For a business that has been around for more than 8,000 years, the wine trade still manages to evolve at an impressive speed. Money, politics, climate, fashion and science are remaking that glass in your hand in ways both discreet and radical, and the speed of innovation is increasing as never before. In this changing world, power is on the move, consumers decide what goes, and the old aristocracies of Bordeaux, Burgundy, Piedmont and California are scrambling to adapt. But adapt to what? The first new rule of wine is that there shouldn’t be any rules. Here we offer a guide to the latest developments on Planet Grape.
The next great wine will come from China
China is now the world’s biggest importer of fine wine, much of it sold through Hong Kong, the new wine auction capital of the world. For today’s image-conscious Chinese, a pot of tea, or even a flask of fiery baiju spirit on the restaurant table no longer cuts the chilli sauce. A £1,500 bottle of Château Lafite rather does – even given the distressing local tendency to mix it with Coca-Cola or Fanta. Rupert Hoogewerf, the British compiler of China’s “Rich List”, nevertheless reports that: “Consumers are gradually becoming more appreciative of wine, and less driven by snobbery,” and forecasts that when the current market madness (the latest must-have vintage being Romanée-Conti 1990 at around £23,000 a bottle!) calms down, China will become a huge but mainstream wine-drinking nation.
Not that Europe’s vineyards will necessarily benefit. The first home-grown Chinese “superwine” has already arrived to both rave and apprehensive reviews. Jia Bei Lan, a silky cabernet sauvignon blend, produced in Ningxia, a central province previously best known for its goji berries, recently became the first Chinese wine to win a major international trophy. Judges at the Decanter Awards in London described the £30-a-bottle brew as “supple, graceful and ripe”, and praised its “excellent length and four-square tannins”.
…Unless it comes from England
This is a remarkable moment in the multi-millennial history of wine, and all the signs are that England will play a big part in its future. The great wine regions of France and Italy may look to have it made with their perfect summers and contented vignerons scoffing confit de canard on shady bistro terraces. It won’t stay like that for long, though, because the real wine action is heading for somewhere south of Basingstoke.
By the end of this century, on expert projections, southern England will have the ideal climate for wine making, and the overheated vineyards of France will be producing the kind of delinquent plonk currently served up in pizza bars. According to Gregory Jones, one of the world’s foremost wine climatologists: “The best conditions for, say, chianti, will be in Germany and Belgium, and those for making fine bordeaux-style wines will be in the English Home Counties.” The movement is already under way. Vine cultivation in England has soared by 40 per cent over the past five years, and last month work began at Rathfinny in East Sussex, an estate that is projected to become, by 2017, England’s biggest vineyard. Its owner, former hedge fund boss Mark Driver, left the City to pursue his dream of creating “the British Bollinger”, and confidently forecasts that England will soon be setting the global standard.
Other challenges to the old hegemony are arising everywhere from the Middle East, where, despite such hindrances as war and Islamic proscription, wine is undergoing a renaissance, to Eastern Europe, where cult wines from Georgia, Russia and even Kosovo are hitting the market.
‘Terroir’ means nothing
Wine’s current war of liberation (as the romantic school of oenology likes to see it) is being fought against an establishment steeped in ancient, but frequently suspect, nostrums.
A favourite one is the French concept of “terroir” which roughly translates as “sense of place”. The basic shtick is that grapes growing on a picturesque slope beside, say, the River Saône, will taste detectably different from those growing a quarter of a mile away, let alone in Chile or Bulgaria.
Viticulturalists increasingly regard this not only as bunkum, but as a cover-up for bad wine making. What really matters is the quality of the grapes and the skill of the winemaker. The terroir myth has, nevertheless, worked astonishingly well to maintain the perceived specialness of traditional wine areas. Now its credibility is collapsing: “Terroir,” says the wine writer Malcolm Gluck, “is utter b——-.”
The ‘Frankengrape’ is lovelier than it sounds
Wine buffs don’t like to admit it, but the world’s main grape types – cabernet, chardonnay, merlot, riesling et cetera – are, essentially, the same thing. All are descendants of a single species, Vitis vinifera, which was domesticated in Asia Minor in ancient times, and slowly spun off into the varieties we know today.
The problem is that these otherwise estimable vines have lost their appetite for sex. According to groundbreaking recent research by Prof Sean Myles, a geneticist at Cornell University in California, the industry’s centuries-old obsession with “varietal purity” has fatally weakened the plants’ gene structures, destroying their natural resistance and making them increasingly vulnerable to infections and changes in atmospheric conditions.
