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List of Restaurants in Clark Air Base that serves good food and fine wine

yats resto — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:59:17 +0000

Clark Air Base is well regarded by Manila food and wine lovers as a gourmet culinary holiday destination north of Manila.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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2012 Best wine list in Philippines Yats Restaurant given Best of Awards of Excellence by Wine Spectator Magazine

yats resto — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:12:45 +0000

For the thid year in a row, fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge was recognized by world leading wine magazine – WINE SPECTATOR – for its world-class restaurant wine list.

Wine Spectator Best Restaurant Wine List Award 2012

The Best of Awards of Excellence was given out to just 890 restaurants around the world for outstanding wine lists. Yats Restaurant is the only one to earn this award in the Philippines. In August 2012 for the third year in a row, Wine Spectator Magazine once again presented Yats Restaurant with its prestigious Best of Awards of Excellence. This award is given out to less than 890 restaurants around the world in recognition for outstanding restaurant wine list. Yats Restaurant which is located in Clark Pampanga is the only restaurant in The Philippines to be given this award.

Wine Cellar at fine dining restaurant in Clark Philippines

Each year, the best restaurant wine lists from the best restaurants 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.

Please click here to contact Yats Restaurant for inquiries and reservations

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.

Please visit this web site for more information about this fine dining restaurant in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines.

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Manila dining guide lauds Yats Restaurant for its award winning wine list befitting a world class fine dining establishment, a restaurant that many consider to be the best place to eat in Clark.

Elegant Dining at Yats Restaurant

Interesting enough, this upscale top rated restaurant in Clark Pampanga is also frequently visited by families with children. Visitors from Manila travel to Angeles City Pampanga Clark Philippines often dine at Yats Restaurant during a night out to enjoy its cozy ambience, delicious food, good service and fantastic selection of wine all at reasonable prices.

Food and wine lovers name Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar as the best restaurant in Pampanga Angeles City, Subic and Clark Philippines, the best resto bar to drink and relax after golf or business, also a good family restaurant where kids can enjoy the food and the facilities also. Lauded as best steakhouse in Angeles City Pampanga, Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar is also cited by Philippines food and wine lovers as best place to eat in Clark Pampanga as well as the best restaurant to drink wine and enjoy good food near Manila

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

Fine wines served at Yats Restaurant

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.

Highly recommended fine dining restaurant in Manila for special occasion is Yats Restaurant and 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. This restaurant in Angeles City Pampanga Clark is frequently visited during Easter Holidays, Halloween, Christmas, New Year and other holidays in the Philippines.

Fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Lounge in Clark Pampanga Philippines

Manila residents and tourists looking for a good restaurant in Clark to wine and dine, relax and unwind after a game of golf or a long day of work or business in Pampanga find Yats Restaurant to be an impressive restaurant in Clark Pampanga. Top rated and most frequently visited restaurant in Angeles City Clark Pampanga is Yats Restaurant and Wine Lounge. Even families with children choose to eat at this restaurant near Angeles City Pampanga because of its child friendly facilities, good service and excellent food. Yats Restaurant is quite well known as a one of the best restaurants in Angeles City Pampanga for families to bring kids to eat out. Residents and visitors to Clark seldom pass up the opportunity to enjoy a special dinner, drink and relax in the Magnum Room wine bar or enjoy a good bottle of vintage wine from the wine cellars of Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar located inside Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines.

Yats Restaurant and 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 Steve or Lito

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

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Koreans Flock to the Philippines to Learn English

yats resto — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:26:27 +0000

MANILA ― They come in their thousands every month, eager to learn what is considered as the language of some 1.8 billion people worldwide.

For South Korean students, the Philippines is now a haven as far as learning the English language is concerned.

The last five years saw the phenomenal rise of the Philippines as the prime source of English education for South Koreans.

Whether they come to the Philippines to study English or sit in front of their computers at home in Seoul and learn the correct pronunciation of English words from a teacher in Manila, South Koreans are bent on learning English as a second language as part of the globalization plan implemented by the government.

English education has been included in the curriculum of the South Korean education system from elementary level to college. President Lee Myung-bak, for instance, has made the teaching of the English language a core program of his administration.

The English education explosion in the Philippines among South Koreans was a product of ideal factors that fit together. The Philippines — ranked in the top 10 in terms of English-speaking population – has affordable education. This is coupled with its strategic distance from South Korea: Manila can be reached by plane in just four hours from Seoul.

In addition, the Philippines has a low cost of living, making it an appealing place for South Korean students to stay and live. Throw in the allure of its white-sand beaches and tropical weather and you’ll have a formula to make it a favored travel destination.

Today, hundreds of schools throughout the Philippines offer English as a Second Language (ESL) courses for foreigners, but South Koreans stand out as the leading group that comprises the majority of the ESL market in the Philippines.

The Philippine Bureau of Immigration, headed by Commissioner Marcelino Libanan, is the leading agency that issues permits to foreign students who want to study in the country.

Foreigners who want to enroll in Philippine schools are required to get either the Special Study Permit (SSP) or a Student Visa. SSPs are granted to students who want to enroll on short-term courses that last for less than one year while student visas are for those who want to take up long-term or degree courses.

Based on data provided to The Korea Times by the bureau’s student desk division ― headed by Teodulo Estrada, chief, and Adela Camtal, assistant chief ― South Koreans who were issued Special Study Permits increased by 500 percent from 2004 to 2008.

In 2004, the data showed 5,877 South Koreans were given SSPs in the Philippines. The figure increased three-fold to 17,904 in 2005.

The numbers continued to increase over the next three years. In 2006, 21,876 Koreans obtained SSPs while 27,322 got the permits in 2007. Last year, 29,155 Koreans were granted permission to study short-term courses in the country.

In total, 102,134 South Koreans studied in the Philippines from 2004 to 2008 — or an average of 20,427 students per year, or 1,702 students per month.

In addition, 13,937 South Koreans were granted student visas from 2004 to 2008. The visa allowed them to study degree courses in the Philippines.

