Wine Lust 2021: 24 Dining Experiences at 1-Group’s Most Iconic Food and Wine Festival
Wine Lust 2021, 1-Group’s most iconic food and wine festival, is back this year with a star-studded line-up of grape adventures islandwide. Featuring over 300 award-winning wines and 24 different dining experiences across nine of their dining establishments, Wine Lust 2021 is happening from 19 August to 18 September 2021.
Wine Lust 2021 Wine Extravagenza
The month-long event celebrates the best of wine worldwide through 24 different dining experiences from bottomless brunches to wine pairing dinners, from sundown picnics to rooftop happy hours, to insightful masterclasses and wine retail pop-ups.
You’ll be able to savour wines from wineries such as Omina Romana, Amelia Park, Chateau la Rose Bellevue, Chateau du Retout, Kressmann and Frankland Estate.
Wine Lust 2021 Highlights
1. What’s better than retail therapy? Wine retail therapy! Look forward to weekend retail pop-ups at The Alkaff Mansion, Botanico and 1-Atico, where connoisseurs and budding collectors alike will find something from old world to new world labels, organic and biodynamic wines from France, Italy, Australia, Spain, Japan, Argentina, South Africa, and more that suit their taste.
Tickets ranging from S$30 to S$58 will include tasting sessions led by industry experts.
2. Bring your favourite Wine Lust dining experiences home with 1-Group’s 1-At-Home delivery service, available islandwide. Every bundle comes with an add-on option for a bottle of wine.
3. This year’s Wine Lust features an even wider variety of gastronomical wine pairing events inspired by a diverse range of cuisines such as Argentinian Asado, contemporary Australian, modern Chinese, progressive Nikkei, farm-to-table French and elegant Italian.
Dim Sum Tum at Mimi
For a weekend brunch with a difference, Mimi offers a modern Chinese weekend dim sum menu that injects a cosmopolitan twist into traditional classics. For the duration of the festival, patrons can take their pick of Sangre de Toro Tempranillo 2018 from DO La Mancha or M.Chapoutier’s AOC Luberon La Ciboise Blanc 2018 while feasting on over 35 different handmade dim sum, such as steaming baskets of Xiao Long Bao, Kurobuta Siew Mai with Pan Seared Foie Gras, and Har Gow.
Menu: Dim sum from S$4.80, wines from S$12++ per glass or S$68++ per bottle
When: 19 August 2021 to 18 September 2021, 11am to 3pm
The Bay’s Finest Prosecco Brunch at Monti
Sunday brunches are done in lavish style at Monti with an extensive all-you-can-eat menu and bottomless rounds of prosecco. When you can’t go to Tuscany for summer, Monti brings it to you: with a view reminiscent of the Tuscan waters, the bayside restaurant makes for a picture-perfect brunch destination.
Feast on Monti’s Eggs Benedict with Mortadella, Tuscan pork sausage tortellini stew, steak Rossini and many more fine Italian-style dishes while sipping on a selection of three golden bubblies from Italy.
Menu: S$150++ per person for food and free flow prosecco
When: Saturday and Sunday, 21 and 22 August 2021
Amelia Park Wine Dinner at Stellar at 1-Altitude
Highly revered in the wine scene, Margaret River’s Amelia Park has won multiple awards at reputed wine shows such as International Wine Competition and the Decanter World Wine Awards. Consistently awarded 5 Red Stars in James Halliday's Wine Companion, their wines are a product of marrying tradition and innovation while being grounded in a fierce focus on quality — just as is the cuisine of Stellar’s Executive Chef Christopher Millar.
From an umami-packed assembly of Fremantle octopus, pickled clams, sea herbs and seafood essence, and a whimsically named dessert named Hey ‘Mite’, comprising of mushroom pebbles, Vegemite parfait, caramelised banana, chocolate soil and nitro hazelnut malt rocks, embark on a discovery of contemporary Australian cuisine and viniculture in this one-night event.
Menu: 6-course wine pairing menu at S$180++ per person
When: Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 6pm to 10.30pm
“Around The World” Wine Pairing Dinner at FIRE at 1-ATICO
The bold flavours from the open fire pit and wood hearth parrilla of rooftop Argentinian dining destination FIRE are matched with the elegance of Australian wines and the complexity of French grapes in this wine dinner that spans two nights. Stunning key pieces in Argentina’s barbecue repertoire — such as a mud crab cooked under almond wood embers and served with Hokkaido scallop, clementines and charred fennel; and a smoke-kissed Jac Bingara' F1 Wagyu Tri-Tip MS 6-8 served with red chimichurri asparagus ‘Parrilla’, manchego cheese, lemon wood-fired white corn and corn ‘humita’ — are brilliantly matched with a selection of fine wines from the two celebrated wine countries to create a refined epicurean experience that is as iconic as the view it offers.
Menu: 5-course wine pairing menu at S$180++ per person
When: Saturday and Sunday, 28 and 29 August 2021, 6pm to 10:30pm
The Art of Sake and Nikkei Pairing at FLNT at 1-ATICO
Marrying the Peruvian vigour and the sublimity of Japanese culture is this one-night-only sake pairing dinner at Singapore’s only Nikkei-influenced sumiyaki bar and grill. Refined dishes such as a ceviche of octopus with white corn, shallots, wasabi stem, onion sauce and Tiger’s milk, grilled miso cod in Peruvian green sauce, and flame-seared salmon sushi with Peruvian yellow chillies and ikura, are each paired with an elegant sake, the flavours blending in synergistic harmony to create a unique taste experience.
Menu: 5-course sake-pairing dinner at S$180++ per person
When: Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 6pm to 10.30pm
Check out the full schedule of events online. Make your reservations and buy tickets early!
