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Restaurant in Clark Philippines surprised Manila food and wine lovers with food and wine pairings

clark wine center — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:39:17 +0000

A Visit to Restaurants in Clark Air Base is well regarded by Manila food and wine lovers as a gourmet treat. This is something that visitors to Pampanga and travelers from Manila heading towards a destination north of Manila would include in their holiday itinerary.

Although visitors to Pampanga often make holidays plans to relax and unwind in one of the spacious lake resorts in Clark Philippines, many tourists and visitors to Clark from Manila do not pass up on the opportunity to wine and dine in the good restaurants in Clark. Wine lovers usually opt to dine out at the famous fine dining restaurant in Clark called Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge which serves up some of the best steaks and seafood in Pampanga.

Responding to popular demand from frequent visitors to this restaurant in Clark Philippines, Yats Restaurant and Wine Loungehas started to offer wine dinners and tasting of food and wine pairings. This kind of wine tasting events are the first in Clark and Pampanga. Attending a tasting of food and wine pairing helps participants understand more about how food and wine can interact in a positive way generating synergy and results that neither the food nor the wine can deliver on its own. This is another example of how this restaurant in Clark elevates the level of culinary appreciation in the Philippines.

Magnum Room Wine Lounge of Yats in Clark Pampanga

Being a fine dining restaurant, this popular resto bar in Clark is frequently visited not only by tourista and business executives but also residents of Subic and Angeles City Pampanga. This restaurant in Clark is surprisingly child-friendly and families often gather here for a nice dinner as part of a family bonding or retreat in Clark Philippines. Located in Mimosa Leisure Estate which is renowned for its golf and casino facilities, Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge also offers a nice wine bar adjacent to the main dining area. Here in this popular wine bar in Clark, guests can relax and enjoy a glass of good vintage Port, smoke a Cuban cigar, have some fine cheese after dinner.

Although there are plenty of good restaurants in Manila as well as a growing number of gastro pubs mostly in the Fort Bonifacio Global city and Makati areas, food and wine lovers travel out of town north of Manila to wine and dine in Clark Air Base which is now called Clark Freeport Zone of Pampanga.

One Clark restaurant stands out among the elite and famous restaurants in Pampanga, Angeles City and Clark airfield. It is Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge which has long been regarded by Manila wine lovers as the restaurant in the Philippines that offers the best restaurant wine list. And this fine dining restaurant in Clark Air Base serves up world-class cuisine that is as impressive as the restaurant’s award-winning wine list.

RESERVATIONS AND INQUIRIES

Please click here to contact Yats Restaurant for inquiries or reservations.

Email: Manager@YatsRestaurant.com

http://www.yatsrestaurant.com

Duck Breast Fillet Spanish Orange Coriander Reduction

The culinary team of this popular restaurant in Clark Air Base sets this fine dining restaurant apart from all the other resto bars, bistro, gastro pubs and restaurants in Manila, Angeles City, Subic and Clark Pampanga. This top rated restaurant in Clark Philippines has won recognition among food and wine lovers from Manila as well as tourists staying in Angeles City, Subic and Clark Pampanga, as the best place to eat in Pampanga. The philosphy of the owners of this Clark restaurant dictates that prices for an excellent meal at a fine dining restaurant need not be exorbitant. Guests pay for quality and not the hype or the reputation when they wine and dine at this restaurant in Clark Pampanga.

Located inside Mimosa Leisure Estate, a well known golf and casino leisure park centrally situated inside Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone, this Clark Airfield restaurant offers a sense of tranquility. Dining in this Clark restaurant is relaxed and comfortable, not stiff and restrained. This Clark restaurant is surprisingly child-friendly. Many tourists and local residents of Angeles City, Subic and Tarlac bring their families to eat at this restaurant in Clark.

Elegant and cozy dining at Grill Room of Yats Restaurant in Clark Pampanga

Yats Restaurant is one of the restaurants in Clark Air Base that is well known to residents of Angeles City, Subic, Manila, Tarlac and Clark Philippines as a good place to eat in Pampanga. Recently, event organizers and corporate planning departments have discovered that this famous restaurant in Clark Pampanga is also a very good venue for group dinners and corporate functions, not to mention parties and celebrations for other special occasions outside of Manila in North Luzon.

Private dinners can be accommodated in this famous restaurant located in Mimosa, at the heart of Pampanga Clark Freeport. Private rooms suitable for 4 to 24 can be reserved in advance at this impressive restaurant in Pampanga for company and personal functions and events in Clark. This fine dining restaurant in Pampanga is a very popular event venue for small wedding receptions, social events, company board meetings and annual parties. Even companies from Manila travel to Pampanga to hold their functions and events in this well known fine dining restaurant in Pampanga.

Yats Restaurant & Wine LOUNGE
Mimosa Drive past Holiday Inn, Mimosa Leisure Estate,
Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines 2023

Tel: (045) 599-5600 0922-870-5194 0917-520-4401 Lito or Cosh

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605

Tel: (632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 0926-686-5955 Rea, Gerlyn or Chay

Wine Spectator Best Restaurant Wine List Award 2012

Each year, world leading wine and dining magazine called Wine Spectator gives out a special award to restaurants offering the best wine selections. The Best of Awards of Excellence is given out to 800 of the best restaurants worldwide. Here in the Philippines, Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar is the only one to receive this prestigious international award. This restaurant in Clark Pampanga is already well known as one of the best restaurants in the Philippines. With this award, this fine dining establishment puts Philippines, Clark Pampanga on the map of the international dining scene.

Restaurant wine lists are judged not for the number of impressive big names on the wine list but more on how interesting the wine selection is for the dining guests. Breadth of selection covering all the major wine producing regions of the world is an important aspect of a restaurant wine list and so is the depth of vintages offered. Yats Restaurant has long been recognized internationally as one of the best places to wine and dine for wine lovers and those who are used to world class gourmet dining. Winning this international restaurant award places the Philippines on the map of international travelers who are accustomed to fine dining at a world-class level. The famous restaurant wine list of this top rated restaurant in Clark Pampanga serves as an icon in the Philippines for international wine lovers coming over to visit the Philippines on business or leisure.

Fine wines served at Yats Restaurant

Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines

How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Philippines? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.

Yats Leisure Philippines is a Hong Kong based company which owns and operates several establishments in Clark Pampanga. For more information about Yats, please log on to http://www.YatsLeisure.com

Fine Vintage wine in the cellars of Yats Restaurant

Wine lovers and visitors looking for a good wine shop to pick up a few bottles of fine vintage wines for dinner at one of the of the good places to eat in Pampanga or to bring home to Manila from Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might want to check out the famous wine shop of Yats Wine Cellars called Clark Wine Center. Log on to www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Wine enthusiasts who are interested to find out more about wine, stayed current on news about wine as well as other related food and beverage topics, may want to log on to this popular wine web site:
www.YatsWineCellars.com

You may click here to contact Yats Wine Cellars for inquiries and orders

FACEBOOK:

Click here to sign up to be a friend of Yats Wine Cellars to keep abreast of what’s happening in the wine scene in Philippines.

Besides good and impressive restaurants to wine and dine near Manila, Subic or in Angeles City Pampanga, Clark Philippines, those requiring assistance for hotel and resort bookings in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines may log on to http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com for more information and reservations.

Lodging in Clearwater Resort by the Lake

Clark Pampanga is not only frequently visited for its good restaurants and fine dining establishments, it is also a highly recommended wedding destination especially for couples looking for outdoor garden reception venues and beach weddings. For assistance and information on wedding venues and how to organize a wedding reception, log on to http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.com

Yats Leisure Philippines

Those visitors who plan to relax and unwind in Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might make an effort to book a room at the famous beach and lake resort Clearwater Resort & Country Club. This famous hotel in Clark Pampanga is frequently visited by families with children looking for a good place in Clark to see, a good holiday destination for the family to relax and unwind in the beautiful outdoor facilities. For more information, log on to www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

For information about working, living, doing business or finding a job in the Philippines, log on to http://www.yilp.com

Restaurant in Clark Pampanga pairs wine with food for 5-course wine dinner this week

clark wine center — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:43:09 +0000

strong>WINE PAIRED DINNER AT YATS RESTAURANT IN CLARK PAMPANGA

Dining out is made so much more fun when good food is paired with fine wine. That is exactly what will happen this Sunday in Clark at Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge located inside Mimosa Golf Leisure Estate in Pampanga.

Apologies for the short notice but this seems to be how things turn out these days, an impulsive decision brought on by the availability of fine wines that trigger an urge to pair them up some good classic dishes and inviting food and wine lovers to come over and enjoy the evening together. There might be better ways to spend Sunday evenings but drinking fine wines, eating good food, relax and unwind among nice people who enjoy the same things in life might not be a bad idea.