In the last five years, South Koreans became the largest group of foreigners to study in the Philippines. The numbers continue to rise as more schools offer ESL courses.

De La Salle University, one of the Philippines’ top universities, is one of the schools accredited by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration as an English-language learning center for foreigners.

The university’s Manila campus has the Center for Language Learning (CeLL) that provides year-round short English courses. The length of each is three weeks, ranging from basic grammar to conversational English.
According to Dr. Leonisa Mojica, center director, a total of 515 Koreans enrolled at the center in 2008. From January to August this year, there were 184 Koreans who enrolled in various short English courses.

Mojica said most are college students while some are working students.

She said almost all of them have “little knowledge and can hardly speak English” when they enroll.

“At first they have difficulty speaking in English,” Mojica said.

On the average, a Korean student takes two to three English courses that take about two to three months to finish.

Afterward, Mojica said the Koreans are happy that their use of English has improved.

When asked why Koreans prefer to take English courses in the Philippines, Mojica said it’s probably because the tuition fees “are cheaper” compared to fees in other countries, plus the fact that they are appreciative of the kind of teaching or training that they get from their centers.

Besides offering one-on-one and classroom English courses, many Philippine schools are offering online courses for students in South Korea who want to learn English using the Internet.

ESL has become such a growing business sector in the Philippines that the government incorporated it as part of its tourism program.

According to the Department of Tourism (DOT), South Koreans are now the largest tourist group in the Philippines. In 2008, a total of 611,629 South Korean tourists visited the Philippines compared to 578,246 Americans.

According to the tourism department Web site, the Philippines ESL Tour Program “is a tourist activity in which the study of English as a second language forms part of a structured tour package. The study of English becomes more exciting and fun through dynamic and creative ways of learning where participants get to interact, practice and use English more often in real-life settings (through) games, outdoor activities, excursions and immersions. Aside from learning the English language, participants get to see the beautiful scenery of the Philippine countryside and immerse with the local culture.”

As part of its efforts to highlight the Philippines as an ideal ESL destination, DOT together with Philippine ESL schools participated in the Korea Student Fair 2009 in March held at the Coex Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul.

However, the surge in popularity of the country as an ESL destination has spawned the rise of illegal language centers, especially in the provinces.

Experts have also noted that there are no regulations that serve as teaching standards when it comes to ESL.

Qualifications for teachers are also not regulated. In many online job and classified ads sites, applicants need not be college degree holders in order to work as online English teachers. They only need to possess an “American accent” to qualify.

Some online English teachers have noted that ESL centers in the Philippines offer below-standard wages despite the fact that they charge hefty fees for Korean students.

But experts still predict that the ESL industry in the Philippines will continue to grow in the next few years, not only backed by the huge demand by South Korea but from other nations as well.

More and more, frequent diners from Manila, Angeles City, Subic and other major cities in Asia travel to North Luzon Pampanga Clark Freeport to enjoy good food in a romantic fine dining restaurant. On their list of requirements is a good wine list that not only offers a wide selection of wines from different countries but also older vintages that can be enjoyed now and not ten years later. Classic fine dining is the experience that guests of Clark Philippines’ Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar offers to their guests. Although this is an upscale fine dining establishment, families find this famous restaurant of Clark Pampanga to be very children friendly.

Competition for a spot in the top ten restaurants in Manila heats up as frequent diners look for more than just chic decoration and a fancy menu. Top restaurants in Manila are offering not only good food and a cozy ambience but also a wine list that beats the competition. Restaurants in Angeles City and Clark Pampanga are rising to the occasion, offering not only good food and excellent service but also fine vintage wines. Cozy romantic dining rooms also help make these fine dining restaurants in Clark Pampanga a notch above many other restaurants in Manila, Subic and other big cities of the Philippines.

Yats Wine Bar and Cigar Lounge is the new popular spot of nightlife and entertainment in Angeles and Clark Philippines. The there two walk-in cellars, one of which contains some 2000 greatest bottles including the rare 1900 Ch. Margaux, 1974 Heitz Martha Vineyards, 1947 Cheval Blanc, 1961 Latour, a fine collection of DRC Burgundies such as 1985 La Tache, old Dom Perignon dating back to 1964 and am impressive collection of Brunello, Barolo, Vintage Port and great wines from Spain, Germany, South Africa and Australia.

Fine dining Yats Restaurant offers privacy dining facilities for business and social needs. It is a short way out of Manila. Many frequent diners prefer to go out of town to enjoy an evening in a cozy restaurant, good food and fine vintage wine.

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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

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

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Manila visitors frequently dine at best restaurant in Angeles city Pampanga not only for good food and cozy ambience but also for great selection of vintage wine not found elsewhere in the Philippines

yats resto — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:27:07 +0000

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.

Top rated Wine Bar in Clark Magnum Room in Mimosa

Italian food is everywhere in the Philippines but good Italian restaurants are few and far apart. Fans of Italian cuisines now look for fine dining restaurants that serve good Italian food accompanied by fine Italian vintage wine.

More and more foodies, critics, connoisseurs, frequent diners and wine lovers from Manila travel out of town north to Clark Pampanga to wine and dine in famous fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar. Most visitors enjoy the fine vintage wines from the cellars of this fine dining restaurant. Some purchase a few to bring back home to Manila.

This fine dining restaurant is also famous for its low carbohydrates “low carb” dishes highly recommended for frequent diners who are on a low fat food and favor healthy food. This is a unique restaurant that can help frequent diners maintain a healthy diet and enjoy delicious fine dining cuisine at the same time. Vegetarian dishes are a specialty here also and so are “halal” cuisines also.

Wine lover’s choice – Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar – for the most impressive and practical wine list in the Philippines, over 2700 selections, enough to satisfy the most fastidious connoisseurs. Wine lovers and gourmand foodies from Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Malaysia dine at Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar when they visit Philippines and bring home some rare vintage wines too.

