Image Credit: Weekend Garage Tokyo Facebook Page
Denise McCann is a global winepreneur having travelled to over 30 countries in as many years. Currently living in Tokyo after a 4-year stint in Singapore, purveying the culture, sights, sounds and tastes (and tipples) of the internationally inspired orient with her husband, Patrick. They describe themselves as wine connoisseurs, restaurant gourmands, art lovers and gallivanters!
They own and manage a luxury holiday retreat in wine country In Victoria, Australia called TS Valley Villa Luxury Retreat. Denise seeks out local luxe dining experiences with each culinary experience documented in her exquisite journalistic voice, although this Australian couple are more than inquisitive to get out from the high street and experience hawker dishes, and any concoction of street food available across South East Asia and beyond. In Denise's words, "It’s all about people, place and produce."
ROCK STAR TREATMENT: Our first weekend living in japan and we were looking for somewhere to feel welcome and comfortable. WGT provided it. Polite smiles and laughter greeted our poor attempts at Japanese. It was grungy and cool. We could have been rockstars and the venue doubles up as a music stage for the real thing.
F&B PRESENTATION: Beer was honeyed; highball was refreshing; the Mexican burger, once picked up, was not put down (as one should not); the okonomiyaki (Japanese savoury pancake) was dee-licious! For a lazy Saturday lunch, we couldn’t want for more.
WOW FACTOR: The venue is an old garage, in between other garages across from a railway line in trendy Daikanyama. The art on the walls is contemporary – just like my husband’s – making use of everyday things. There’s live music and a DJ on offer once a week on different nights. We have to go back.
INFORMATION
A. 1-1, Grava Daikanyama, Daikanyama Shibuya, Tokyo, 150-0034, Japan
S. www.facebook.com/WeekendGarageTokyo/
Shibuya Station New South Exit: 6 minutes walk: Shibuya Station: 11 minutes walk: Ebisu Station: 11 minutes walk: Daikanyama Station: 8 minutes walk
ABOUT FOUNDER WOMEN OF WINE
Denise’s passion is wine and hospitality! She has over 25 years of corporate hospitality experience. She is a qualified WSET UK Sommelier, wine educator, events management specialist, bespoke luxury wine tour operator, international wine tourism specialist, writer and public speaker. Denise is passionate about the wine industry and has travelled extensively to wine regions around the world to hone her craft and share her skills and experience.
She has run her own wine events company Women Of Wine since 2007. Since embarking on the expat life back in 2016, Denise has thoroughly enjoyed the consumer side of discovering, experiencing and writing about the food and wine scenes in Asia.