Here are the details of this wine dinner at Yats Restaurant

14th October, 2012 Sunday 6:30pm to 9pm

Dress Code is smart casual

Here is the menu:

php1,300/person

Pairing Ventoux wine with Wellington at Yats

Starter course
Mixed Liver Pate paired with Monbazillac 2010

2nd course
Horiatiki Salad paired with Durnberg Riesling 2011 Austria

3rd course
Barracuda in white wine cream sauce paired with Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2011

4th Course
Kangaroo Wellington paired with Côte de Ventoux 2010

5th Course
Cog au Vin paired with Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee 2010

php1,300/person

Food and wine pairing at Yats Cog Au Vin with Chateauneuf du Pape

Click here to contact Yats Restaurant directly for inquiries and reservations now.

Fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Lounge in Clark Pampanga Philippines

To purchase your tickets

Clark Wine Center 0917-826-8790 Ana Fe

London Pub 0917-524-0999 Glennda

Yats Restaurant 0926-122-5385 Cosh

Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge
Mimosa Drive past Holiday Inn, Mimosa Leisure Estate,
Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines 2023
(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5194 0917-520-4401

Just ask for Lito or Cosh

Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines

Yats Leisure Philippines

www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to enjoying your company at this upcoming wine tasting event at Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge
in Mimosa Golf and Leisure Estate inside Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Philippines.

Wine Tasting Seminar on Food and Wine Pairing given by Yats Wine Cellars in Makati

clark wine center — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:37:17 +0000

Yats Wine Cellars holds wine tasting seminar on food and wine pairing in Makati, Manila on Saturday 17th November, 2012.

Yats Wine Cellars holds wine tasting seminar on food and wine pairing in Makati, Manila on Saturday 17th November, 2012.

Leading distributor or fine vintage wines in the Philippines Yats Wine Cellars will hold a public wine tasting event this month. This event shall focus on the art and science of pairing wine with food.

This public wine tasting in Makati, Manila to be held in the Ayala Heritage Library in Makai on Saturday 17th November, 2012 is another rather special event.

This event is a wine tasting seminar dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and experience in the art and science of pairing wine with food. Although the pairing of food and wine is subjective and personal in nature, there are however fundamental principles that can serve as useful guidelines for sommeliers as well as food and wine lovers looking for ideas on how to select the right kind of wines to enjoy with certain a certain dish.
.

The dynamics of food and wine pairing will be discussed over a 30-minute seminar. This is not a full-length seminar. Knowledge of techniques as well as palate dynamics is not required for participants to enjoy this event. The seminar is intended to go through the fundamental principles of food-wine pairing as well as some useful guidelines to follow when selecting wines to pair up with food.

This is then followed by tasting of various kinds of food-wine pairings. The tasting is designed to illustrate the principles at work in real-life matchups of wines with different kinds of food.

Five flights of food-wine pairings are served during the course of this event to illustrate the different basic strategies and principles of food-wine pairing.

For this event, we have selected as venue, the cozy but small Tower Room of Ayala Heritage Library at the Ayala Triangle in Makati, Manila. It is our intention to keep the participation small – up to 16 persons only – so we can have more interactions and plenty of opportunities to share ideas and ask questions too.

Please note that this is not a wine dinner. Being a tasting the food portion is purposely kept small. Pouring size of the wine will be the usual 60ml. The event will start promptly at 4:30pm and ends also promptly, at 6:30pm. Participants are asked to be punctual.

Ticket price is php1500+VAT. Tickets are sold in advance.

Please click here to contact Yats Wine Cellars to purchase your admission tickets now.

Yats Wine Cellars
3003C East Tower, Philippines Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel: (632) 6331566

0917-540-3626 ask for Rea or Chay

Event@Yats-International.com

This is one of those wine-tasting events that novices and seasoned wine drinkers can enjoy equally. Even for those who don’t drink wine regularly, attending this event might result in their expanding their preferences for alcoholic beverages.

Yats Wine Cellars is the leading importer, distributor and supplier of fine wine in the Philippines. It is also lauded by food and wine lovers for its work in educating the community of wine lovers in the Philippines not only in the appreciation of high-quality wine but also in the fine art of pairing food with wine.

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

Pairings are served in flights. Participants are well advised to rinse with water after each course so that their palates are refreshed and ready to appreciate the nuances of the next pairing.

Due to limitations in food preparation facilities of this venue, the food will be prepared off-location and slightly re-heated for serving. Understanding that this tasting is not an exercise of gourmet food tasting, we hope that the participants will forgive the crudeness and perhaps focus on the pairings instead.

As with all wine-tastings held by Yats Wine Cellars in the past, the objective is always to offer a convenient and cost-effective opportunity for wine enthusiasts to enhance their knowledge by tasting different kinds of wines side by side. There is nothing more revealing and informative than a comparative tasting of wines in a well designed lineup.

This event is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and experience in the art and science of pairing wine with food. Five flights of food-wine pairings are served during the course of this event to illustrate the different basic strategies and principles of food-wine pairing.

Pairings are served in flights. Participants are well advised to rinse with water after each course so that their palates are refreshed and ready to appreciate the nuances of the next pairing.

The five fights of wine-food pairings selected for this wine-tasting session are:

The five flights of food-wine tastings are:

Caesar Salad
1999 Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons, Lamblin et Fils

It is a shame that wines are often missing on the table when a good salad is served. Admittedly vegetables are not a wine’s strongest ally but it also doesn’t mean the two should go their separate ways either. For more intense salads such as the ever-popular Caesar, the wine is not matched up against the green (Romaine lettuce in this case) but the rich and savory dressing. This medium-age Chablis is chosen for only for its vigor and lemony nose but also for its fresh acidity to ignite a synergy when it meets the Anchovy at the base. What one must avoid in the wine for this pairing is oak flavors. That would ignite something rather unpleasant on both sides.

Mixed Liver Pate served on Toast
1977 Eiswein, Niederthaler Germany

Three aspects are being introduced to each other with this pairing. First we start with the texture. A slightly coarse mixed-liver patè is chosen. The grainy texture of the food makes the wine feel a little bit more velvety on the palate. The high percentage of fat in the food makes the palate feel awfully tired and sleepy. Sweet wines are among the most acidic of all forms of wines. The acidity of this Ice Wine is called upon to cut through the fat in the liver making it feel a bit lighter. Lastly this old vintage Eiswein last shed some of its youthful unctuous sweetness. Its medium-intensity sweetness prevents the wine from cloying our appetite.

California Maki
2011 Traminer, Durnbert Altes Kreuz, Austria

Sake and Sapporo draught are probably the classic choice for just about all kinds of Japanese cuisine but just in case we really want only wine on the table or in the picnic basket, the safe play is a fruity white wine. Not just any white wine because flavor matching isn’t the only challenge in this game. Weight is something that is far too often overlooked in a match-up. This Traminer from Austria is no featherweight. Once the flavors agree, this pairing is really about matching up pound for pound. Other good wine options include Cote-du-Rhone Blanc and maybe a good Rias-Baixas.

Grilled Salmon
1990 Corton Marechaudes, Grand Cru, Prince Florent de Merode

The doctrine “Red wine with meat and White wine with fish” is about to be thrown out the window. Be that as it may, pairing red wine with seafood is still tricky business. The culprit here is iodine and some fish are just oozing with it. Those fish would reap havoc in the presence of red wine. Luckily Salmon isn’t one of those. Salmon is rich and savory but it is still a fish so a heavy red wine will overpower the food. Too much presence of tannin in the wine will ruin everything with any fish but acidity is welcome as it is required to “cut” the richness of the Salmon otherwise the combination will feel flat and flabby. This Grand Cru red wine from Burgundy’s famed Corton commune has reached an age where the astringency of youth has mostly been shed, leaving with us a smooth elegant and complex Pinot Noir that not only matches the flavors but more importantly the weight of the Salmon.

Vintage Port served with English Blue Stilton Cheese in Yats Restaurant

Small Platter of Blue Cheeses
Porto, Douro, Imperial Rouge, Daniel Sanders

If it is just one single cheese on the platter, a Cropwell English Blue Stilton for example, then one can be rather bold and reckless with the choice of Port. But when there are several kinds of blue cheese on the board, I would be more conservative and go with a port that is less tannic, not so cloying and with not so much chocolate flavors. This Imperial Rouge from Daniel Sanders provides the right combination of sweetness, structure and acidity. It may not be the perfect match for any particular cheese in front of us but it brings more out of all the cheese when enjoyed together. This is another good example of how contrasting the wine and the food could somehow result in perfect harmony.

Ticket Price is php1500+VAT and all tickets are sold in advance.

