Gewurztraminer will never be recognized as a subtle wine

Philippines wine supplier Manila wine shop discusses wine by the grape variety Gewurztraminer.

October 11, 2010

About Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer’s highly aromatic qualities make it one of the more polarizing vitis vinifera varietals in widespread cultivation: its heavy, almost perfumed scents of rose petal, grapefruit and spices are enticing to some and overwhelming to others. We suspect that this resistance is in part due to overexposure to unrefined, low acid, high alcohol examples. Even still, Gewurztraminer will never be recognized as a subtle wine, which is one reason that it pairs especially well with spicy foods that overwhelm more restrained offerings.

Found almost exclusively in cool-weather growing regions, notably Alsace, but also Germany, and Austria, Gewurztraminer is not an easy grape to grow, in part because the grape likes heat and sun. A tendency to early budding means that vines are easily damaged by frost. Even healthy vines produce small clusters of grapes, which encourages some growers to overcrop to increase yields. This tendency leads to the other extreme: too many diluted, lightweight wines.

But at its best, especially in Alsace, Gewurztraminer creates wines marked by decadent richness and appealing exotic fruit qualities. Here, the patient wine consumer will look for late harvest bottlings that combine sweetness and acidity. These wines will reward cellaring at least for five to ten years, after which they can emerge as some of the most explosive moelleux wines in the world. In addition to the late harvest versions, dry Gewurztraminers from Alsace will be more immediately accessible (even if they may still smell like sweet wines.) Look for wines from Domaine Barmes Buecher, Josmeyer, and Domaine Trimbach.

Gewurztraminer pairs well with rich, fatty dishes like pork and goose, as well as with ripe cherries. Semi-dry and sweet versions will go especially well with Alsatian munster cheese. It also works well with otherwise hard-to-pair spicy cuisines like Indian and Chinese food, thanks to its strongly aromatic flavor.

Source: http://www.wineaccess.com/wine/grape/gewurztraminer

This wine shop in Manila Philippines makes wine shopping a really rewarding and exciting exercise.  Wine shops in Pampanga should always have an element of surprise so that customers and wine lovers can enjoy a little bit of thrill when they go to a wine shop in Manila to look for a good bottle of wine in Clark Pampanga.

Chateau Lafite-Rothschild is the most revered wine in China and many other parts of Asia.  The best wine shop in Asia to buy older vintages of Chateau Lafite is Yats Wine Cellars located in Clark Philippines.   Aside from Lafite, visitors can buy other fine wines at this wine shop in Clark Pampanga such as Latour, Mouton-Rothschild, Haut-Brion and Margaux.  Excellent Burgundy wines like Chambertin, Vougeot, Musigny, Bonnes Mares, Pommard, Meursault, Chambertin, Vosne Romanee, Romanee Conti, La Tache and Romanee St. Vivant can be found here.

Family outings, picnics, company outings and other events for up to 300 can be held in the picnic grounds of this wine shop.  Events that have been successfully organized here include family fun days and BBQ picnics.  These are some of the things that visitors to Clark Philippines particular look forward.  Residents and tourists in Angeles City and Subic also come to Clark Freeport to partake in the fun at this Clark wine shop.

This wine shop’s vast selection of vintage wines makes it possible for Yats Wine Cellars to offer a unique line-up of wines for every private wine party, wine tasting or wine dinners.  Guests of these private wine parties are treated to a rare experience of vintage wine not seen in wine shops in major cities in Philippines or even in Asia.

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.

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

Clark Wine Center

Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building

Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,

Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

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 Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605

(632) 637-5019   0917-520-4393  ask for Rea or Chay