The growers’ stopgap answer has been to bombard their vineyards with ever-larger doses of chemicals, but such practices will be mostly banned by the European Union from next year. The only real answer, says Myles, is Frankengrape — genetically engineered vine varieties with built-in immunity to the many pests and diseases that tend to afflict such highly-strung plants. The problem is that the wines of the future are likely to taste different. And that is a tough thing for classicists to swallow.
It’s always worth spellchecking the label
For all the flowery prose that garlands the subject of wine, the fact remains that even the greatest palates of the age find it impossible to consistently identify the good stuff. Tales abound in the trade of blind tastings where experts have proclaimed planted glasses of plonk to be the products of fabled châteaux, while dismissing the finest vintages as undrinkable. Along with the reluctance of prominent collectors to admit to being fooled, all this plays beautifully into the hands of today’s sophisticated wine fraudsters.
Con artistry is nothing new. The oldest and simplest racket is to slap a fancy label on a bottle of something ordinary. Today, though, with a global wine market worth billions, the ruses are becoming more and more ingenious. Counterfeiters can produce near-perfect copies of bottles, corks, capsules and boxes complete with forged paperwork attesting to authenticity.
In China, where loss of face is fatal, fraud has grown to what one expert calls “jaw-dropping levels”. Even in the United States, where collectors are far more willing to report sharp practice, there have been dozens of scams. In a current lawsuit, the billionaire Bill Koch, an avid collector, claims he has been defrauded by up to $5 million. (The dealer selling to him, Rudy Kurniawan, was tripped up by a bottle of Domaine Ponsot he tried to sell at auction in 2008 which was passed off as having been made in 1929; the winemaker didn’t begin estate bottling until 1934.)
But the rip-offs aren’t all at the high end of the market. Last year thousands of counterfeit bottles of Britain’s bestselling brand, Jacob’s Creek, turned up on grocery store shelves in Greater London. The fraudsters, however, gave themselves away with an elementary spelling error on the label, which read “Wine of Austrlia”. Perhaps it really does rot the brain.
Have wine, will travel
For the lady who doesn’t want to be seen tottering out of Oddbins with a bottle under her arm, here’s the ingenious new Volére wine handbag. Styled to resemble one of those chichi Milanese shoulder bags, it holds 750ml of Italian red, white or rosé, which can be accessed by a discreetly concealed side-tap. Premiered earlier this year by the Californian wine retailer Volére, the bags, sadly, are not yet on sale outside the US, but the enthusiastic reception that has greeted them hints at how far the market is moving beyond the idea of wine in conventional glass bottles.
Later this year, the world’s first recyclable paper wine bottle should begin appearing on Britain’s supermarket shelves. The brainchild of the inveterate Suffolk-based inventor Martin Myerscough, the bottle gets around its most obvious difficulty with the help of a thin foil “bladder”.
Myerscough, who has set up a company, Greenbottle, to market the design, claims its carbon footprint is 10 per cent of a glass bottle’s, and that it can be tossed on a compost heap when finished. “We’ve done a lot of testing with consumers,” he says, “and people are pretty happy with it.”
Wines have star signs too
The hottest new trend in wine is “biodynamics”, although those trumpeting it happily admit that the idea has been around for decades. It flows from a belief that mysterious energy forces, cosmic rhythms, lunar movements and natural earth patterns can make what is grown “vibrate in harmony with the universe”.
The standard theory is based on the work of the Austrian “spiritual scientist” Rudolf Steiner, who outlined his ideas to broad scepticism in the Twenties. Modern winemakers have proved more enthusiastic, though. Steiner’s foremost disciple, the famed Loire grower Nicolas Joly, is prone to baffling hard-nosed buyers’ conferences by saying things like: “For a vine, spring is the victory of sun forces over earth forces. In autumn the law of death comes into force.” It’s hard to argue with his wines, though.
Alcohol is not compulsory
Blame it on faddism, the nanny state or good sense, but the days of those limb-numbing, oak-soaked, beast-in-a-bottle wines are numbered. Last year sales of lower-alcohol wines rose by 66 per cent in the UK.
The trend towards sky-high booze levels really began with the New World wine invasion, led by Australian shirazes and chardonnays that regularly weighed in at 15% abv. Today, “lifestyle concerns” are reversing it. Sainsbury’s is committed to doubling its sales of lower-alcohol wines by 2020, “and we intend to reduce average alcohol content across the board”, says a spokesman.
… And nor are grapes
Although the European Union, with characteristic lack of imagination, stipulates that anything describing itself as “wine” must be made from fermented grapes, there is an expanding school of freethinkers which feels otherwise. China already markets a popular fish wine, described as “zingy with overtones of squid”, while the Los Angeles Times recently reported on the popularity of cannabis wine among California’s middle-class baby boomers. The brew is made – allegedly behind the scenes by some of the state’s premium vintners – by dropping a pound of marijuana into a full cask of fermenting cabernet or zinfandel. Sadly, Britain’s sole act of rebellion is buying a bottle of sweet elderflower from the W.I.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/wine/9269414/The-new-rules-of-wine.html