To purchase your tickets

Please click here to contact Yats Wine Cellars for inquiries and tickets

Yats Wine Cellars
3003C East Tower, Philippines Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Metro Manila

Tel: (632) 633-1566 or 0917-540-3626 and ask for Rea or Chay

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

About the Venue

The Ayala Filipinas Heritage Library is located at Makati Avenue, Ayala Triangle in
Makati City, Metro Manila. The Tower room is at the top floor. There is ample parking for those who plans to drive.

Enjoying the wine tasting event

Knowledge of wine is not required in this event. Although these public events are designed to be educational, they are first and foremost intended to be enjoyable by novices and seasoned wine drinkers alike.

Many participants also enjoy meeting new friends during these wine-tasting events. Some find it a great pleasure to talk to people with similar interests but different experiences in wine. Interesting stories are exchanged and opinions are shared during the tasting.

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to enjoying your company at this upcoming wine tasting event in Makati, Manila, Philippines.

Don’t forget to get your tickets now to this tasting of food and wine pairing on Saturday 17th November, 2012.

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

Yats Leisure Philippines

Wine is becoming increasingly popular in Manila and other cities in the Philippines. Wine lovers in Manila travel to the north to visit Clark, Pampanga to shop for good and rate vintage wines at good duty-free prices. The most frequently visited liquor shop in Manila and wine shop in Pampanga is Clark Wine Center. This highly recommended wine shop located outside Manila near Angeles City, Pampanga in North Luzon is known for offering a great selection of fine vintage wine that is good quality and good value for money also.

If you are traveling out of town from Manila towards the north, you might want to drop in on this famous wine shop in Pampanga to buy some wines in Clark Philippines:

Famous Wine Shop in Pampanga Clark Wine Center

Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

Tel: (045) 842-4006 or 0917-826-8790 and ask for Ana Fe

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Getting to this wine shop in Angeles City Clark Philippines
Getting to Clark Wine Center is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.

Yats Leisure Philippines is a Hong Kong based company which owns and operates several establishments in Clark Pampanga. For more information about Yats, please log on to http://www.YatsLeisure.com

Wine lovers and visitors looking for a good wine shop to pick up a few bottles of fine vintage wines for dinner at one of the of the good places to eat in Pampanga or to bring home to Manila from Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might want to check out the famous wine shop of Yats Wine Cellars called Clark Wine Center. Log on to www.ClarkWineCenter.com

FACEBOOK

Click here to sign up to be a friend of Yats Wine Cellars to keep abreast of what’s happening in the wine scene in Philippines.

Leading distributor or fine vintage wines in the Philippines Yats Wine Cellars will hold a public wine tasting event this month. This event shall focus on the art and science of pairing wine with food.

This public wine tasting in Makati, Manila to be held in the Ayala Heritage Library in Makai on Saturday 17th November, 2012 is another rather special event.

This event is a wine tasting seminar dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and experience in the art and science of pairing wine with food. Although the pairing of food and wine is subjective and personal in nature, there are however fundamental principles that can serve as useful guidelines for sommeliers as well as food and wine lovers looking for ideas on how to select the right kind of wines to enjoy with certain a certain dish.
.

The dynamics of food and wine pairing will be discussed over a 30-minute seminar. This is not a full-length seminar. Knowledge of techniques as well as palate dynamics is not required for participants to enjoy this event. The seminar is intended to go through the fundamental principles of food-wine pairing as well as some useful guidelines to follow when selecting wines to pair up with food.

This is then followed by tasting of various kinds of food-wine pairings. The tasting is designed to illustrate the principles at work in real-life matchups of wines with different kinds of food.

Five flights of food-wine pairings are served during the course of this event to illustrate the different basic strategies and principles of food-wine pairing.

For this event, we have selected as venue, the cozy but small Tower Room of Ayala Heritage Library at the Ayala Triangle in Makati, Manila. It is our intention to keep the participation small – up to 16 persons only – so we can have more interactions and plenty of opportunities to share ideas and ask questions too.

Please note that this is not a wine dinner. Being a tasting the food portion is purposely kept small. Pouring size of the wine will be the usual 60ml. The event will start promptly at 4:30pm and ends also promptly, at 6:30pm. Participants are asked to be punctual.

Ticket price is php1500+VAT. Tickets are sold in advance.

Please click here to contact Yats Wine Cellars to purchase your admission tickets now.

Yats Wine Cellars
3003C East Tower, Philippines Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel: (632) 6331566

0917-540-3626 ask for Rea or Chay

Event@Yats-International.com

This is one of those wine-tasting events that novices and seasoned wine drinkers can enjoy equally. Even for those who don’t drink wine regularly, attending this event might result in their expanding their preferences for alcoholic beverages.

Yats Wine Cellars is the leading importer, distributor and supplier of fine wine in the Philippines. It is also lauded by food and wine lovers for its work in educating the community of wine lovers in the Philippines not only in the appreciation of high-quality wine but also in the fine art of pairing food with wine.

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

Pairings are served in flights. Participants are well advised to rinse with water after each course so that their palates are refreshed and ready to appreciate the nuances of the next pairing.

Due to limitations in food preparation facilities of this venue, the food will be prepared off-location and slightly re-heated for serving. Understanding that this tasting is not an exercise of gourmet food tasting, we hope that the participants will forgive the crudeness and perhaps focus on the pairings instead.

As with all wine-tastings held by Yats Wine Cellars in the past, the objective is always to offer a convenient and cost-effective opportunity for wine enthusiasts to enhance their knowledge by tasting different kinds of wines side by side. There is nothing more revealing and informative than a comparative tasting of wines in a well designed lineup.

This event is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and experience in the art and science of pairing wine with food. Five flights of food-wine pairings are served during the course of this event to illustrate the different basic strategies and principles of food-wine pairing.

Pairings are served in flights. Participants are well advised to rinse with water after each course so that their palates are refreshed and ready to appreciate the nuances of the next pairing.

The five fights of wine-food pairings selected for this wine-tasting session are:

The five flights of food-wine tastings are:

Caesar Salad
1999 Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons, Lamblin et Fils

It is a shame that wines are often missing on the table when a good salad is served. Admittedly vegetables are not a wine’s strongest ally but it also doesn’t mean the two should go their separate ways either. For more intense salads such as the ever-popular Caesar, the wine is not matched up against the green (Romaine lettuce in this case) but the rich and savory dressing. This medium-age Chablis is chosen for only for its vigor and lemony nose but also for its fresh acidity to ignite a synergy when it meets the Anchovy at the base. What one must avoid in the wine for this pairing is oak flavors. That would ignite something rather unpleasant on both sides.

Mixed Liver Pate served on Toast
1977 Eiswein, Niederthaler Germany

Three aspects are being introduced to each other with this pairing. First we start with the texture. A slightly coarse mixed-liver patè is chosen. The grainy texture of the food makes the wine feel a little bit more velvety on the palate. The high percentage of fat in the food makes the palate feel awfully tired and sleepy. Sweet wines are among the most acidic of all forms of wines. The acidity of this Ice Wine is called upon to cut through the fat in the liver making it feel a bit lighter. Lastly this old vintage Eiswein last shed some of its youthful unctuous sweetness. Its medium-intensity sweetness prevents the wine from cloying our appetite.

California Maki
2011 Traminer, Durnbert Altes Kreuz, Austria

Sake and Sapporo draught are probably the classic choice for just about all kinds of Japanese cuisine but just in case we really want only wine on the table or in the picnic basket, the safe play is a fruity white wine. Not just any white wine because flavor matching isn’t the only challenge in this game. Weight is something that is far too often overlooked in a match-up. This Traminer from Austria is no featherweight. Once the flavors agree, this pairing is really about matching up pound for pound. Other good wine options include Cote-du-Rhone Blanc and maybe a good Rias-Baixas.

Grilled Salmon
1990 Corton Marechaudes, Grand Cru, Prince Florent de Merode

The doctrine “Red wine with meat and White wine with fish” is about to be thrown out the window. Be that as it may, pairing red wine with seafood is still tricky business. The culprit here is iodine and some fish are just oozing with it. Those fish would reap havoc in the presence of red wine. Luckily Salmon isn’t one of those. Salmon is rich and savory but it is still a fish so a heavy red wine will overpower the food. Too much presence of tannin in the wine will ruin everything with any fish but acidity is welcome as it is required to “cut” the richness of the Salmon otherwise the combination will feel flat and flabby. This Grand Cru red wine from Burgundy’s famed Corton commune has reached an age where the astringency of youth has mostly been shed, leaving with us a smooth elegant and complex Pinot Noir that not only matches the flavors but more importantly the weight of the Salmon.