An excellent wine list is not just about 1st growth and cult Cabernet but a seemingly unending selection of affordable aged vintage wines that are not available anywhere else, not even in the best wine shops around town. Yats Restaurant has just that.

This fine dining restaurant in Pampanga Philippines is highly recommended by food critics and frequent diners in Manila as a place to wine and dine in Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. Although this resto bar is a famous fine dining restaurant with an award winning 2700-line restaurant wine list, Yats Restaurant is also a popular restaurant for family with children. Aside from French Mediterranean haute cuisine, this frequently visited restaurant also serves healthy food and the best vegetarian cuisines in the Philippines.

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Fine dining Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar in Philippines Clark Pampanga

Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
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Wine lovers and visitors looking for a good wine shop to pick up a few bottles of fine vintage wines for dinner 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

Angeles City Clark Philippines Wine Shop: How Can I Organize a Wine Tasting Party?

yats resto — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:22:55 +0000

January 27, 2011

The guide is a crucial part of a wine tasting party. If you already know someone who is experienced and willing to facilitate, ask him or her to lead the group. If you do not know anybody who is knowledgeable about wine, consider hiring a sommelier or wine expert. If all the members of the group agree to split the cost, an expert may not be terribly expensive. Experts are also extremely informative and passionate about wine, and that will make the evening more fun.

Wine selection is an important consideration when holding a wine tasting party, and it is a good idea to come up with a theme. You may, for example, want to taste an assortment of Rieslings from all over the world to compare different growing techniques and production methods. Experimentations with pairings can also be enjoyable, or you could focus on biodynamic and organic wines. You can also go for a fun theme, like “Que Syrah Shiraz,” to get party goers into the theme. It can also be enjoyable to ask guests to bring a bottle each of their favorite red or white wine, to expose people to entirely new flavors.

The party organizer can either ask each guest to bring a bottle, or he or she can acquire all of the wines at once to ensure a proper selection. Bringing the wine expert along helps to ensure that the best wines for the tasting are chosen. Drinking equipment is also very important. An assortment of wine glasses along with a spitting bucket should be provided. Although spitting might seem rather uncouth, in a tasting which involves anything more than five wines, the guests will quickly be rendered incapable of thoughtful consideration of each taste unless they spit.

The people who consume the wines at a wine tasting party should all be of legal drinking age for the nation in which the party is being held. It helps to get a big group together, so that a wide range of opinions and wine tasting experience will be included. A big group can also help to split the cost of the wine, which can get formidable in large tastings.

Tasting notes are a crucial part of a wine tasting party. Make sure to have enough paper and pens to distribute to guests, so that they can take notes as they taste, to remember their experiences. You can also print up tasting rating cards which guests can use to talk about the wines. Tasting notes might seem silly until you taste 10 wines and cannot remember which was your favorite, so encourage guests to take notes. It can also be fun to compare notes during the tasting, and talk about the experiences that guests are having with each sip.

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.

Are these articles useful for enhancing your wine and dine experience in the Philippines. Do they also help you with travel, leisure, vacation, dining out, nightlife and other leisure activities plans in Manila and other major cities of Philippines? Yats Restaurant hopes to provide you with ample information so you can plan your trips to Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone whether you are travelling from Manila or other Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia or Korea.

Restaurant reservations in Manila Philippines, planning of menu, selection of wine for dinner and booking a private function and event in Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone can all be handled. Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar has been regarded by many to be the premier restaurant north of Manila Philippines. Its 3000-line award-winning restaurant wine list has kept many wine lovers happy dining in this restaurant in Angeles City Clark Philippines for over a decade.

Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar was built by Hong Kong-based Yats International in 2000 to provide a world-class cozy fine dining restaurant, business meeting facilities and venues for private dinners and functions in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines was selected for this restaurant because of safety, clean air, absence of traffic and proximity to Manila and Subic.

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Manila Wine Shop Event Planning: Wine-Tasting Fundraising Event

yats resto — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:21:58 +0000

January 27, 2011

Looking for tips on organizing a wine-tasting fundraiser? Here are some ideas on organizing your fundraising event in order to maximize your proceeds.

Obviously, a wine-tasting event needs wine experts, so begin by seeking suitable merchant partnerships based not only on expertise, but also access to the best wines. After all, you have to be able to provide numerous bottles of expensive wine and there’s no sense in paying anything near retail price.

Partner with a wine merchant or distributor who can not only help with supplying wine and expert advice, but can also help sell advance tickets to your event.

Organization Tips
Getting plenty of advance publicity is a must. Take the time to put together a press release and get the word out to local media outlets such as tv and radio stations.

Be sure to offer tickets through not only your organization, but also through participating merchants and other groups who support your cause.

It never hurts to have another nonprofit group plugging your fundraising event to their supporters as well. Strike an agreement to do the same thing for their fundraiser.

You will need a suitable place for your wine tasting fundraiser such as a reception hall or scenic outdoor setting. Arrange tables in a layout to suit the space and leave plenty of room for access to each table.

Experts can describe each tasting while wearing a lapel microphone and visiting each table. Use volunteers to bring a bottle of each vintage to all the tables prior to their discussion and have them handle the pouring.

To add a festive flair, consider providing live music with a string quartet or jazz group.

Profit Tips
There are many additional ways to raise funds at your wine tasting. One is to conduct both silent auctions and live auctions for rare wines and wine-related merchandise.

Run your silent auctions from an easy to reach spot such as the check-in table and always do a last call for bids. With live auctions of expensive wines, consider using a professional auctioneer in order to maximize bid prices.

Talk to your merchant partners about ways where both of you can profit such as offering gift certificates to their stores or special case buys on recommended wines.

Look for tie-ins with other merchants who offer related products such as wine glasses, gourmet food items, or travel trips to wine country.

For really large events, provide valet parking services and raise a few extra dollars.

Additional Event Fundraising
Auctions are an additional way to maximize revenue at your wine tasting event. You can offer bottles of fine wines via silent auction or conduct a live auction.

