Wine News: Pairing Wine and (Couch) Potatoes
May 18, 2011
• Following in the grape stomps of PBS’ reality-television contest The Winemakers, Season 1 of which aired last year (Season 2 just wrapped up filming in France’s Rhône Valley), Unfiltered is happy to announce that the good people at public television are giving more wine-themed programming a try, albeit in a much different format. Vine Talk, with actor Stanley Tucci serving as the show’s host and moderator, will be a blend of roundtable chat show and wine tasting. Tucci and his guests—a mix of celebrity actors and chefs as well as wine experts—will exchange thoughts and stories connected with the world of wine, with each episode featuring six wines from a specific region or common grape variety that will serve as the evening’s discussion points. Members of the studio audience will taste the wines as well and a “top wine” will be selected at the end of each episode. The pilot, set to air on PBS this April, features chef Daniel Boulud and actress Patricia Clarkson, among others. But what does a celebrity chat show host know about wine? Judging by his screen credits, we’d say Tucci is probably no slouch—he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the “foodie film trend” classic Big Night, where he played Secondo, the slick maître’d to Tony Shalhoub’s Primo, the delicate genius chef, at the two brothers’ Italian restaurant. Considering Big Night was released in 1996, we’d say Tucci has a track record for being ahead of the curve.
• Even before floods and wet weather hit southeast Australia this month, grapegrowers there were facing hard times. Too many vines planted during boom times and changes in customer tastes have played a role, but one factor many growers find particularly frustrating is the strong Australian dollar. Once relatively weak, it’s now almost equal in value to the U.S. dollar, meaning Aussies face a hard choice—raise their prices overseas and risk turning off customers, or watch as their profit margins shrink to nothing. The man behind Yellow Tail told a local newspaper this week how painful that choice is. John Casella, managing director of Casella wines, the family firm that started the brand with a U.S. importer, ships 8 million cases to the U.S. annually—70 percent of his production. He says his volume sales dipped just slightly last year, but his profits shrank by 69.8 percent, mostly thanks to the currency difference. That’s after profits fell 50 percent the previous year. Despite that, Casella is lucky—he still made more than $12 million last year. Many Aussies are losing money.
• You know what they say about drinking on the job: It either gets you fired, or leads to a breakthrough scientific discovery. Researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan managed to swing the latter when they chose to throw a blowout party in the lab. Researchers Yoshihiko Takano and Takahide Yamaguchi made sure the sake, whisky, shochu, beer and wine were flowing. All was not lost, though. The scientists were studying superconductors—metals that conduct electricity extremely effectively at very low temperatures—and part of their research involved soaking one material in plain water and a water/ethanol mix. Now anyone who owns Tabasco sauce, an old sofa on a porch or livestock knows that most party ideas that seem brilliant in the moment are often, in fact, at best disastrous. But in this case, “Dude, what if we put the superconductor … in beer,” led to an unlikely discovery. While the water-and-ethanol mix increased superconductivity about 15 percent, commercial alcohol worked much better, with red wine increasing conductivity a full 62 percent. For any Unfiltered readers out there getting any ideas, please note: Pouring wine on your computer will not make it faster.
Best restaurant in Clark Pampanga attracts diners and wine lovers from Manila, Subic and Angeles City Philippines to wine and dine at this fine dining restaurant
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 Pampanga’ Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar offers to their guests. Although this is an upscale fine dining establishment, families find the restaurant to be very children friendly.
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. This popular night out spot is generally regarded as the best restaurant in Clark Pampanga, a good nightlife destination as well as a good place to drink, relax and unwind in Angeles City, Subic and Clark.
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.
Best place to unwind in Angeles City Pampanga Philippines is to wine and dine at Yats Restaurant which is also considered as the best restaurant in Clark for group dinners, parties and social functions outside of Manila. Guests of this top rated fine dining resto bar in Clark enjoy the cozy ambience, the spacious dining area as well as the privacy and exclusivity of this top restaurant near Manila in Clark. Some guests wine and dine at this famous restaurant near Angeles City Pampanga for its gourmet food. Others frequently dine at this restaurant in Clark for its fine selection of vintage wines that are offered at attractive prices. Some guests, business executives especially, select this restaurant because of its elegant private dining facilities and the attentive and professional service that the staff provide for a more formal business dinner.
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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 Pampanga? 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.
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