Vintage Port served with English Blue Stilton Cheese in Yats Restaurant

Small Platter of Blue Cheeses
Porto, Douro, Imperial Rouge, Daniel Sanders

If it is just one single cheese on the platter, a Cropwell English Blue Stilton for example, then one can be rather bold and reckless with the choice of Port. But when there are several kinds of blue cheese on the board, I would be more conservative and go with a port that is less tannic, not so cloying and with not so much chocolate flavors. This Imperial Rouge from Daniel Sanders provides the right combination of sweetness, structure and acidity. It may not be the perfect match for any particular cheese in front of us but it brings more out of all the cheese when enjoyed together. This is another good example of how contrasting the wine and the food could somehow result in perfect harmony.

Ticket Price is php1500+VAT and all tickets are sold in advance.

To purchase your tickets

Please click here to contact Yats Wine Cellars for inquiries and tickets

Yats Wine Cellars
3003C East Tower, Philippines Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Metro Manila

Tel: (632) 633-1566 or 0917-540-3626 and ask for Rea or Chay

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

About the Venue

The Ayala Filipinas Heritage Library is located at Makati Avenue, Ayala Triangle in
Makati City, Metro Manila. The Tower room is at the top floor. There is ample parking for those who plans to drive.

Enjoying the wine tasting event

Knowledge of wine is not required in this event. Although these public events are designed to be educational, they are first and foremost intended to be enjoyable by novices and seasoned wine drinkers alike.

Many participants also enjoy meeting new friends during these wine-tasting events. Some find it a great pleasure to talk to people with similar interests but different experiences in wine. Interesting stories are exchanged and opinions are shared during the tasting.

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to enjoying your company at this upcoming wine tasting event in Makati, Manila, Philippines.

Don’t forget to get your tickets now to this tasting of food and wine pairing on Saturday 17th November, 2012.

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

Yats Leisure Philippines

Wine is becoming increasingly popular in Manila and other cities in the Philippines. Wine lovers in Manila travel to the north to visit Clark, Pampanga to shop for good and rate vintage wines at good duty-free prices. The most frequently visited liquor shop in Manila and wine shop in Pampanga is Clark Wine Center. This highly recommended wine shop located outside Manila near Angeles City, Pampanga in North Luzon is known for offering a great selection of fine vintage wine that is good quality and good value for money also.

If you are traveling out of town from Manila towards the north, you might want to drop in on this famous wine shop in Pampanga to buy some wines in Clark Philippines:

Famous Wine Shop in Pampanga Clark Wine Center

Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

Tel: (045) 842-4006 or 0917-826-8790 and ask for Ana Fe

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Getting to this wine shop in Angeles City Clark Philippines
Getting to Clark Wine Center is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.

Yats Leisure Philippines is a Hong Kong based company which owns and operates several establishments in Clark Pampanga. For more information about Yats, please log on to http://www.YatsLeisure.com

Wine lovers and visitors looking for a good wine shop to pick up a few bottles of fine vintage wines for dinner at one of the of the good places to eat in Pampanga or to bring home to Manila from Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might want to check out the famous wine shop of Yats Wine Cellars called Clark Wine Center. Log on to www.ClarkWineCenter.com

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Manila overtakes Quezon City as ‘car theft capital’: 19 cases in 1 month

clark wine center — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:44:31 +0000

Manila, the country’s seat of power, is now also the “car theft capital” of the Philippines, an official of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police said Tuesday.
According to Superintendent Edwin Butacan, HPG spokesman, Manila has taken the unflattering tag from Quezon City as more car theft cases have been reported in the city since February than in any other area in the metropolis.
Butacan said that in August alone, 19 vehicles were reported stolen in Manila compared to nine in Quezon City.
The HPG recorded 50 car theft cases nationwide during the same month, he added.
“[That has been the trend] since February. Manila now tops the list [of areas] where [car theft cases are rampant],” Butacan said in a news briefing at Camp Crame.
Asked what could be the reason for the hike in incidents in Manila, he said: “Since Quezon City is widely considered as the ‘car theft capital,’ the HPG augmented the efforts of the Quezon City police …”
According to him, the order of former HPG director Chief Supt. Leonardo Espina, now the director of the National Capital Region Police Office, to deploy more patrol units to Quezon City helped the police curb the operations of car theft syndicates.
“So now we can see that if we focus our police operations on a specific area … we can really decrease the number of car theft cases in that place,” Butacan said.
At the same time, he noted that the reported number of stolen vehicles in August considerably dropped compared to the same period last year.
A total of 127 vehicles were taken from their owners in August 2011 compared to 50 for the same month this year, down by almost 60 percent, Butacan said.
Of the 50, 26 were motorcycles. According to the HPG official, aside from motorcycles, the following vehicles are the favorite targets of car thieves: Mitsubishi Montero, Nissan Urvan, Toyota Vios and Toyota Grandia.
“That’s because motorcycles are easy to steal. At the same time, it’s also difficult to recover stolen motorcycles,” Butacan said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/281802/manila-overtakes-quezon-city-as-car-theft-capital-19-cases-in-1-month

Clark Wine Center is lauded by wine and food lovers from Manila and tourists from abroad as the best place to buy wine in Pampanga or Subic or Tarlac. Wine lovers from Manila as well as visitors to Clark Philippines from Asian cities visit this famous wine shop in Pampanga to buy vintage wines to enjoy here in the Philippines or bring some back home with them when they leave Pampanga.

Recent opinion survey of frequent travelers heading north towards Subic and Clark Pampanga revealed that the number one most frequently visited wine shop in Pampanga is Clark Wine Center located in Clark Philippines. Reasons given include good selection of fine vintage as well as affordable wines for everyday drinking also. This wine shop also has a beautiful roof deck lawn which serves as a nice venue for outdoor alfresco dining, cocktail parties and small functions and events. There are five large wine cellars that contain some of the world’s finest wines and rare vintages as well as wines that are excellent value that every wine shoppers love to discover. This wine shop in Clark is frequently visited not only by local residents but also tourists arriving in the Philippines looking to pick up a few bottles of good wine that are not normally available in their home town.

Subic is well known for diving, the sea and water sports that come with the territory. However one thing that Subic is not famous for is dining options. For years, visitors to Subic have complained about the quality of the restaurants and dining establishments but it is only until recently that travelers to Subic discovered the best restaurant to wine and dine, even for visitors with families and children. Now most residents of Subic and also Tarlac and Baguio know of this wine shop in Clark as the best place to buy wines in the Philippines and certainly the best wine shop in Pampanga, Angeles City, Clark Philippines.

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices. Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world. As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years. Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Loire, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Alsace, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Chile and Argentina etc. are well represented in this Clark Wine Shop.

The next time you are in Pampanga and are looking for things to do in Clark Philippines spend some time to do a little wine shopping at the most famous wine shop outside of Manila called Clark Wine Center. One of the favorite places to visit in Pampanga Clark Freeport is the white building along M A Roxas highway of Clark which houses over 2000 selections of fine vintage wines. The Clark Wine Center is one of the places to visit, a tourist spot and a good shopping place for those staying in Angeles City, Subic or Clark Pampanga.

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com
Buy wine baskets in Philippines as gifts to friends and business associates
Those looking for good wine gifts to send to friends and loved ones in the Philippines can now order special wine baskets from Yats Wine Cellars. Delivery can be arranged with a courier service to practically everywhere in the Philippines. Wine baskets cost php3000 up. What makes Yats Wine Cellars’ wine gift baskets so special is that the wines are not seen anywhere else in Manila. This makes the gift special and exclusive.
Manila wine and food lovers looking for things to do in Pampanga and Manila can consider attending one of these wine events. The best way to learn more about wine in the Philippines is to attend public wine tasting events that have no sponsors. These wine tasting events held by Yats are non-commercial. Yats Wine Cellars does not promote a specific winery, producer or a brand. These wine tastings and wine dinners held in Manila and Pampanga are all designed to let wine lovers explore more interesting aspects of wine

Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.

Click here to contact Clark Wine Center in Clark Pampanga for inquiries and orders.

Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

Tel: 0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

Wine@Yats-International.com

YATS Wine Cellars
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Centger,
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605

Tel: (632) 637-5019 0917-540-3626 ask for Rea or Chay

Log on to this web site for more information about Yats Wine Cellars as the leading wine importer and wine supplier in the Philippines:

ats Wine Cellars Leading Wine Supplier in Philippines
Buy wine baskets in Philippines as gifts to friends and business associates
Good white wines that available at the wine shops in Manila and Pampanga include Puligny Montrachet, Chassagne Montrachet, Pouilly Fuisse, Corton Charlemagne, Montrachet, Batard Montrachet and Beaune. This makes it easy and convenient for wine lovers to buy wine in Manila. They are also great wines to include in wine gift baskets for delivery in the Philippines. Manila wine and food lovers looking for things to do in Pampanga and Manila can consider attending one of these wine events. Leading Philippines wine supplier and wine importer Yats Wine Cellars frequently hold public wine tasting in Clark, Pampanga and Manila. Even beginners can have a lot of fun attending these public wine tastings held by Yats. Participants enjoy good wine, learn some more about fine vintage wines and meet new friends during these wine tasting events of Yats Wine Cellars held in Manila and Pampanga

Wedding couples looking for wedding reception venues and beach wedding venues can log on to this Philippines Wedding Venue web site for free information and assistance:

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Yats Leisure Philippines

While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. Highly recommended fine dining restaurant in Manila for special occasion is Yats Restaurant & Wine Lounge located in the famous Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clark Pampanga. Situated near this popular restaurant in Clark is the Mimosa Golf Course as well as the Mimosa Clark Casino. This top rated restaurant near Angeles City Pampanga in Clark Philippines is frequently used for private parties and corporate functions such as board meetings and other gatherings. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine shops in Clark Angeles Philippines http://www.YatsLeisure.com

Looking for famous tourists spots, places to visit and see, relax and unwind in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines? You may want to check out these sites also:

http://www.LondonPubClark.com

Besides good restaurants to wine and dine near Manila, Subic or in Angeles City Pampanga, Clark Philippines, those requiring assistance for hotel and resort bookings in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines may log on to http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com for more information and reservations.

The lifestyle in Clark Pampanga is quite unique. For more information about shopping, sports, golf, leisure, hotel accommodation, where to see and visit, what to do, where to wine and dine and good places to hang out, relax, have a drink with friends, child-friendly establishments, log on to
http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

Wine lovers looking for a special bottle or something that is of great value and special discounts might log on to this web site to shop for fine vintage wines
http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

Those visitors who plan to relax and unwind in Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might make an effort to book a room at the famous beach and lake resort Clearwater Resort & Country Club. This famous hotel in Clark Pampanga is frequently visited by families with children looking for a good place in Clark to see, a good holiday destination for the family to relax and unwind in the beautiful outdoor facilities. For more information, log on to www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Buy wine in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines at good wine shops and boutique wine stores that offer good selection of good vintage wines at all price points.Wine lovers in Philippines can find good wines from France in wine shops in Manila and Pampanga. Among the good selections of French red wines from Burgundy are Domaine de La Romanee Conti or DRC, Chambertin, Pommard, Clos de Vougeot, Domaine Leroy, Bonnes Mares, La Tache, Vosne Romanee, Echeazeaux, Romanee St. Vivant, Volnay, Morey St. Denis, Nuits St. Georges. This makes it easy and convenient for wine lovers to buy wine in Manila. Manila wine and food lovers looking for things to do in Pampanga and Manila can consider attending one of these wine events. Leading Philippines wine supplier and wine importer Yats Wine Cellars frequently hold public wine tasting in Clark, Pampanga and Manila.

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Wine lovers in Philippines can find good wines from major wine regions around the world in wine shops in Manila and Pampanga. Among the good selections of fine vintage wines from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and other parts of Europe. Rare vintage wines from Vega Sicilia, Biondi Santi, Sassicaia as well as the Ice wine from Germany can be found in good wine shops around Manila. This makes it easy and convenient for wine lovers to buy wine in Manila.
Manila wine and food lovers looking for things to do in Pampanga and Manila can consider attending one of these wine events. Leading Philippines wine supplier and wine importer Yats Wine Cellars frequently hold public wine tasting in Clark, Pampanga and Manila. Even beginners can have a lot of fun attending these public wine tastings held by Yats. Participants enjoy good wine, learn some more about fine vintage wines and meet new friends during these wine tasting events of Yats Wine Cellars held in Manila and Pampanga.

Wine Lessons by Yats Wine Cellars on Developing a Discerning Palate

clark wine center — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:59:06 +0000

Learn About Wine in Philippines Attend Wine Seminar on Saturday 20th October 2012

YATS WINE CELLARS

Presents

Wine Experience Seminar

Developing a Discerning Palate

on

20th October, 2012

Saturday, 4 to 6pm

SYNOPSIS

In the back of the minds of wine drinkers of different levels of sophistication is the question of why some wines cost so much more than others. Are the differences discernable enough to justify the huge difference in their prices?

A discerning palate doesn’t come automatically with drinking lots and lots of wine. It certainly helps but that is not the only means to an end. In fact drinking without thought and purposes may not get us very far down the road towards connoisseurship.

To fully appreciate the value of high-quality wines, one has to know something about how grapes are grown in the vineyards and how they are made into wine at the winery. To fully appreciate fine wines, one has to know about special efforts to achieve quality in all aspects of wine-making, understanding how they affect the taste of the wine. These efforts are often expensive which in turn raises the prices of the resulting wines.

Format of a Wine Seminar

A typical seminar lasts for 120 minutes. It starts with a 90-minute lecture on a specific topic followed by a guided tasting of several wines to illustrate the key points of the lecture. During the 30-minute guided tasting participants may ask questions and share ideas and comments among themselves also.

Wine seminars are intended to provide sufficient information on and insights into a certain topic about wine in the hope that this will stimulate interest in the participants to research further into related issues and ideas.

The ensuing tasting session is crucial to the knowledge acquisition process. Nothing works better to answer questions or make a point than tasting good examples of wines.

Attendance is usually limited to 15 to 20 persons. Admission is confirmed and paid for in advance.

Admission Fee

Admission fee is php2,500+VAT per person and attendance is limited to 17 persons only.

Tickets do need to be purchased in advance.

Please click here to contact Yats Wine Cellars for inquiries and tickets

About This Wine Seminar

For this wine seminar, we will review the wine production process from vines to wines. Although we will visit a number of technical subjects it will be quite easy for all participants to understand their implications.

These are the topics that will be covered by the 90-minute lecture:

1. Growing Good Grapes

What are some of the things that producers do to improve the quality of grapes? How do these improvements translate into making a better wine that tastes better than the others? Subjects covered include location of vineyard, yield management and green harvesting, canopy management, achieving ripeness etc.

2. Making Good Wines

To make good wines, we certainly need good, clean and healthy grapes. But even then, it is quite possible to make bad wines afterwards. What are some of the things that wineries do to separate their wines from the mediocre stuff? Subjects covered include grape sorting, fermentation techniques, barrel ageing and tender treatment to preserve delicate flavors in great wines of elegance.

3. Sparkling Wines and Champagne

We will quickly review the two main production processes of making sparkling wine or Champagne, namely the Champagne method and the Charmat or “tank” method. We will also discuss the ageing process which imbues complexity into the wine.

4. Qualities to Look For in Fine Wine

The knowledge of viticulture and wine-making techniques helps one to know what to look for when tasting a wine. Notions of concentration, extract, ripeness, aromatics, body, the finish and age-worthiness will be discussed.

Wines for Tasting

Fine Wine is meant for everyone not just the connoisseurs

Participants will taste three flights of wines, one for red wine, one for white wine and one for sparkling wine. In each flight, there will be two kinds of wine to be tasted side by side to illustrate the discernable difference in their qualities.

Red Wine

2007 Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon, California

2006 Geyser Peak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley, Sonoma County

White Wine

2004 Beaujolais Blanc Cogny, Marie-Agnes et Giles Carreau

1999 Meursault, Chateau De Guettes, Francois Parent

Sparkling Wine

NV Cava Artelatino Brut Metodo Tradicional

NV Crémant de Bourgogne, Denis Fouquerand et Fils

Typically the pours will be around 60-70ml. Spittoon is available and participants are encouraged – but not required – to spit. Only simple crackers and bottled water are available.

Venue and Dress Code

Ayala Filipiniana Heritage Library
(Old Nielson Tower)
Makati Avenue, Ayala Triangle, Makati

The Tower Room

Dress Code is business attire or smart casual

Ample free parking is available

Tickets can be obtained at

Yats Wine Cellars
3003C East Tower, Philippines Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas, Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel: (632) 637-5019 or 0917-520-4393
Ask for Rea

Email: Wine@Yats-International.com

Yats Wine Cellars was one of the first wine supplier in the Philippines to give wine lessons through public wine seminars since 2005. These wine lessons have been held in Manila and Pampanga. They are non-commercial and are not designed to promote a particular wine producer, brand of wine or even a wine region. They are strictly for educational purposes aimed at helping wine lovers in Philippines get more enjoyment out of drinking fine wine.

Wine lessons are fun. Aside from learning a bit more about wine, participants get to enjoy some good wine, appreciate them in a structured and informed manner and while we are it, meet some new friends who have exactly the same interest also.

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to enjoying your company while we learn more about wine together.

