I’m just back from Hong Kong where I hosted a wine tasting at a humungous outdoor fair called Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival. It was my first trip to Asia, ever, and I was embarrassed to admit to anyone who asked that it took me nearly six decades to get there. For context, I travel constantly for work, which means mostly to winemaking countries throughout Europe, as well as up and down our West Coast, with occasional detours north and east of New York City, and, surprisingly, Virginia, where they’re making some excellent wines, too. China, however, is the…
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If the story of Hudson Chatham Winery were written as a novel, the inside-cover blurb would read something like: “An inspiring story of love, happenstance, struggle and rebirth. Steven Rosario…