Good hotel accommodation in Clark is available for Manila residents and tourists looking for good resorts in Pampanga for vacations and holidays in Philippines. Clearwater Resort is one of the best resorts in Pampanga that is lauded by Manila residents for its safe and clean outdoor facilities that are perfect for family bonding or for stressed out Manila residents to relax and unwind during a weekend in the north. Many guests of this hotel in Clark Pampanga enjoy fishing in the lake or their fishing pond located next to the outback tents hotel accommodation. Clearwater appears frequently on the top of a list of the best hotels in Pampanga. Function room for meetings and seminars is also available in this popular resort in Clark Philippines.

Highly recommended beach resort in North Luzon for company outings and family retreats is most frequently visited hotel in Clark Pampanga because of beautiful view and good outdoor facilities for swimming, picnic and barbecue.

Families traveling out of town go to the north to get away from Manila to unwind, relax and swim with friends and children. Highly recommended holiday spot and vacation destination this summer in the north is Clearwater Beach Resort in Clark. Clark is adjacent to Pampanga’s Angeles City which is just 70 minutes from Manila and 25 minutes from Subic. Many visitors also come to Clark to play golf in one of the best golf courses in Pampanga. Pampanga is home to some of the finest golf courses outside of Manila.

New camping sites and picnic grounds in Philippines are now added to Clark for family outings in outside Manila. The best campsites are located at Yats Clearwater Resort & Country Club in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines. Just bring camping equipment and enjoy the fun and ambience of outdoor living camping in Clark under safe, secured and clean conditions. Outdoor activities include swimming and water sports, boating and paddling a kayak, lawn tennis, golf, shooting range and all sorts of leisure activities including colonial games like croquet and horseshoe.

Clearwater Resort & Country Club offers several styles of accommodation from US$65 up inclusive of breakfast for two at the beautiful Breakfast Garden Restaurant overlooking the large Clearwater lake and beach. This is a good rendition of the lifestyle that the Americans left behind after they left the Clark Airbase. A good short description of this lifestyle is suburban laid-back slow-paced clean living, very suitable for tourists and guests looking for a way to unwind from the stress of living in Manila. This resort in Pampanga is generally regarded as the best destination for family bonding, company outings and team building near Manila also.

In a city like Manila, most residents rely on visits to spa and beauty parlor to unwind and relax. But with a short getaway to Angeles City Clark Pampanga one can de-stress by enjoying beautiful outdoor amenities of this beach resort, savoring what nature can offer.

This day-trip destination and vacation spot near Manila is secure, convenient, safe and accessible from Manila and other Asian cities. Clearwater Beach Resort located in Clark Pampanga, is a private resort hotel that is great for family bonding as well as team building. Families with children also can hang out in tranquil stress-free environment and then to unwind and relax near lake and trees. Other families organize camping and overnight family outings in this top rated hotel resort near Manila, in Angeles City, Pampanga, Clark Philippines.

Tourists and families with kids from Manila looking for good place for birthday parties in Pampanga frequently visit Clearwater, well known as the best resort in Clark Pampanga. This hotel in Clark Pampanga is frequently reserved for birthday parties, kiddy parties and other birthday celebrations in Pampanga. Manila residents as well as those living in Subic and Angeles City Pampanga prefer to hold their birthday parties in Clearwater Resort. This resort in Pampanga is a highly recommended venue for personal and corporate functions and events near Manila.