Fine Vintage wine in the cellars of Yats

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Yats Wine Cellars started opening small boutique-sized convenience wine shops in major locations of Manila. Through these wine outlets in Manila, Yats Wine Cellars hope to bring interesting selections of fine vintage wines to wine lovers in Manila at attractive prices.

Please click here for information about the wine outlet shops of Yats Wine Cellars in Manila and Pampanga, Philippines.

WINE-FOOD-PAIRING TASTING in Clark Pampanga on Friday 5th October 2012

clark wine center — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:03:54 +0000

<This public wine tasting in Clark Pampanga to be held in the London Pub on Friday 5th October, 2012 is a rather special event. This is a tasting of food and wine pairings, giving participants first-hand experience of the incredible synergy that is achieved by pairing the right kind of wine with different food.

Leading supplier of fine vintage wines in the Philippines, Yats Wine Cellars is pleased to announce an upcoming public tasting of wine and food pairings event to be held in the popular bar and pub in Pampanga called The London Pub.

This event will be held on Friday, 5th October, 2012 from 5 to 8pm, dress code is smart casual. The theme of this event is “a tasting of wine paired with food”.

Ticket price is php500+VAT.

Special food accompaniments will be prepared by the kitchen of fine dining Yats Restaurant . Four pairings are offered to the participants of this public wine tasting event in Clark, Pampanga.

Yats Wine Tasting is fun and educational also

This is one of those wine-tasting events that novices and seasoned wine drinkers can enjoy equally. Even for those who don’t drink wine regularly, attending this event might result in their expanding their preferences for alcoholic beverages.

Yats Restaurant has been honored by world leading wine magazine – The Wine Spectator – for offering one of the best restaurant wine lists in the world. This fine dining restaurant is bestowed the prestigious Best of Awards of Excellence for the third year in a row and is the only restaurant in the Philippines to have earned that honor.

About this wine-tasting event

As with all wine-tastings held by Yats Wine Cellars in the past, the objective is always to offer a convenient and cost-effective opportunity for wine enthusiasts to enhance their knowledge by tasting different kinds of wines side by side. There is nothing more revealing and informative than a comparative tasting of wines in a well designed lineup.

For this upcoming event, Yats Wine Cellars turns your attention not just to the classic wines of the world but on the art of pairing food with wine to create a synergy that can offer immense pleasures. Participants will taste four kinds of wines paired carefully with a specific kind of food. Wine lovers of all level of sophistication will have no trouble appreciating the synergy. The pleasure of the pairing exceeds the sum of the pleasures offered by the wine and by the food.

Glennda keeps an eye on things at the London Pub

The four kinds of wines selected for this wine-tasting session are:

Italian Red Wine paired with a full-throttle Italian lasagna. Notice how the heaviness of the lasagna melts down once you have mouthful of a classic Tuscany red wine on the palate.

Classic White Wine paired with deep-fried prawn toast. The crisp acidity of the white wine cuts through the oil of the food resulting in a delectable impression that is quite refreshing.

Vintage French Red Wine is paired up with French blue cheese. This is an application of contrast in doing a food-wine pairing. The cheese is fatty and heavy. We use vintage red wines that are slim, agile, racy and vigorous. It seems like the two will go to war against each other but instead they end up hugging and dancing with each other once they combine inside your mouth.

Sweet Dessert Wine is paired delicately with a liver pate served on simple toast. On the surface this again smacks of a natural disaster. The sweet dessert wine is obviously designed to enjoy with dessert, something nice and sweet. The liver pate is dry and fatty. Toast is bland and boring. How can this work? Well, it does and one of the reasons is that the sweet wine comes with a high degree of acidity. In fact, it is one of the most acidic styles of wines. But of course, we only taste the sweetness.

Please click here to view the wine list for this tasting event at London Pub

Wine Tasting held by YATS in Manila of five decades of vintage wines from France

Enjoying the wine tasting event

Guests can arrive anytime during the event and enjoy the tasting at his/her own pace. Each ticket contains a certain number of tasting stubs. Each stub corresponds to a flight, or group, in the lineup. Just approach the wine service station and surrender a stub to redeem it for a tasting pour (roughly 55-60ml) of a wine in that group.

Experienced wine drinkers who have attended more than a few of these wine-tasting events often start with lighter wines and end with the ones that full-bodied. Having a sip of water in between tastings can help cleanse the palate to appreciate different set of flavors of the wines in the next glass.

Many participants also enjoy meeting new friends during these wine-tasting events. Some find it a great pleasure to talk to people with similar interests but different experiences in wine. Interesting stories are exchanged and opinions are shared during the tasting.

Please click here to contact Yats Wine Cellars for inquiries and tickets

For tickets and inquiries for the upcoming wine tasting event from Yats Wine Cellars, please call (632) 637-5019 or 0917-826-8790 or (045) 841-4006 or email us at Wine@Yats-International.com

Regular guests of the London Pub can purchase your tickets from Glennda. Just call her at 0917-524-0999 or send her an email at LondonPub@Yats-International.com.

The London Pub is an authentic English styled pub, a cozy place for foreigners and locals to hang out, relax over a nice beer or a glass of fine vintage wine and order up some authentic British pub food.

Clark Freeport is a comfortable 70-minute drive up from Manila along the newly refurbished North Expressway NLEX. Once leaving Manila, the highway takes you straight into Clark Philippines without going any city, not even Angeles City, Pampanga. Clark Freeport Zone has its own Clark International Airport – DMIA – which enables visitors to Clark or Subic to fly directly into Clark from all major cities in Asia, connecting Clark to practically anywhere in the world.

Beers, cigars and fine pub food aside, this bar in Angeles Philippines Clark Freeport Zone also offers a refreshingly interesting wine list, a good selection of wine served by the glass also. The most famous beverage in this bar in Angeles Philippines is its vintage beer, a special kind of beers that actually improve with age inside the bottle, much like wine and vintage Champagne. Vintage beer is only available in this Clark Philippines bar and family restaurant pub.

This famous bar in Clark Pampanga also offers nice venues for private and semi-private parties, company events and social functions. The garden area of this pub provides for excellent venue for parties and celebrations for up to 150 people.

Getting to this family restaurant, bar and pub of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines

How to get to this resto bar in Clark Pampanga? Upon reaching Pampanga Clark Freeport, go straight until hitting Mimosa Leisure Estate. Enter Mimosa and stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, going past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure). Just past the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine bar is the London Pub which is also to the left. The London Pub is open seven days a week and happy hours is 4 to 7pm.

The London Pub
(045) 499-1177 0922-870-5176 ask for Glenda or Janet
Mimosa Drive past Yats Restaurant, Mimosa Leisure Estate,
Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines 2023

http://www.LondonPubClark.com

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to enjoying your company at this upcoming wine tasting event at the London Pub in Mimosa Golf and Leisure Estate inside Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Philippines.

Don’t forget to get your tickets now to this tasting of food and wine pairing on Friday 5th October, 2012.

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

Wine is becoming increasingly popular in Manila and other cities in the Philippines. Wine lovers in Manila travel to the north to visit Clark, Pampanga to shop for good and rate vintage wines at good duty-free prices. The most frequently visited liquor shop in Manila and wine shop in Pampanga is Clark Wine Center. This highly recommended wine shop located outside Manila near Angeles City, Pampanga in North Luzon is known for offering a great selection of fine vintage wine that is good quality and good value for money also.

If you are traveling out of town from Manila towards the north, you might want to drop in on this famous wine shop in Pampanga to buy some wines in Clark Philippines:

Famous Wine Shop in Pampanga Clark Wine Center

Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

Tel: (045) 842-4006 or 0917-826-8790 and ask for Ana Fe

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Getting to this wine shop in Angeles City Clark Philippines
Getting to Clark Wine Center is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.

Click here to sign up to be a friend of Yats Wine Cellars to keep abreast of what’s happening in the wine scene in Philippines.

Buy wine in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines at good wine shops and boutique wine stores that offer good selection of good vintage wines at all price points. Wine lovers in Philippines can find good wines from major wine regions around the world in wine shops in Manila and Pampanga. Among the good selections of fine vintage wines from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and other parts of Europe. Rare vintage wines from Vega Sicilia, Biondi Santi, Sassicaia as well as the Ice wine from Germany can be found in good wine shops around Manila. This makes it easy and convenient for wine lovers to buy wine in Manila. Manila wine and food lovers looking for things to do in Pampanga and Manila can consider attending one of these wine events. Leading Philippines wine supplier and wine importer Yats Wine Cellars frequently hold public wine tasting in Clark, Pampanga and Manila.