Raffle tickets are another great way to raise additional funds. They are a great way to offering an inexpensive chance at winning an expensive prize. Sometimes, you can even raise more money buy raffling off an item than by auctioning it to the highest bidder.

With a good-sized crowd, raffle off multiple items. You can use the approach where one fairly pricey ticket gives you a shot at multiple prizes. With a high-priced single raffle ticket being sold, you draw from the same pool for multiple winners.

Another approach is to keep the ticket price low and encourage people to buy multiple tickets. This way, the chance that an individual ticket will win is much lower, but people will often spend a greater amount on the lower-priced tickets.

And of course, a raffle allows you to sell tickets to people who can’t make the event but would still like to participate in the fun.

Closing Tips
For a successful wine tasting, be sure to allow yourself enough lead time to successfully publicize and organize your fundraiser event. Get the maximum possible turnout by making tickets available at a discount for advance purchases and at a higher price at the door.

If your location is not well-known, be sure to provide directions on flyers wherever tickets are sold. Print a contact number on the tickets for any last-minute questions.

Do everything you can to make the night memorable. Decorate your location appropriately, provide live music and dancing, use a dedicated announcer, and serve plenty of unusual wines to compare.

Using a local media personality as a host is another great way to ensure a large turnout. It’s best to route such requests through the program director of their employer.

Good luck with your wine tasting fundraiser!

For comments, inquiries and reservations, email Restaurant@Yats-International.com or call these numbers:

(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5178 0917-520-4401

Http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Wine Tasting in Manila Philippines: How To Host a Wine Tasting Party

yats resto — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:42:57 +0000

I am a big fan of tasting parties. At the wine tasting party we hosted recently, I caught myself standing at the island in our kitchen just smiling and taking in the scene of our living room filled with people we love. The sound of that many people having fun is the greatest blessing on any home.

The world is too full of people telling you what you should like, giving you intimidating rating scales, and just generally increasing the stress of making any choice. There is a psychologist who suggests that too much choice makes us unhappy, at least in part because for every choice we make, we worry that there was some better choice out there we didn’t make. So make yourself happy: get a bunch of wine all together in one place, drink, be merry, and discover what you like. Because a tasting party is absolutely the best way for you to discover what you like. Hosting a wine tasting party is great fun with friends, and it can absolutely be put together with little fuss and within a reasonable budget. My husband and I first got into hosting wine tasting parties while we were engaged: we wanted try out different wines on our friends to select the wines we would serve at our wedding reception. Now it continues as a fun tradition.

The basic idea is to serve about six different bottles of wine. The wine is usually served in pairs or sets, so guests receive two or three at a time and can taste back and forth among them and make their own judgments. The bottles (or at least the labels) are usually covered in brown paper.

The key to hosting a wine party is not to get so wrapped up in the details that you stop having fun. An up-tight host is a total buzz-kill. If you did nothing more complicated that grab six wines off your local grocery store shelf and phone a few friends, it would still be a successful party. Because you are happy, they are your friends, they are wonderful, and hey, everyone is all a little liquored up.

Here’s my guide to throwing low-hassle wine parties whether you are a wine newbie or an aspiring wine-snob.

How Many Wines?

We usually do six different wines at a tasting party. In general I would recommend doing no more than eight wines at a sitting.

How much will it cost?

We threw a wine tasting party this weekend for 16 people and the total bill for wine and food was only $120. As a rough rule of thumb, plan on $7-$10 per person. Of course, the cost will depend a lot on what wines you pick. You can definitely get some reliably good wines for $8-$15 per bottle, so if you plan on tasting six bottles, that would be about $60-$70 plus tax. If you are interested in tasting more expensive wines, that will increase the price quickly.

In general, for light food options (either sweets or savories) plan on about $40-50 worth of food (for 12-14 guests) if you will do some of the assembly yourself. If you are buying more prepared foods, or more expensive foods, plan for closer to $70.

How Many People?

We have had as few as 12 and as many as 24. In general you can get about 10-12 tasting-sized servings out of a bottle. So it helps to get your guest list either between 8-14, or 18-26.

What do I need?

The big challenge will be having wine glasses for everyone. If you are serving wine in pairs (see below), then you ideally want 2 wine glasses for each person, so they can taste back and forth between the two wines in the pairing. If you are serving in sets of three, then you would want to have three glasses per person.

We happen to own an embarrassing number of wine glasses now, but when we started hosting wine parties we had to ask our guests to bring their own pair of wine glasses. I’m sure there’s some law of etiquette we violated, but it didn’t detract from the fun one bit.

If you intend to serve some light food along with the wine, you’ll want small plates for everyone.

It can be nice to give people someplace to write down their “tasting notes.” For people just getting started, I recommend nothing more complex than a blank sheet of paper where they can write their ideas down. If you are into building your wine expertise, you may want to provide different guides, such as rating guides, or a sheet that lists common tasting notes. If you have a regular group who will get together to do tastings (a sort of wine club) then you may want to invest in something more permanent to keep your ongoing record of tastings in. This could be a nice bound notebook or one of the books printed specially for wine tasting.

What Wines Should I Serve?

Pick a focus. This is all up to you, and it probably depends on your sense of how experienced you and your guests are with wine. If most people are just getting started, it can be great fun to start with a general focus, like “whites” or “reds.” If you are a little more advanced, you may want to pick something more specific, like comparing different vineyards in the same region, different years of the same vineyard, different regions of the same country, or even different countries.

If you are doing a more advanced “focus tasting” whatever you pick as your focus, you want to be sure that you include some intentional variation, and then try to minimize other kinds of variation. For example, if you decide you want to taste based on country or “terroir” then I recommend you select a grape that is grown in several different countries, for example pinot noir. Then select pinot noirs from France, the United States, South Africa, Australia etc. On the other hand, if you want to do a tasting based on price, then you would try for pairs of the same varietal, from the same country/region, only one would be value-priced and one would be higher priced.

