose in a medium price range ?
Backsberg Premium Rose
Cedarberg Rose (SA)
Chateau la Rose Figeac (Calif)
Jacob's Creek (Aus)
I don't drink Rose, so not much info.
I don't know if Intercon still has wine and cheese events, but they used to have merchants present selling cases, you could speak to them.
Jez Chea at Wine Cambodia will be able to help you, check the FB page
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For me red wine doesn't really fit into the climate here. I tried it from time to time but it is not as enjoyable as in a cold European winter evening with a heavy meal or a plate of cheese.
Prefer white wine and beer here when drinking alcohol.
Prefer white wine and beer here when drinking alcohol.
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Yes, much as I love a really good red, I mostly prefer drinking a white wine or a beer with the food here.
But (good) red wine has something that you don't find anywhere else. IMO.And then it's
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my go to bottle at the moment, nice tanin, full body n nutty aroma
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Fully agree with you, I love my red and like in Thailand I do chill the red even in a bucket if necessary. It is no choice in this part of the world.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 4:40 pm The problem with red wine in Cambodia is the temperature. "Room temperature" is far too hot, so you have to refrigerate it.
Putting red wine, especially good wine, in the fridge always seems like blasphemy. But what can you do ?
I know this is a red wine thread, but does anyone have recommendations for a decent rose in a medium price range ?
By the way may I ask, is tomorrow a Buddhist holiday in Cambodia? In most part of SEAsia its a holiday. Also may I ask if its a "holy day" like tomorrow in Thailand all alcohol is banned for 24hrs does it happen in Cambodia too?
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no, vesak day is 29 april in KoW, different from many parts of the buddhist world, also no ban of alcohol in KoW for these holiday
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In Thailand, tomorrow is Visakha Bucha Day.
In Cambodia it is called Visak Bochea Day, but was celebrated on 29 April.
Alcohol sales are usually never restricted. Except maybe during elections.
In Cambodia it is called Visak Bochea Day, but was celebrated on 29 April.
Alcohol sales are usually never restricted. Except maybe during elections.
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Thanks guys for the answer. Hmmm now I know.Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 12:59 pm In Thailand, tomorrow is Visakha Bucha Day.
In Cambodia it is called Visak Bochea Day, but was celebrated on 29 April.
Alcohol sales are usually never restricted. Except maybe during elections.
So for me tomorrow if I wanna drink I will have to drink at home.
If outside I may have to find a joint I am familiar with and the owner trust me, we will serve me wine or beer or alcohol in teacups (non-transparent) and I will have to pay him cash as it should not be in the register. Hate this pretentious crap.
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cannot go to high end hotel?yong wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 1:31 pm
So for me tomorrow if I wanna drink I will have to drink at home.
If outside I may have to find a joint I am familiar with and the owner trust me, we will serve me wine or beer or alcohol in teacups (non-transparent) and I will have to pay him cash as it should not be in the register. Hate this pretentious crap.
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