Best Philippines Wine Shop Yats Wine Cellars hold public wine tasting in Makati Philippines on Thursday 19th August 2010 featuring French wines

Philippines Wine Lovers gather in Manila Makati to attend public wine tasting held by Yats Wine Cellars touring five interesting wine regions of France.

Featured in this wine tasting event held in Makati Manila Upper East Restaurant are five wine regions of France namely Alsace, Rhone, St, Emilion, Anjou of Loire and Burgundy. Over 45 wine enthusiasts attended.

Admission is p1,500 but tickets can be purchased in advance for p1,100 Inclusive of a wine-friendly buffet served by Upper East Restaurant

Yats Wine Experience is a public wine appreciation event. Because there are no sponsors, participants are never exposed to pushy wine salesmen or subjected to boring sales pitches and speeches. Every event has a different theme designed to highlight a certain aspect in wine appreciation. Although the whole point about Yats Wine Experience is really to have a wonderful time with wine and congenial company, many participants leave the event knowing more about wine.

Format of YATS Wine Experience – YWE - Session

YATS Wine Cellars regularly hold non-commercial wine tasting to help wine enthusiasts expand their knowledge of wine in a most enjoyable and affordable way. These tastings are different from other commercial tastings. The wines from these tastings are not sponsored by a wine merchant and there are no salesmen. You are in the company of people from all ages and all walks with one common interest – wine.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at a discount. Each ticket comes with five tasting stubs. The wines are lined up at a wine service station. Present a ticket at this station to surrender the stubs to redeem a tasting pours (roughly 55-60ml per pour) of five wines on the line-up.

Someone will always be available to answer questions or discuss topics pertinent to the theme of the wines in the event. Otherwise the event is a self-paced tasting exercise that is the most structured and economical way to sample interesting wines.

Wines of this YWE session

For this event, we re-visit some interesting and some up-and-coming wine regions in France. Fine vintage wines are being discovered much to the (pleasant) surprise of the more adventurous wine enthusiasts who took the trouble to seek out new and exciting wine regions within the geographical areas commonly referred to as "the old world". For this particular Yats Wine Experience session, we visit these wine regions:

Burgundy – Featured in this YWE session is the white wine of Burgundy that many wine lovers laud as the best rendition of Chardonnays in the world;

Alsace – is deservedly revered for its lovely full-bodied white wine made from Riesling, Pinot Gris or Gewurztraminer; they are somewhat heavier than those of

their German counterparts, dry and more intense

Saint-Emilion – political turmoil leading to annulment of its recent re-classification didn't dampen the market's enthusiasm for wine from this Right-bank region of Bordeaux which houses legends like Cheval Blanc and Ausone

Côtes du Rhone – ground zero for the so-called GSM Rhone Rangers,GSM referring to the fundamental Rhone cepage of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre

Anjou in the Loire Valley is famous for its full-bodied Rosé made from Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grolleau which is absolutely delightful with all sorts of cold cuts

About the Venue

We are delighted to hold this session of YATS Wine Experience in the charming Upper East Restaurant in Salcedo Village Makati which is a part of the AHA culinary school. F&B Director Sharlene Golding will be organizing the food for this event.

Yats Wine Cellars started off in Clark Freeport, Pampanga, an easy 90-minute drive along the North Expressway from Metro Manila. Category one wines can be found in the cellars of the fine-dining YATS Restaurant and Wine Lounge situated inside Clark's Mimosa Leisure Estate, just before the Casino. Yats operates the Clark Wine Center – an independent two-storey building located on the main road of Clark Freeport.

Wine-paired dinners are organized either at Y A T S Restaurant in Clark or in collaboration with other restaurants and organizers. Private wine dinners can also be organized for groups of 14 or more. Even Asian cuisines can be a part of a Yats Wine-paired dinner.

Yats Wine Cellars

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