If you do a tasting with too much variety it is really difficult to figure out what you are tasting in the comparison. For example, if you select an inexpensive Malbec from Argentina, a pricey Pinot Noir from Oregon (US), and a cheap Merlot from France, it may be difficult to tell what part of the taste can be attributed to the grape varietal, what to the quality of production, and what to the difference in country.

My best recommendation is that no matter how you decide to focus or structure your tasting party, you offer your wines in pairs or sets. Usually this means a 2 x 3 format or a 3 x 2 format. For example, if you are doing a 2 x 3, you could do two different varietals (Pinot Noir and Gamay) from three different countries. Alternately, you could do three varietals (Malbec, Shiraz and Pinotage) from two different countries each.

What follows are just a few examples to get your brain going:

Standard Reds
• 2 cabernet sauvignon, 2 merlot, 2 pinot noir

Emerging Reds
• 2 Argentine Malbec, 2 Australian Shiraz, 2 South African Pinotage

Standard Whites
• 2 Chardonnay, 2 Sauvignon Blanc, 2 Pinot Grigio

• 3 Gewurztraminer, 3 Riesling

• 3 Oak Aged Chardonnay, 3 Non-oaked Chardonnay

Uncommon Whites
• 2 Timorasso, 2 Viognier, 2 Tempranillo

Dessert Wines
• 2 Ports, 2 Tawny ports, 2 Madeira

• 3 white muscadel, 3 red muscadel

• 2 champagne, 2 rainwater Madeira, 2 icewine

Terroir Tasting
• 3 Cabernet and 3 Shiraz (one each from Australia, US, Argentina)

• 6 Rieslings (two each from Germany, France, and Australia)

Vintage Tasting
• 3 Petit Syrah (same vineyard, 3 different years) and 3 Merlot (ditto)

Price Tasting
• Pick two or three varietals. In each category, select one wine that is in the “everyday” value for you, one that is a bit nicer, and one that qualifies as a treat. Within our income bracket, we usually select one that is about $10, one that is about $20 and one that is $30-40. This can be a great way to try to discover the subtleties of a more sophisticated wine by using direct comparison. It can also be a great way to discover value wines that you really love. And of course, don’t tell anyone which wine is which when you are pouring it.

What Food do I serve?

I think the first consideration here is, again: do not drive yourself crazy. The minute that trying to find the perfect pairing is making you insane and detracting from your fun, you should forget about it. This party is, after all, about discovering what you like. So I give you permission to just pick whatever food makes you happy. There are umpteen million suggestions out there and rules for what to do and what not to do. But that is sort of like inviting the US Tax Code to your party. How fun is that?

Reasonable strategies for picking food:
• Pick relatively neutral things you like (e.g. crostini with goat cheese)

• Ask an expert at your local cheese counter or wine shop

• Pick foods you eat often, because it can be fun to discover for yourself whether or not they work with different foods (e.g. mini steak sandwiches, appetizer ravioli)

• Pick whatever is bite-sized and easy, because hey, you are busy enough already (e.g. freezer-section crab rangoon)

If you want to get your toes wet in more advanced pairing strategies, a good place to start is the very easy to use matching tool offered by Natalie MacLean. You can select either the wine you have or the food you have and her site generates a list of specific recommendations that pair well with that wine or food. The fact that this matcher pairs in both directions (either starting with food and recommending wine or vice versa) makes it one of the most user-friendly and versatile pairing tools out there.

Good restaurants in Pampanga are capable of offering a real fine dining experience to visitors from Manila and tourists from all over the world. One of the best restaurants in Pampanga is Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar, generally known as the best restaurant in Clark Philippines. Gourmet dining at its best can be experienced in this popular restaurant outside of Manila. Frequent guests favor gourmet dishes like venison, escargots and kangaroo while some prefer to enjoy a really good U.S. Angus steak with a bottle of fine vintage wine from Bordeaux or California. After dinner, guests can relax and unwind in the wine bar of this restaurant in Clark Pampanga, enjoy a dessert wine, a glass of port with cheese for example.

Are these articles useful for enhancing your wine and dine experience in the Philippines. Do they also help you with travel, leisure, vacation, dining out, nightlife and other leisure activities plans in Philippines? Yats Restaurant hopes to provide you with ample information so you can plan your trips to Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone whether you are travelling from Manila or other Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia or Korea.

Restaurant reservations in Philippines, planning of menu, selection of wine for dinner and booking a private function and event in Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone can all be handled. Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar has been regarded by many to be the premier restaurant north of Manila Philippines. Its 3000-line award-winning restaurant wine list has kept many wine lovers happy dining in this restaurant in Angeles City Clark Philippines for over a decade.

Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar was built by Hong Kong-based Yats International in 2000 to provide a world-class fine dining restaurant, business meeting facilities and venues for private dinners and functions in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines was selected for this restaurant because of safety, clean air, absence of traffic and proximity to Manila and Subic.

For comments, inquiries and reservations, email Restaurant@Yats-International.com or call these numbers:
(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5178 0917-520-4401 ask for Ernest or Pedro.

Http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Source: http://skinnygourmet.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-host-wine-tasting-party.html

Pampanga is fast gaining the respect of food and wine lovers from Manila and tourists from all over Asia as a holiday destination that has good restaurants. Manila residents spending holidays in Clark often wine and dine at some of the best restaurants in Pampanga. Within Angeles City, there is one restaurant in Clark that is lauded by food and wine lovers as one of the best restaurants outside Manila to enjoy good wine and good food. This is also one of the good restaurants in Pampanga that is very child friendly also. Visitors to Clark Philippines rarely pass up in the opportunity to dine at one of the best restaurants in Pampanga.

The best restaurants in Pampanga can be found in Clark. Restaurants in Angeles City Pampanga offer meals at lower prices and cater to casual dining and budget tourists. Here food and wine lovers enjoy good food and fine wine in restaurants that are as good as the best restaurants in Manila. For wine lovers, a dinner at the famous Yats Restaurant in Clark Pampanga is a good treat. This restaurant offers a restaurant wine list that has no comparison even among the best restaurants in Manila. Many people want to train here in this famous restaurant to become a wine steward or sommelier in the Philippines.

