TFT HK Monday Update!

Happy Handover everyone!

Today, we're letting you know about a new way you can support TFT HK, and be a part of our mission to correct the global food imbalance and inspire conscious eating.

Our partners at Spike's Cellar have just put a new biodynamic wine on their site. When you buy the Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac 2008 on the Spike's site, a portion of the proceeds is donated to TFT HK! Click through the image above to buy this wine. Thank you, and thank you to Spike's Cellar!

Food Hero Tuesday: Eddie McDougall, of the Flying Winemaker, teaches us about sustainable viticulture

Note from the Editor: Every Tuesday, TFT HK will bring you a post or article from one of our local or global food heroes. These are people who inspire us, and whose visions align with the values that TFT espouses and promotes. This week's post is from Eddie McDougall, creator of The Flying Winemaker (wine store and education center in Lan Kwai Fung). Eddie has partnered with TFT HK, to bring TFT supporters a sustainable wine tasting at The Flying Winemaker tonight, and he generously shares more of his knowledge with us here today. Many thanks to Eddie and the fine folks at The Flying Winemaker. We can't wait to sip and learn tonight!

Myth Buster: Organic, Biodynamic & Conventional Wines

Still to this day I get asked several questions about the integrity of organic and biodynamic wines. Most of these questions revolve around the value-added taste benefits and the notion of healthier drinking.

Sustainable viticulture which is what biodynamic and organic practices falls under, is a farming method used to preserve the natural environment with minimal intervention. Farming under these practices generally implies, minimal use of chemicals, building the natural population of micro-organisms in the soil and the use of natural composting fertilisers.