Every two years Vinexpo comes to Hong Kong and its normally a fully packed schedule. May 27-29 proved to be no different as we tasted wines from Avondale, Cederberg, Eagles’ Nest, Ernie Els, Ghost Corner, Groot Constantia and Raats with visitors from across Asia.

Asia really is one of the most exciting places on Earth to be doing business as long as you have good patience, a long term outlook, are prepared to build relationships and partnerships and have a strong desire to persevere. If you can do all these things, then, to paraphrase Frank Sinatra, “if you can’t make it here, you can’t make it anywhere”.