Wine Shop Clark Philippines: How to Host a Wine Tasting

yats resto — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:42:23 +0000

Date: December 31, 2010

The most entertaining way to learn about wine is to invite a few friends to a tasting in your own home. The more you know about wine, the more rewarding the tasting will be, but even if you’re a neophyte, you’ll be amused–and educated. All you need are an appropriate group of bottles, a corkscrew, good company and an open mind.
ORGANIZING A TASTING
I recommend a short tasting before lunch or dinner so that you can follow up by drinking the same wines with your meal. I’d stick to no more than eight tasters and line up no more than four glasses in front of each person. Depending on how many wines you’d like to sample, serve them in “flights,” or groups, of three or four. Pour one and a half or two ounces per glass; that will give everyone enough to taste and still leave part of each bottle to serve later. For this kind of casual event, you should select one of the following two approaches:
VARIETAL TASTING. A tasting of representative examples of the same grape variety from different areas–Chardonnays from Burgundy, California, Washington State, Australia, New Zealand, northern Italy, Spain and Chile, for instance–is the better choice for relative beginners. The wines should be of roughly the same age to minimize the number of tasting variables. This kind of comparative tasting is ideal for learning how various regions contribute their own distinctive character to the same variety and which versions you prefer.
HORIZONTAL TASTING. The second option is a tasting of wines from a single category and a single vintage: 1993 Bordeaux or 1994 Oregon Pinot Noirs. If you gather together, say, 1993 Bordeaux from such major appellations as Pauillac, St-Julien, Graves, St-Emilion and Pomerol, you will have wines of markedly different character, and you will never be able to experience these differences more clearly than when tasting the wines side by side.
But a horizontal tasting can be rigorous, as the distinctions among young wines in some categories may be quite subtle. At my first serious tasting of Bordeaux from the Médoc region, I could not believe the discussion going on around me about the differences between the wines. To me, everything was black currants and shoe polish and mouth-numbing tannins. But as I listened to my more experienced companions and returned to the glasses in front of me, I was able to identify black cherry, raspberry and plum notes, not to mention nuances of leather, tobacco and grilled meat. As the evening progressed, I could discern more or less intensity and complexity of flavor, as well as the contrast between fine, gentle tannins and coarser, drier ones. Wine is like any other subject: once you learn a little and master a basic vocabulary, you can quickly absorb a lot.
SETTING THE SCENE
THE BOTTLES. Remove the capsule from the top of each bottle, then roll the bottle in foil, crushing the bottom flat. Number each with a marking pen to ensure that the right wines are poured into the right glasses. (It is easier to uncork the bottles after they are wrapped.) You’ll be referring to wine No. 2 or wine No. 3 and revealing the labels only at the end.
The reason for tasting “blind” is simply to avoid being swayed by the labels. We tend to be less willing to find fault with wines with swanky names and more reluctant to give high marks to supposedly inferior bottles. One of the joys of a blind tasting is that it virtually always produces surprises.
THE TABLE. Cover the table with a white cloth so that your guests can easily examine the color of each wine. Or arrange the glasses on white plastic-coated sheets or butcher paper; their friction-free surfaces make it easier to swirl the wine in your glass.
THE GLASSES. An ideal all-purpose tasting glass is Riedel Crystal’s Ouverture Red Wine glass, widely available for $7.50 to $9; the more expensive Riedel Vinum Chardonnay glass, about twice the price, has a somewhat more elegant shape. Both are narrower at the rim than they are at the middle of the bowl and large enough to allow you to swirl a few ounces of wine without splashing your neighbor.
SCENTS. Strong scents in the room will interfere with your ability to taste wine. The floral and spice aromas your guests find in their glasses may come from that Ralph Lauren potpourri on the sideboard.
TEMPERATURE. Chill dry whites to between 50 and 55 degrees and reds to between 60 and 65 degrees. At refrigerator temperature, the aromas and flavors of white wines are typically stunted. And reds served too warm may be dulled by their alcohol.
PALATE CLEARERS. Supply some bread or crackers for your guests to munch on between wines. Crunchy French bread or neutral biscuits are excellent choices. I also often serve fresh lightly salted mozzarella, which has an uncanny knack for ridding the mouth of strong tastes.
SPIT BUCKETS. You don’t need to swallow wine to taste it. In fact, the less you swallow, the longer you’ll be able to maintain your acuity. Spittoons can be large coffee mugs or opaque plastic cups, preferably weighted so that they cannot overturn easily. A larger bucket on the table allows tasters to empty their glasses and spittoons at the end of each flight.

TASTING THE WINES
LOOK. Begin by examining the color of the wine against a white background, tilting the glass away from you. Look for bright and, in the case of red wines, saturated color. A young red that is going brown at the rim is probably aging too quickly, while a white that is unusually dark may be showing signs of incipient oxidation.
SWIRL. To release the aromas of a wine, swirl it in the glass and then give it a deep sniff. Repeat as necessary, taking notes.
SIP. Take a good-size sip. Hold the wine in your mouth; swish it around, allowing it to coat your entire palate. What does the wine feel like? Is it thin and acidic? Is it rich and velvety?
SAVOR. Draw in some air be-tween your front teeth or across your tongue and “gargle” the wine in your mouth. Keep in mind that your tongue can identify only four basic tastes: saltiness, bitterness, sweetness and acidity. All other flavors actually reach your brain as aromas through the retronasal passage at the back of your throat. By “chewing” the wine, or combining it with air, you cause its volatile elements to vaporize.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
AROMAS AND FLAVORS. Free associate as you smell and taste the wine, and jot down the descriptive words or phrases that come to mind. Make sure the wine is clean, that is, lacking such obvious faults as a vinegary quality, mustiness (which may be due to a bad cork), oxidation (the smell of sherry or Madeira) or a strong suggestion of the barnyard.
TEXTURE AND WEIGHT. Is the wine light and crisp? Is it soft and full-bodied? Is it rough or smooth?
OVERALL BALANCE. Generally speaking, a good mature wine should display a harmony of components; no single element should dominate. But perhaps your wine is overwhelmed by scents of new oak barrels or is excessively tan-nic or alcoholic. Keep in mind, though, that very young wines often need some bottle aging to achieve harmony.
PERSISTENCE ON THE PALATE. If there is a single reliable indicator of wine quality, it’s the length of the aftertaste, or finish. A wine that disappears virtually the mo-ment you spit or swallow it probably lacks concentration or was made from marginally ripe grapes. An outstanding wine lingers on your palate for 20 to 30 seconds and sometimes much longer.

