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Updated with feedback from Eric

Celebrating your 10th Anniversary? 40th Birthday? Make it more special by opening a bottle of fine wine from that special year. Enter Bacchus and Century in the heart of Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. Claiming to be the first luxury wine shop in town, they offer French wines from every vintage from 1900 to 2000. Yes, they have at least one bottle from the 101 vintages in their 10,000 bottle collection.

Even their shop is unique. You won’t see a bottle in sight, except for the center display of Champagnes including the beautiful Taittinger Collection and a Salmanazar (9L) Laurent-Perrier Brut L-P. Instead, there’s a wall with artwork depicting a wine tree and ‘leaves’ listing a selection of wines from all the vintages. They have around 1,800 bottles stored in wine cellars at the shop out of a total of 3,000 in Hong Kong plus thousands more in France. Eric Liu, the founder and ‘shop guardian’ along with Rene Wong, the wine expert, will gladly listen to your story and recommend the wine for that special occasion.

Apart from the First Growths, d’Yquem, Petrus, DRCs, etc, there are also a wide selection of wines from 1960 to 2000 that start from HK$1,000 (US$128). There’s also Champagne and spirits to tickle your fancy.

Now to find a nice bottle from 1968 for C.

Bacchus & Century
Shop 3, G/F
32 Wyndham Street
Hong Kong
T: +852 6681 1825
Monday to Saturday 11am to 8pm
By appointment only : Monday to Saturday 9am to 11am & Sunday

091209 Bacchus & Century - Entrance

091209 Bacchus & Century - Signage

091209 Bacchus & Century - Center display