Heribert Gaksch

Go to the Lumpini Park to see a few more :-)

It is sad to see that the perception of Thai Wine; I mean real wine produced from wine grapes grown and produced in Thailand is so bad. Since many years several Thai Wineries produce red, rose and white wines which have received international recognition from institutions like Decanter Magazine, AWC Vienna which is the largest yearly blind wine tasting in the world and others. Obviously there are restriction because of the climate thus not all kinds of grapes can be grown in Thailand but wines produced from local grown Syrah/Shiraz, Tempranillo, Chenin Blanc, Colombard grapes are excellent and have received Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals from aforementioned institutions.

The biggest hindrance of making Thai wine more successful on the local market is the taxation as local produced wines are taxed the same way as imported wines and are more expensive than cheap wines from Chile, Italy, Spain etc. Come to visit and have a tour of the wineries in Khao Yai and Hua Hin taste the wine and I'm sure you will be converted - cheers

It is amazing to see the whining going on in many posts. If you don’t like it then yes you should go home if it is soooo much better over there. I also like to see some changes of certain rules (laws) which restrict us “Farangs” but I also understand Thailand which probably protects itself from becoming too much ruled by immigrants. Look what is happening in the UK, France and other western countries where immigrants try to change the law into the laws of their homelands. Just saw an article in an Austrian paper his morning stating that a butcher has been forbidden to slaughter pigs because some neighbors from a minority group have sued him for the reason that slaughtering pigs will traumatize the children even tough his modernized slaughter house is of the highest standards meaning sound. Guys remember if you are a guest in another country then follow the rules of the land. Being 28 years in the country I still like to be a guest here.