COMPARING NOTES
CONSULT. Allow everyone enough time to taste through each flight of wines and take a few notes. Then discuss the various bottles, exchanging your tasting notes and your likes and dislikes. It will work to the group’s advantage if one person with a general familiarity with wine is able to provide the basic parameters for the category of wine you’re tasting.
TASTE AGAIN. As you discuss the wines, retaste them to see whether they have changed with aeration. Notice how some improve and grow richer while others lose their shape and freshness.
VOTE. Pick your favorites before revealing the labels.
TASTE WITH FOOD. Later, as you drink the same wines with your meal, note how some complement the food and others overwhelm it with monolithic flavors or excessive alcohol or new oak. A wine that grabbed your attention during the tasting may ultimately prove tiring to drink, but another that was less compelling may come alive with your meat course. Compare your impressions at the table with the opinions recorded in your tasting notes.
And save your notes so that you can recall your preferences the next time you find yourself in a wine shop.

Are these articles useful for enhancing your wine and dine experience in the Philippines. Do they also help you with travel, leisure, vacation, dining out, nightlife and other leisure activities plans in Philippines? Yats Restaurant hopes to provide you with ample information so you can plan your trips to Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone whether you are travelling from Manila or other Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia or Korea.

For comments, inquiries and reservations, email Restaurant@Yats-International.com or call these numbers:
(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5178 0917-520-4401 ask for Ernest or Pedro.

Http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Source: http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/how-to-host-a-wine-tasting

Generally regarded by food and wine lovers in Manila to be one of the best restaurants outside of Manila, Yats Restaurant also offers a comfortable and stylish wine bar called the Magnum Room. This allows guests of this fine dining restaurant to stay after dinner to enjoy a glass of Cognac, Armagnac, Port, Sauternes or Scotch. This is one of the best restaurants in Pampanga to drink wine. Other selections of wine in this fine dining restaurant in Clark Pampanga include fine wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone, Napa Valley, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy. Some of the popular choices of wine for guests of the good restaurants in Pampanga include Chianti, Chablis, Meursault, Vosne-Romanee, Corton and Vintage Port.

Some of the good restaurants in Pampanga offer a unique dining experience that is not commonly found in even the best restaurants in Manila. Some of the fine restaurants in Pampanga are found inside Clark. Business executives discover that the good restaurants in Clark Pampanga offer some of the best places for business meetings also. The Magnum Room wine bar of Yats Restaurant is one of the best places to drink wine and also to relax and unwind with friends. Visitors to Clark Philippines rarely pass up in the opportunity to dine at one of the best restaurants in Pampanga.

Angeles City Clark Philippines Wine Shop: How Can I Organize a Wine Tasting Party?

yats resto — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:38:33 +0000

Date: December 31, 2010

A wine tasting party can be a great way to experience new flavors of wine, develop a wine palate, and spend a pleasant evening with friends. Organizing a wine tasting party well in advance ensures that it will run smoothly, and that everyone will have a good time. To host a wine tasting party, you will need a guide, an assortment of wines and drinking equipment, people to consume the wines, things to take tasting notes with, and possibly food to pair with the wines.
The guide is a crucial part of a wine tasting party. If you already know someone who is experienced and willing to facilitate, ask him or her to lead the group. If you do not know anybody who is knowledgeable about wine, consider hiring a sommelier or wine expert. If all the members of the group agree to split the cost, an expert may not be terribly expensive. Experts are also extremely informative and passionate about wine, and that will make the evening more fun.
Wine selection is an important consideration when holding a wine tasting party, and it is a good idea to come up with a theme. You may, for example, want to taste an assortment of Rieslings from all over the world to compare different growing techniques and production methods. Experimentations with pairings can also be enjoyable, or you could focus on biodynamic and organic wines. You can also go for a fun theme, like “Que Syrah Shiraz,” to get party goers into the theme. It can also be enjoyable to ask guests to bring a bottle each of their favorite red or white wine, to expose people to entirely new flavors.
The party organizer can either ask each guest to bring a bottle, or he or she can acquire all of the wines at once to ensure a proper selection. Bringing the wine expert along helps to ensure that the best wines for the tasting are chosen. Drinking equipment is also very important. An assortment of wine glasses along with a spitting bucket should be provided. Although spitting might seem rather uncouth, in a tasting which involves anything more than five wines, the guests will quickly be rendered incapable of thoughtful consideration of each taste unless they spit.
The people who consume the wines at a wine tasting party should all be of legal drinking age for the nation in which the party is being held. It helps to get a big group together, so that a wide range of opinions and wine tasting experience will be included. A big group can also help to split the cost of the wine, which can get formidable in large tastings.
Tasting notes are a crucial part of a wine tasting party. Make sure to have enough paper and pens to distribute to guests, so that they can take notes as they taste, to remember their experiences. You can also print up tasting rating cards which guests can use to talk about the wines. Tasting notes might seem silly until you taste 10 wines and cannot remember which was your favorite, so encourage guests to take notes. It can also be fun to compare notes during the tasting, and talk about the experiences that guests are having with each sip.
Finally, food to pair with the wines is a great idea. Make sure that guests eat before the tasting, because you do not want to cloud the flavors of the wines with food while you are tasting them, but you also do not want to taste wines on an empty stomach. During the tasting itself, you want to stick with neutral palate cleansers like crackers to nibble between tastings. After the tasting, however, an assortment of cheeses, chocolates, and other finger foods can be set out. A late supper of foods which pair well with the wines could also be served.