For inquiries and bookings, Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort for inquiries and reservations now

Clearwater Resort and Country Club, Clark Pampanga
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
(045) 889-5151 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177
Joanne or Jeremy or Loydha

Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

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

Email: Inquiry@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort to reserve a venue for your upcoming event now

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:

http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.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

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

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

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

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

For jobs and business investment opportunities in the Philippines please visit http://www.yilp.com

Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151 or 0927-940-2669 ask for Loydha

0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)

A new study has found encouraging results treating lab rats suffering from Alzheimer’s disease with polyphenols derived from red wine. The research is important because it’s a rare case where the wine compounds worked outside the petri dish. In the last five years, medical research has focused on wine polyphenols as a potential preventative for cognitive decline, but there has been little success with animal tests. This new study, from Mount Sinai in New York, comes one step closer to making such therapy a reality.
In lab conditions, polyphenols have broken down amyloid-beta plaques, which clog up the brain’s pathways in Alzheimer’s. In rodent testing, however, it becomes more of a challenge. Previous research finds that red wine-based supplements are often digested in the intestine, moved to the liver and then metabolized without great benefits. In order to create a clinical product for the body to absorb, a biosynthetic polyphenol would need to be ingested orally, nasally or subcutaneously to enter the bloodstream and travel to the brain.
There are other complications. As head researcher Dr. Giulio Pasinetti, a neurologist and geriatric researcher at Mount Sinai, points out, grapes from California are different than grapes from Greece. Red wine can contain polyphenols with very different chemical structures. Finding the best red wine molecule combination to direct toward human testing can be hit and miss. “It’s a relatively new field, the focus on grapes in nutraceuticals, and it is so very complicated,” Pasinetti told Wine Spectator. “The big problem is that the answers appear to be somewhere in red wine, but commercially available simulations, like grape powders, are not nearly as powerful.”
For this study, reported in a recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, the Mount Sinai researchers administered several doses of red wine polyphenols catechin and epicatechin to lab rats. They found when they altered the chemical structure from a polymer to a more simple monomer, the polyphenols accumulated in the brain. The red wine compounds were administered in drinking water, which means they were absorbed early in the digestive process.
It is the first time these chemicals were found in the brain, suggesting a possible preventative role, Pasinetti believes. Rats on the monomer combination not only showed fewer symptoms of Alzheimer’s, but also appeared to be more intelligent in several tests.
Pasinetti admitted that developing a possible therapy for people suffering from Alzheimer’s or other cognitive diseases will take time. But Mount Sinai is using the results toward its clinical research into aging and red wine consumption. So far, the researchers have not found an adequate substitute for the responsible consumption of red wine. And there are, from time to time, setbacks in the research that can delay the results. “Nature is unpredictable,” Passinetti said. “Sometimes you can end up going in the wrong direction.”

http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/46786

Some of the good resorts in Pampanga offer clean and safe outdoor facilities for Manila families to bring their children along for a nice picnic ideal as a form of family bonding. Clearwater is one of the best hotels in Clark Pampanga that offer outdoor picnic spots and facilities that are suitable for teambuilding and other corporate and social events near Manila. This is also one of the best resorts in Pampanga for family bonding, anniversaries and other celebrations. This hotel in Clark is also one of the best resorts near Manila for families to relax, unwind and enjoy the outdoor facilities of this popular resort in Clark Philippines. Clearwater appears frequently on the top of a list of the best hotels in Pampanga. Wedding pictures can be taken in one of the beautiful resorts near Manila for a wedding album. This hotel in Clark is also a favorite holiday destination near Manila during Holy Week, Easter, Christmas and New Year holidays.

Companies in Manila travel out of town for a short getaway to hold their events and function outside of the city in the north. Many companies choose Clark in Pampanga because of its safety record. Clark is home to some of the best golf courses in Pampanga. Although golf continues to be one of the reasons why visitors from Manila travel to Pampanga, residents of Angeles City, Subic and Bulacan travel to Clark not just to play golf in one of the best golf courses in Pampanga but also to relax and unwind in the best resort in Philippines.

Clark offers some of the best outdoor venues for company outings in Pampanga, Angeles City and Subic. Being so accessible from Manila via the North Luzon Expressway, Clark Philippines is exceptionally convenient for all sorts of events and picnics. Each year, many company events like team building, corporate planning, outings and awarding ceremonies are held in resorts like Clearwater Beach hotel located in the central business district of Clark Pampanga.

