My Visit to Singapore Wine Shops
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- During my travels to Singapore, I visited branches of Oak Cellars, 1855 Wine Shop and Bottles & Bottles. This videos gives you my general impressions of buying wine in Singapore and a price comparison of some wines compared to prices in BC Liquor stores.
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Thanks for your review of wine market in Singapore. Actually it is perfect timing to me as I will visit there next week. I am now plan to visit some of shop which was introduced in your channel. Thanks again.
K H: glad the video was useful. I really appreciate these comments as it make me feel that I am at least helping some people and not just feeding my ego with this channel. Cheers!
Been waiting for this for a few days. Yeah I agree with the prices in Singapore but I guess this is the best option in Southeast Asia because elsewhere it’s crazier. Thank you for the great video. Keep it up
William: thank you for the kind words. I think prices are high since wine drinking is not a mature industry in Singapore. Once it is more popularized and less of just a thing for the upper middle class, prices should go down. You can always find value in any place but you just have to know prices really well. Cheers!
Interesting content! Makes me feel a little better about BC prices.
Will: yes! Cheers!
Thanks for this video. 👍🏻
Jian: hope you enjoyed. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Interesting survey.
grigorhaig: glad you enjoyed it. Always appreciate your support. Cheers!
Agreed with your review. Do factor in rental for the shops, rent is crazy in SG.
I normally buy via online retailer.
daniel: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. I am hoping that I will encourage retailers to get more knowledge/improve customer experience as there is a lot of untapped potential in the Singapore market. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
From Spain, here you have my top three favourites:
-Luberri cepas viejas
-Viña Tondonia gran reserva
-Pujanza Cisma
Honestly it is usually harder to find small brands from Spain when abroad but if you can find any of them please try them!
Just looked at my cellar and another one I like very much is villarica, also from Rioja.
jabadsbs: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. I recently purchased a 2010 Vina Tondonia Reserva so I hope to reviewing that some time this year. I haven't seen the other 2 around in B.C. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter yeah the other two are small producers so I think it will be hard to find them. Thats the problem because italian and french producers, even small, are more present in the international market. If you need info about any brand from Spain here I am :)
@@jokinabadsbs Thanks...cheers!
Missed you on your visit
I am an expat in SG for 4 years, lived in HK for 10 years before. Wines here def more expensive than US, EU, and HK because of import duties.
Agree on staff knowledge. Those are better at some specialty retailers. I do buy wine from 1855 sometimes, if they are on Promo they can be attractive like what you get in North America, otherwise 20-30% more - so only buy on Promo 😂, they change every month and gets you to try new things.
There are some shops that do direct imports of Burg and Bordeaux (Wineculture) that offer better pricing on higher ends.
As for restos with proper wine service, knowledge, and selections, there are tons of them, but not your typcial day to day. Happy to recommend or take you on your next visit. Some do free corkage on Weekdays.
Agree duty free prices are nothing special unless some standard entry level wines , like Penfolds and Frescobaldi are all cheaper in Duty free, sometimes you get good Bordeaux deals. My sense is Bordeaux in general is way too expensive in SG compared to HK, but less so for new world wines like from Aus/ Nz.
All the best, great content.
Cheers,
Atul
Atul: thank you for viewing my video and your great comments! I agree with all of them and I did see a members price at 1855.
I hope I wasn't too negative but I hope to encourage wineries to come to Singapore as I think it is still an untapped market and hope that retailers/restaurants will get more knowledge/serious about wine. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter .. by promo i meant each month the shop knocks down 15-25% on prices of select 30-40 label. I think just like one of those you picked up.
On wineries coming to SG, I have seen diff importers organize wine events and dinners with diff wineries, but probably festivies around it are not as well marketed like HK
@@atulsethi2241 yes. I bought wines that were marked down. I agree that wine appreciation, in general, is not as prevalent in Singapore vs HK. I was actually surprised at that, noting there are of course some very knowledgeable drinkers in Singapore. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter hot weather + spicier cuisine + on avg ppl here dont drink as much as HK / lifestyle
I picked up Il poggione paganelli riserva 2015 this weekend for 120, cant wait to drink that.
@@atulsethi2241 cheers!
Thank you for this video review. It makes me feel much more comfortable when looking for wines in LCBO and SAQ. Bin 138 $88? It only cost $50 at LCBO. There are a few factors that might cause wines in Singapore to be much higher. 1) Import tax ( my friend warned me not to get wines at Singapore ESPECIALLY well known labels), 2) cost of living ( includes rent) 3) Inflation ( well that goes for everywhere), 4) wealthy folks + other capitals from China. Although our selections isn't as great but at least I don't need to sell my kidney just to get a bottle. From now on if I hear someone complain that it's pricey at LCBO, I'll gladly tell them to look at prices at Singapore.
Adrian802: like I have said in other videos, every place has the advantages and disadvantages. Some places have lower prices but some places do have higher prices that Canada. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
but the price should be in singaporian dollars no? so with conversion it is not as high as it might seem?
Remi: thank you for viewing my video. Depends on where you are. I am in Canada so I am comparing to CDN whereas if you are in US, exchange is about.7. I still think it is higher than in the US. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Wine in HK is more expensive like most imported goods, most shops pay extremely high location rent.
Pierre: thanks for viewing my videos. I find it interesting to compare prices from other places in the world to B.C. as we think we pay very high prices for our wines. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
The price of that 2011 Comtes de Champagne is outrageous.
M M: thanks for viewing my video. Every place has their sweet spots. For BC, I think we have very good prices for Italian wines and champagne for some reason. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter These days, for sure the best value for the top end wines is in Hong Kong, mainly due to no VAT or duty.
@@MM-ov3ne I think the variety is better in HK as well. Cheers!
Oak Cellar has the worst prices in Singapore. There are a few others that have similar range and better prices.
Also agree that the wine knowledge of staff in the 3 shops you mentioned are bad. You would need to go to more independent shops where their staff tend to be more passionate and knowledgeable.
Zack: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. It could be I was just in the touristy areas but I found in general, the wine knowledge in wine shops and restaurants is not on par with North America, Europe or even Hong Kong.
This may be complete blasphemy but hasn't anyone ever considered wine in hawker centres? I mean the food variety in a hawker centre...that would be field day for wine pairings. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Singapore wines are soooo expensive
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First time I went to Singapore I was 21 and just graduated from medical school…No Idea what wine was….second time I went My wife and I had great time, wines were expensive but we still enjoyed good wines …..
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Singapore has the heaviest import tax. It is not worthy to buy from that city. Hong Kong is better.
E L: I guess that makes us here in Vancouver feel better. We constantly think we are over taxed on wine but nice to know others suffer the same issues as us! Cheers!
Recently, I just notice that the import tax in Vietnam is even most outrageous 😳.
I think the online sales channels like VIVINO in Singapore are great, easy to find and large range and free delivery even on same day for some of the retailers I buy from, plus great discount at times.
Thanks for sharing!