Are these articles useful for enhancing your wine and dine experience in the Philippines. Do they also help you with travel, leisure, vacation, dining out, nightlife and other leisure activities plans in Philippines? Yats Restaurant hopes to provide you with ample information so you can plan your trips to Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone whether you are travelling from Manila or other Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia or Korea.

For comments, inquiries and reservations, email Restaurant@Yats-International.com or call these numbers:
(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5178 0917-520-4401 ask for Ernest or Pedro.

Http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Source: http://www.wisegeek.com/how-can-i-organize-a-wine-tasting-party.htm

Manila visitors and tourists playing golf in Mimosa Clark are surprised to discover good restaurants in Pampanga serving excellent food with fine wines. One of the best restaurants in Pampanga is Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar which has been well regarded by food and wine lovers in Angeles City, Bulacan and Subic as one of the good restaurants in Clark to dine out while visiting Pampanga. This is one of the popular family restaurants in Pampanga that serve really good steaks as well as seafood. Visitors to Clark Philippines rarely pass up in the opportunity to dine at one of the best restaurants in Pampanga.

Manila Wine Shop Event Planning: Wine-Tasting Fundraising Event

yats resto — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:37:38 +0000

Date: December 31, 2010

Looking for tips on organizing a wine-tasting fundraiser? Here are some ideas on organizing your fundraising event in order to maximize your proceeds.
Obviously, a wine-tasting event needs wine experts, so begin by seeking suitable merchant partnerships based not only on expertise, but also access to the best wines. After all, you have to be able to provide numerous bottles of expensive wine and there’s no sense in paying anything near retail price.
Partner with a wine merchant or distributor who can not only help with supplying wine and expert advice, but can also help sell advance tickets to your event.
Organization Tips
Getting plenty of advance publicity is a must. Take the time to put together a press release and get the word out to local media outlets such as tv and radio stations.
Be sure to offer tickets through not only your organization, but also through participating merchants and other groups who support your cause.
It never hurts to have another nonprofit group plugging your fundraising event to their supporters as well. Strike an agreement to do the same thing for their fundraiser.
You will need a suitable place for your wine tasting fundraiser such as a reception hall or scenic outdoor setting. Arrange tables in a layout to suit the space and leave plenty of room for access to each table.
Experts can describe each tasting while wearing a lapel microphone and visiting each table. Use volunteers to bring a bottle of each vintage to all the tables prior to their discussion and have them handle the pouring.
To add a festive flair, consider providing live music with a string quartet or jazz group.
Profit Tips
There are many additional ways to raise funds at your wine tasting. One is to conduct both silent auctions and live auctions for rare wines and wine-related merchandise.
Run your silent auctions from an easy to reach spot such as the check-in table and always do a last call for bids. With live auctions of expensive wines, consider using a professional auctioneer in order to maximize bid prices.
Talk to your merchant partners about ways where both of you can profit such as offering gift certificates to their stores or special case buys on recommended wines.
Look for tie-ins with other merchants who offer related products such as wine glasses, gourmet food items, or travel trips to wine country.
For really large events, provide valet parking services and raise a few extra dollars.
Additional Event Fundraising
Auctions are an additional way to maximize revenue at your wine tasting event. You can offer bottles of fine wines via silent auction or conduct a live auction.
Raffle tickets are another great way to raise additional funds. They are a great way to offering an inexpensive chance at winning an expensive prize. Sometimes, you can even raise more money buy raffling off an item than by auctioning it to the highest bidder.
With a good-sized crowd, raffle off multiple items. You can use the approach where one fairly pricey ticket gives you a shot at multiple prizes. With a high-priced single raffle ticket being sold, you draw from the same pool for multiple winners.
Another approach is to keep the ticket price low and encourage people to buy multiple tickets. This way, the chance that an individual ticket will win is much lower, but people will often spend a greater amount on the lower-priced tickets.
And of course, a raffle allows you to sell tickets to people who can’t make the event but would still like to participate in the fun.
Closing Tips
For a successful wine tasting, be sure to allow yourself enough lead time to successfully publicize and organize your fundraiser event. Get the maximum possible turnout by making tickets available at a discount for advance purchases and at a higher price at the door.
If your location is not well-known, be sure to provide directions on flyers wherever tickets are sold. Print a contact number on the tickets for any last-minute questions.
Do everything you can to make the night memorable. Decorate your location appropriately, provide live music and dancing, use a dedicated announcer, and serve plenty of unusual wines to compare.
Using a local media personality as a host is another great way to ensure a large turnout. It’s best to route such requests through the program director of their employer.
Good luck with your wine tasting fundraiser!

Residents of Angeles City Pampanga and Subic often complain about the lack of fine dining restaurants in their home town. Many food and wine lovers travel to Clark Pampanga to wine and dine in restaurants in Clark Philippines. Clark offers some of the best restaurants in Pampanga, equal in quality to if not better than some of the best restaurants in Manila. Located inside Mimosa where visitors enjoy golf or spend time in the casino, Yats Restaurant is a popular choice of a good place to eat steaks and seafood. This is also one of the popular family restaurants because this restaurant is child friendly.

Are these articles useful for enhancing your wine and dine experience in the Philippines. Do they also help you with travel, leisure, vacation, dining out, nightlife and other leisure activities plans in Philippines? Yats Restaurant hopes to provide you with ample information so you can plan your trips to Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone whether you are travelling from Manila or other Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia or Korea.

For comments, inquiries and reservations, email Restaurant@Yats-International.com or call these numbers:
(045) 599-5600 0922-870-5178 0917-520-4401 ask for Ernest or Pedro.

Http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

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