Although Clark is not revered for fancy ballrooms and stuffy function rooms, there are many options for meeting and conference facilities. Companies travel out of town from Manila heading north to Pampanga typically look for meeting facilities within leisure and recreational areas. More and more companies mix in a good amount of activities in the program to help participants unwind and relax in between sessions.

Clearwater is a highly recommended and most frequently visited private resort in Pampanga. This Clark hotel is a famous private resort outside Manila for corporate planning because of its exclusivity. Although the function rooms for planning and meetings are simple and basic, the surrounding gardens and ambience more than make up for what it lacks in lavish interior decoration.

New camping sites and picnic grounds in Philippines are now added to Clark for family outings in outside Manila. The best campsites are located at Yats Clearwater Resort & Country Club in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines. Just bring camping equipment and enjoy the fun and ambience of outdoor living camping in Clark under safe, secured and clean conditions. Outdoor activities include swimming and water sports, boating and paddling a kayak, lawn tennis, golf, shooting range and all sorts of leisure activities including colonial games like croquet and horseshoe.

Asian Tourists and Visitors from Manila laud Clearwater Resort & Country Club as the best hotel in Angeles City Pampanga, citing reasons such as safe and secure outdoor amenities, beautiful ambience, peace and quiet ambience and nice hotel rooms situated in romantic locations. This resort in Clark Pampanga also offers a nice white sand beach, good swim spots, clean camp sites and camping grounds. This hotel in Clark Pampanga is well known for its personal service that is warm and attentive. Clearwater is highly recommended by frequent travelers and visitors to Clark as the best resort in Pampanga. Even residents of Angeles City Pampanga opt to spend a few days in this top rated resort in Clark to take the stress away from living in crowded cities. The stress-free lifestyle of Clark makes this one of Pampanga’s major tourist attraction, a tourist destination that is highly recommended by frequent tourists and travel agencies.

Clearwater is voted as best resort in Pampanga, lauded by travel agencies and event organizers for its natural beauty, spacious picnic grounds, safe and clean environment for families to relax and unwind in the outdoor facilities. Many visitors enjoy the peace and quiet in this resort in Pampanga so much that they spend several nights in some of the hotel lodgings, cottages and cabins in the picnic grounds and around the famous lake of Clark. Spending nights in this deluxe resort in Pampanga is not about luxury. Guests of this popular hotel in Clark Pampanga experience peace and quiet, a luxury that is rarely found in cities like Manila. Here in the safe and secured outdoor space of this deluxe resort in Pampanga, guests relax and unwind by the lake, enjoying the beautiful scenery, breathing clean fresh air while resting and relaxing from the stress of living in the city. Luxurious hotels may offer dazzling facilities but guests often prefer the simple and clean living offered by this resort in Clark Pampanga which may regard as the best hotel in Pampanga.

Tourists from Europe and America laud Clearwater as the best resort in Pampanga citing in particular the hotel’s faithful rendition of the laidback lifestyle that has made Clark famous among travel agencies and event organizers of Manila. Philippines Tourist Guides list Clearwater Resort and Country Club as one of the top five Pampanga resorts and the top three resorts near Manila for family travelers with children.

For inquiries and bookings, Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort for inquiries and reservations now

Clearwater Resort and Country Club, Clark Pampanga
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
(045) 889-5151 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177
Joanne or Jeremy or Loydha

Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

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

Email: Inquiry@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort to reserve a venue for your upcoming event now

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:

http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.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

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

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

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

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

For jobs and business investment opportunities in the Philippines please visit http://www.yilp.com

Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151 or 0927-940-2669 ask for Loydha

0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)

Guala has launched Viiva, a screwcap closure for sparkling wine.

The Viiva closure is suitable for up to 5GV (Gas Volume) liquid pressure and the group claims that it can maintain bubbles “for weeks after opening” even when laid on its side.

Guala’s Simon Yudelevich said: “Viiva brings all the advantages a still wine screwcap has over cork firmly into the sparkling arena. It’s safe and easy to open and can be re-sealed without any damage to the quality of the fizz, which dramatically increases the opportunities for by-the-glass sales and drinking.”

Viiva is the result of a five-year collaboration between Guala Closures and O-I Glass. It was officially launched in Australia last week with De Bortoli’s Willowglen and Trevi ranges.

De Bortoli’s national sales manager Peter Yeoman said converting the two ranges to the new closure put Australia’s sparkling wine industry “at the forefront of innovation”.