Wine event in Manila, Subic, Pampanga, Angeles City, Clark Philippines – Gourmet Vegetarian Cuisine paired with fine vintage wine at Yats

clark wine center — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:43:33 +0000

Highly recommended fine dining in Manila for vegetarian food is Yats Restaurant Wine Bar in Clark.

Top rated wine restaurant offers vegetarian wine buffet this Sunday showcasing gourmet recipe paired with fine vintage wine from Yats Wine Cellars. Foodies and wine lovers will travel to Pampanga this Sunday for gourmet vegetarian wine buffet.

Ticket price is php750 inclusive of wine tasting along with the gourmet vegetarian dishes below. Ticket holder may invite one companion to dine for free.

Guide to best restaurants near Manila serving vegetarian food with good wine is out. Well known for its wine and now its vegetarian menu is top rated fine dining Yats Restaurant in Clark Philippines.

By introducing wine into the vegetarian menu, even wine lovers and not just vegetarians now travel out of town from Manila on a getaway to enjoy a reprieve from red meat in Clark Philippines.

Vegetarian cuisine is not only for vegetarians but also for frequent diners and meat lovers looking for a reprieve. For a long time, vegetarian cuisine has suffered from a stigma of being unattractive, boring and bland. Health virtues and other benefits do not always make up for what is perceived as a poor dining experience. Fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar once again takes the lead to dispel the myth that vegetarian meals have to taste bad. Rapidly gaining a reputation for offering delectable gourmet vegetarian cuisine, Yats Restaurant is pushing the envelope by introducing wine pairing with its gourmet vegetarian dishes. Now even wine lovers are opening their minds towards vegetarian cuisine.

Standards for selecting best restaurants outside Manila in Pampanga Angeles City have risen. In addition to food, value for money, ambience and service quality, the quality of restaurant wine list has been added to evaluation criteria. Topping the list is fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar well known for its award 2700-line winning wine list, French Mediterranean cuisine and wine cellars.

This is a treat for vegetarians and foodies who like to enjoy a dinner without meat and fish once in a while. Here is an example of the gourmet vegetarian menu in this fine dining restaurant near Manila.

Spring onion & wild mushroom Polenta cakes topped with sundried tomato salsa
Croquettes of feta & eggplant on creamed spinach with sweet potato chips
Quiche of zucchini , pecorino & beetroot with arugula salad
Red onion & capsicum ratatouille Tortellini’s of maluggay pistou
Truffle & tarragon omelet with home cured smoked tomato
Risotto primavera
Jasmine riz pilaf spiced okra and green Kenyan beans
White asparagus & Rosti galette of parsnip & sweet potato on black olive sauce

Residents of Manila travel out of town for a short getaway up north visit Angeles city, Clark, Pampanga, Philippines to wine and dine and enjoy a special dinner at the best restaurants in the country. Even people from Subic and Cebu travel to Clark to enjoy a special evening and some great food and rare vintage wine at this fine dining restaurant.

Private dinners can be accommodated in this famous restaurant located in Mimosa, at the heart of Pampanga Clark Freeport. Private rooms suitable for 4 to 24 can be reserved in advance for company and personal functions and events. This fine dining restaurant is a very popular venue for small wedding receptions, social events, company board meetings and annual parties.

Philippines Pampanga Clark Freeport is well known for its safety and security, boasting the lowest crime rates in the country. The absence of traffic and pollution also helps to position Clark Pampanga at the top of tourists’ list of destinations for vacation and get-away from Manila with families and friends.

Fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar is frequently used for private meetings, corporate events and social functions. Located in Mimosa Leisure Estate at the heart of Clark Freeport Zone, this top rated resto bar is a highly recommended meeting destination in Pampanga, Philippines.

Hong Kong-based Yats International built this restaurant in 2000 to provide a world-class cozy fine dining restaurant, as well as business meeting facilities and venues for private dinners and social functions in Philippines Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. North Luzon Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines was selected for this restaurant because of safety, clean air, absence of traffic and proximity to Manila and Subic. Clark Freeport is located near Manila and Subic. Diners from Manila and Subic can travel north along North Expressway and arrive in Clark in about 70 minutes without having to go through city driving.

http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines
How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Philippines? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.

Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar
Mimosa Drive past Holiday Inn, Mimosa Leisure Estate,
Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines 2023
(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5194 0917-520-4401 Pedro

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 0926-686-5955 Rea, Kristine or Chay

Restaurant@Yats-International.com

About Hong Kong-based Yats International built this restaurant in 2000 to provide a world-class cozy fine dining restaurant, as well as business meeting facilities and venues for private dinners and social functions in Philippines Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone.

http://www.YatsLeisure.com

For inquiries and reservations
click here for inquiry and reservations

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Those requiring assistance for hotel and resort bookings in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines may log on to http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com for more information and reservations.

For assistance and information on wedding venues and how to organize a wedding reception, log on to http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.com

For more information about things to do, where to stay and places to visit in Clark Philippines, log on to

http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

wine event in Manila Subic Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines – Czech food and wine event at Yats Restaurant

clark wine center — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:38:22 +0000

Manila Best fine dining restaurant debuts exciting wine-paired dinner featuring wines and cuisine of Czech Republic

Manila Best fine dining restaurant debuts exciting wine-paired dinner featuring wines and cuisine of Czech Republic. Visitors arrive in Clark Philippines from Subic, Cebu, Pampanga, Manila, Angeles City to attend this special wine and food event held by well known resto bar Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar.

Here is the menu for a wine affair to celebrate the good food and fine wine of Czech Republic at Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines

SOUP
Spicy beef goulash soup with garlic brown bread & white beans

APPETIZER
Poached Bohemian potato dumpling in herbed cheese gratin
Smoked fish collection with vegetable pickles & chicken galantine

SALAD
Sloavar cucumbers in sour cream with red beets and romaine lettuce

MAIN COURSE
Pork schnitzel with gherkins and Czech potato salad
Hungarian sausage with polenta cakes and sauerkraut
Crispy pork knuckles with pickled red cabbage and mustard
Simmered dory fish with lentils,bacon and lemon

DESSERT
“Makovy Kolac”, poppy seed layer torte

Here are the Czech Wines that have been selected for this special wine dinner event in Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar in Clark Philippines

Ludwig Rosé Colection – Rulandské modré VzH 2009.
Type: Rose

Andre Ludwig Barrique 2009
Wine deliver attractive ruby color as well as the moths of intense bouquet, which are combined with spicy wood tones varietal fruit notes of cherries. The taste is very long, harmonious and well balanced with sweet tannins released during slow aging in barrels.

Archivní sklep – Modrý Portugal 2009
Varietals typical light red colored wine with aroma of cherries and sour cherries. Hints of sour cherries with pleasant tannin.

Ludwig Selection – Cabernet Moravia
Dark garnet color. Aromatic elements of black currant, typical for cabernet grape varieties, are associated with fruitiness and well structured tannins, which gives the wine, through bottle aging, a pleasant complexity typical for red wines from northern regions.

Ludwig Culinary Colection – Neuburské VzH 2008
This well rounded, lightly spiced, white is produced using controlled fermentation and cultured yeast before maturation.

Ludwig Red semisweet
Red sweet wine with pleasant tannin and bouquet. Flavours of red sour cherries.

Ludwig Cabernet Sauvignon
Dry Red Wine. Pine and deliver strong wine vunipo blueberries, the flavor is blackberry feel tons, and the tannins are much harder

Ludwig Modrý Portugal
Ruby color tiles to modern technology for controlled fermentation maintain varietal cherry aroma with a hint of the black ovation.

Traditional Czech food is not exactly what one would call dietary, however it perfectly goes with the flavorful Czech beer and wine.

It mostly consists of pork or beef meat with sauce and a side dish, the most common and liked being dumplings. Dumplings (“knedliky”) are the Czech traditional side dish made from wheat or potato flour, boiled in water as a roll and then sliced and served hot.

Residents of Manila travel out of town for a short getaway up north visit Angeles city, Clark, Pampanga, Philippines to wine and dine and enjoy a special dinner at the best restaurants in the country. Even people from Subic and Cebu travel to Clark to enjoy a special evening and some great food and rare vintage wine at this fine dining restaurant.

Private dinners can be accommodated in this famous restaurant located in Mimosa, at the heart of Pampanga Clark Freeport. Private rooms suitable for 4 to 24 can be reserved in advance for company and personal functions and events. This fine dining restaurant is a very popular venue for small wedding receptions, social events, company board meetings and annual parties.

Philippines Pampanga Clark Freeport is well known for its safety and security, boasting the lowest crime rates in the country. The absence of traffic and pollution also helps to position Clark Pampanga at the top of tourists’ list of destinations for vacation and get-away from Manila with families and friends.

Fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar is frequently used for private meetings, corporate events and social functions. Located in Mimosa Leisure Estate at the heart of Clark Freeport Zone, this top rated resto bar is a highly recommended meeting destination in Pampanga, Philippines.

Hong Kong-based Yats International built this restaurant in 2000 to provide a world-class cozy fine dining restaurant, as well as business meeting facilities and venues for private dinners and social functions in Philippines Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. North Luzon Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines was selected for this restaurant because of safety, clean air, absence of traffic and proximity to Manila and Subic. Clark Freeport is located near Manila and Subic. Diners from Manila and Subic can travel north along North Expressway and arrive in Clark in about 70 minutes without having to go through city driving.

http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines
How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Philippines? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.

Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar
Mimosa Drive past Holiday Inn, Mimosa Leisure Estate,
Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines 2023
(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5194 0917-520-4401 Pedro

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 0926-686-5955 Rea, Kristine or Chay

About Hong Kong-based Yats International built this restaurant in 2000 to provide a world-class cozy fine dining restaurant, as well as business meeting facilities and venues for private dinners and social functions in Philippines Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone.

http://www.YatsLeisure.com

For inquiries and reservations
click here for inquiry and reservations

Those requiring assistance for hotel and resort bookings in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines may log on to http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com for more information and reservations.

For assistance and information on wedding venues and how to organize a wedding reception, log on to http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.com

Restaurant@Yats-International.com

log on to http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

How to taste wine: Look, smell, taste – starting with your basic senses and expanding from there you will learn how to taste wines like the pros in no time! Learning how to taste wine great enhances the pleasures of wine drinking and wine appreciation

clark wine center — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:50:31 +0000

November 16, 2010

Philippines Wine Shop Clark Wine Center is pleased to share with you articles, news and information about wine, wine events, wine tasting and other topics related to wine and the appreciation of wine.

Pour a glass of wine into a suitable wine glass. Then take a good look at the wine. Tilt the glass away from you and check out the color of the wine from the rim edges to the middle of the glass (it’s helpful to have a white background – either paper, napkin or a white tablecloth).What color is it? Look beyond red, white or blush. If it’s a red wine is the color maroon, purple, ruby, garnet, red, brick or even brownish? If it’s a white wine is it clear, pale yellow, straw-like, light green, golden, amber or brown in appearance?Still Looking. Move on to the wine’s opacity. Is the wine watery or dark, translucent or opaque, dull or brilliant, cloudy or clear? Can you see sediment? Tilt your glass a bit, give it a little swirl – look again, is there sediment, bits of cork or any other floaters? An older red wine will often have more orange tinges on the edges of color than younger red wines. Older white wines are darker, than younger white wines when comparing the same varietal at different ages.Our sense of smell is critical in properly analyzing a glass of wine. To get a good impression of your wine’s aroma, swirl your glass for a solid 10-12 seconds (this helps vaporize some of the wine’s alcohol and release more of its natural aromas) and then take a quick whiff to gain a first impression.Still Smelling. Now stick your nose down into the glass and take a deep inhale through your nose. What are your second impressions? Do you smell oak, berry, flowers, vanilla or citrus? A wine’s aroma is an excellent indicator of its quality and unique characteristics.Swirl the wine and let the aromas mix and mingle, and sniff again.Finally, take a taste. Start with a small sip and let it roll around your mouth. There are three stages of taste: the Attack phase, the Evolution phase and the Finish.The Attack Phase, is the initial impression that the wine makes on your palate. The Attack is comprised of four pieces of the wine puzzle: alcohol content, tannin levels,acidity and residual sugar. These four puzzle pieces display initial sensations on the palate. Ideally these components will be well-balanced one piece will not be more prominent than the others. These four pieces do not display a specific flavor per se, they meld together to offer impressions in intensity and complexity, soft or firm, light or heavy, crisp or creamy, sweet or dry, but not necessarily true flavors like fruit or spice.The Evolution Phase is next, also called the mid-palate or middle range phase, this is the wine’s actual taste on the palate. In this phase you are looking to discern the flavor profile of the wine. If it’s a red wine you may start noting fruit – berry, plum, prune or fig; perhaps some spice – pepper, clove, cinnamon, or maybe a woody flavor like oak, cedar, or a detectable smokiness. If you are in the Evolution Phase of a white wine you may taste apple, pear, tropical or citrus fruits, or the taste may be more floral in nature or consist of honey, butter, herbs or a bit of earthiness.The Finish is appropriately labeled as the final phase. The wine’s finish is how long the flavor impression lasts after it is swallowed. This is where the wine culminates, where the aftertaste comes into play. Did it last several seconds? Was it light-bodied (like the weight of water), medium-bodied (similar in weight to milk) or full-bodied (like the consistency of cream)? Can you taste the remnant of the wine on the back of your mouth and throat? Do you want another sip or was the wine too bitter at the end? What was your last flavor impression – fruit, butter, oak? Does the taste persist or is it short-lived?After you have taken the time to taste your wine, you might record some of your impressions. Did you like the wine overall? Was it sweet, sour or bitter? How was the wine’s acidity? Was it well balanced? Does it taste better with cheese, bread or a heavy meal? Will you buy it again? If so, jot the wine’s name, producer and vintage year down for future reference.

Source: http://wine.about.com/od/winebasic1/ht/winetasting.htm

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices. Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world. As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years. Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila

Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Loire, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Alsace, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Chile and Argentina etc. are well represented in this Clark Wine Shop.

For more information, email Wine@Yats-International.com or visit http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

How to Taste Wine Like a Pro. Philippines wine lovers have a keen sense of pursuing knowledge, learning new things about wine, honing their skills and palates in an effort to develop a more discerning palate. Learning about wine in Manila is not easy so these articles and information might prove helpful for wines lovers in Philippines to acquire more knowledge about wine.

clark wine center — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:47:19 +0000

November 16, 2010

Philippines Wine Shop Clark Wine Center is pleased to share with you articles, news and information about wine, wine events, wine tasting and other topics related to wine and the appreciation of wine.

Bring the glass down to a normal level and, while holding the stem, swirl the glass rapidly. This will increase the surface area of the wine by allowing it to move up the sides of the glass. This also helps to release the volatile chemicals of the wine into the air.Stop swirling. Insert your nose into the glass and inhale by taking quick, full sniffs. Some people prefer to take short sniffs, some prefer to just stick their nose in and leave it there for a while. Determine any off-odors, identify any grape aroma and rank the strength of the aroma.Analyze the aroma further. Try to detect the smell of fruity or floral notes. Decide what they remind you of if possible. Next, note the presence of spices, such as pepper, anise, cinnamon, vanilla, tea or possibly nuts. Finally, note the presence of other aromas, such as cedar, oak, dust, moist earth, herbs, chocolate, tobacco, toastiness, smoke, tar, mushrooms, red meat, grass, hay, or asparagus.Sip a small amount of wine and move it over your entire tongue so that all your taste buds come in contact with it. The trick to tasting wine is to allow the aromas of the wine to enter your nasal passageway at the back of your throat. Some people pucker their lips and suck in a small amount of air through the wine. Others find it easier to chew the wine as if it were food. Both of these methods will force the aromas of the wine through the nasal passage and will increase your experience of the wine.Note how long the flavors remain in your mouth after you’ve swallowed the wine. This is called length. Some wines can have up to one minute of length. Also be aware of any overbearing presence of alcohol. A wine should have enough balance that you’re barely aware of the alcohol in it.  Look for a very light shade of straw-toned color in white wines such as chardonnay and white Riesling. For semillon and sauvignon blanc, look for a more definite yellow color. For sweeter wines, look for a more golden color.Note colors of red wines range from pink to different tones of purple. Rosés are usually medium pink. A brown tinge in a rosé is usually not desirable. Red wines range from “medium red” to “high red.” A purple could indicate a young wine or a particular variety of grape.Check for clarity of the wine. Notice if the wine is clear and free of suspended material – this is termed a brilliant wine. Some descriptions to use include brilliant, clear, dull, and cloudy. Dull indicates haziness, and cloudy indicates heavy amounts of suspended material.As a beginner, focus on unwanted smells such as yeast, wood, mold, sulfur dioxide, oxidation (brackishness), acetic acid (vinegar) and hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg).Taste for sweetness or dryness. An acid bite indicates the vitality of the wine. Taste for excessive tannins (bitter and rough)and for vinegar flavor, which is usually not desirable.Note boldness, fullness and richness while tasting. These tend to indicate a wine with good body.

Source: http://www.ehow.com/how_1711_taste-wine-like.html

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices. Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world. As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years. Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Loire, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Alsace, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Chile and Argentina etc. are well represented in this Clark Wine Shop.

For more information, email Wine@Yats-International.com or visit http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.