Wine Shop in Manila holds public tasting of Italy’s five great red wines in Makati Thursday 20 Jan 2011

Yats Wine Cellars is one of Philippines’ major wine suppliers that focuses heavily on helping Manila wine lovers advance their knowledge and experience with wine through organized wine tastings, next session 20th January in Makati, profile of Italian wines

Yats Wine Cellars regularly holds wine tasting events in Philippines for residents and tourists looking for things to do in Manila, Angeles City, Subic and Clark Philippines. Public wine tastings held by Yats are fun and educational, very popular wine tasting events in Philippines.

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

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

Format of YATS Wine Experience – YWE – Session

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

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

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

Wines of this YWE session

For this event, we re-visit some classic red wines of Italy. Fine vintage wines are being discovered much to the (pleasant) surprise of the more adventurous wine enthusiasts who took the trouble to seek out new and exciting wine regions within the geographical areas commonly referred to as “the old world”. For this particular Yats Wine Experience session, we taste and compare five major styles of red wine from Italy:

• Barbera – Arguably the most (food) versatile wine of Italy;

• Dolcetto – good reasons for why it is literally called the “sweet one”;

• Nebbillo – responsible for the “king of wines and the wine of kings”;

• Chianti – an internal classic, a benchmark for terroir;

• Morellino – a connoisseur’s choice for wines from Tuscany;

About the Venue

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

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

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

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

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

While in Clark, one might as well add to the itinerary a visit to the famous Clark Wine Center, the largest wine shop in Philippines which offers over 2000 selections of fine vintage wine from all wine regions, vintages spanning over 50 years covering all price ranges.

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

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. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit

http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

Email: Wine@Yats-International.com