The manufacturers claim the product cuts wastage from cork TCA contamination as well as simplifying the supply chain by emiminating the need for the cork, muselet and hood fixtures which make up the traditional closure.

Guala employs 3,600 people and has 24 manufacturing plants around the world. It is headquartered in Italy.

http://www.harpers.co.uk/news/news-headlines/12172-guala-launches-screwcap-closure-for-sparkling-wine.html

Some of the good resorts in Pampanga offer safe outdoor venues for events such as team building and company outings. Function room for meetings and seminars is also available in this popular resort in Clark Philippines. Outdoor activities favored by event organizers for team building near Manila include swimming, boating, kayak, fishing, camping, cookout, bonfire and picnic. Clearwater is one of the hotels in Pampanga that offers good outdoor venues for events like team building and company outings. In fact, many event planners consider Clearwater Resort to be the best event venue near Manila and certainly the best hotel in Clark Philippines for outdoor functions and events as well as meetings and seminars also. Visitors to Clark and Angeles City Pampanga seldom pass up the opportunity to relax and unwind by the lake of this popular resort in Pampanga.

Companies in Manila travel out of town for a short getaway to hold their events and function outside of the city in the north. Many companies choose Clark in Pampanga because of its safety record. Clark is home to some of the best golf courses in Pampanga. Although golf continues to be one of the reasons why visitors from Manila travel to Pampanga, residents of Angeles City, Subic and Bulacan travel to Clark not just to play golf in one of the best golf courses in Pampanga but also to relax and unwind in the best resort in Philippines.

Clark offers some of the best outdoor venues for company outings in Pampanga, Angeles City and Subic. Being so accessible from Manila via the North Luzon Expressway, Clark Philippines is exceptionally convenient for all sorts of events and picnics. Each year, many company events like team building, corporate planning, outings and awarding ceremonies are held in resorts like Clearwater Beach hotel located in the central business district of Clark Pampanga.

Although Clark is not revered for fancy ballrooms and stuffy function rooms, there are many options for meeting and conference facilities. Companies travel out of town from Manila heading north to Pampanga typically look for meeting facilities within leisure and recreational areas. More and more companies mix in a good amount of activities in the program to help participants unwind and relax in between sessions.

Clearwater is a highly recommended and most frequently visited private resort in Pampanga. This Clark hotel is a famous private resort outside Manila for corporate planning because of its exclusivity. Although the function rooms for planning and meetings are simple and basic, the surrounding gardens and ambience more than make up for what it lacks in lavish interior decoration.

New camping sites and picnic grounds in Philippines are now added to Clark for family outings in outside Manila. The best campsites are located at Yats Clearwater Resort & Country Club in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines. Just bring camping equipment and enjoy the fun and ambience of outdoor living camping in Clark under safe, secured and clean conditions. Outdoor activities include swimming and water sports, boating and paddling a kayak, lawn tennis, golf, shooting range and all sorts of leisure activities including colonial games like croquet and horseshoe.

Asian Tourists and Visitors from Manila laud Clearwater Resort & Country Club as the best hotel in Angeles City Pampanga, citing reasons such as safe and secure outdoor amenities, beautiful ambience, peace and quiet ambience and nice hotel rooms situated in romantic locations. This resort in Clark Pampanga also offers a nice white sand beach, good swim spots, clean camp sites and camping grounds. This hotel in Clark Pampanga is well known for its personal service that is warm and attentive. Clearwater is highly recommended by frequent travelers and visitors to Clark as the best resort in Pampanga. Even residents of Angeles City Pampanga opt to spend a few days in this top rated resort in Clark to take the stress away from living in crowded cities. The stress-free lifestyle of Clark makes this one of Pampanga’s major tourist attraction, a tourist destination that is highly recommended by frequent tourists and travel agencies.

Clearwater is voted as best resort in Pampanga, lauded by travel agencies and event organizers for its natural beauty, spacious picnic grounds, safe and clean environment for families to relax and unwind in the outdoor facilities. Many visitors enjoy the peace and quiet in this resort in Pampanga so much that they spend several nights in some of the hotel lodgings, cottages and cabins in the picnic grounds and around the famous lake of Clark. Spending nights in this deluxe resort in Pampanga is not about luxury. Guests of this popular hotel in Clark Pampanga experience peace and quiet, a luxury that is rarely found in cities like Manila. Here in the safe and secured outdoor space of this deluxe resort in Pampanga, guests relax and unwind by the lake, enjoying the beautiful scenery, breathing clean fresh air while resting and relaxing from the stress of living in the city. Luxurious hotels may offer dazzling facilities but guests often prefer the simple and clean living offered by this resort in Clark Pampanga which may regard as the best hotel in Pampanga.

Tourists from Europe and America laud Clearwater as the best resort in Pampanga citing in particular the hotel’s faithful rendition of the laidback lifestyle that has made Clark famous among travel agencies and event organizers of Manila. Philippines Tourist Guides list Clearwater Resort and Country Club as one of the top five Pampanga resorts and the top three resorts near Manila for family travelers with children.

For inquiries and bookings, Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort for inquiries and reservations now

Clearwater Resort and Country Club, Clark Pampanga
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
(045) 889-5151 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177
Joanne or Jeremy or Loydha

Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

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

Email: Inquiry@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort to reserve a venue for your upcoming event now

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:

http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.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

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

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

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

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

For jobs and business investment opportunities in the Philippines please visit http://www.yilp.com

Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151 or 0927-940-2669 ask for Loydha

0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)

How do winemakers produce a cabernet sauvignon or Bordeaux red blend that can age 10 years and beyond?
We asked the winemakers who played a key role in producing the top three winners in The Press Democrat’s recent 10-year retrospective tasting, and this is what they had to say:
Eric Olsen, vice president and chief winemaker with Constellation Wines U.S., the former winemaker of Geyserville’s Clos Du Bois Winery, of first place winner, Clos Du Bois Marlstone, 2002 Alexander Valley Bordeaux Red Blend: “Balance of a wine is transitory, so when making a wine for aging, you need to be careful to build the wine with appropriate fruit, acidity and structure. Balance and harmony are important for all wines at the moment of consumption, but understanding how key elements of a wine change over time is key. Some wines may not be balanced at release and are too tannic, but with 5 to 10 years, the components soften and fruit evolves to something very beautiful and balanced.”
Elias Fernandez, winemaker of Napa’s Shafer Vineyards, of second place winner, Shafer Vineyard’s Hillside Select, 2002 Hillside Select, Stag’s Leap District Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: “The wine must have balance in order to get good results from aging. Wine should be in balance when it’s young. It can be loud and exuberant in youth, but it needs to be within a framework in which all components are in balance, with no one element dominating or elbowing forward.”

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/205161004

Good picnic spots can be found in some of the best resorts in Pampanga. The good resorts and hotels in Clark Philippines offer safe and clean outdoor facilities for family bonding and picnics. For many reasons Manila families and residents of Angeles City Pampanga as well as Subic and Baguio consider Clearwater as one of the best resorts in Pampanga and certainly the best hotel in Clark Philippines. Guests of this child friendly resort in Clark Pampanga often relax and unwind by the beautiful lake and beach. Hotel accommodation is also available here in this resort in Clark. Function room for meetings and seminars is also available in this popular resort in Clark Philippines. This hotel in Clark is also a favorite holiday destination near Manila during Holy Week, Easter, Christmas and New Year holidays.

This resort hotel in Clark Philippines is to many, a fine example to leisure lifestyle of suburban city in America. Lake, beach, 13 hectares of picnic grounds covered with trees and green all put together to deliver a memorable getaway experience for foreign tourists visiting Angeles City Clark Philippines and residents of Manila driving up to Clark for a day trip or a weekend family outing.

Family with children can enjoy the picnic grounds and several large and small spots for swimming and water sports inside this resort in Pampanga. Parents can enjoy a day in leisure and relaxation in the shade provided by large Acacia trees throughout this resort. The ambience and beautiful view of the outdoor facilities of this beach resort in Clark Pampanga attracts visitors to go out of town from Manila for a getaway in the north.

Does anyone know how difficult it is to find a decent beach wedding venue in the Philippines? Sure, there are a lot of beautiful beaches but to find a beach where we can have a wedding ceremony in Philippines is next to impossible. Clark is home to some of the best golf courses in Pampanga. Although golf continues to be one of the reasons why visitors from Manila travel to Pampanga, residents of Angeles City, Subic and Bulacan travel to Clark not just to play golf in one of the best golf courses in Pampanga but also to relax and unwind in the best resort in Philippines.

Clearwater is a highly recommended and most frequently visited private resort in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines. This Clark hotel is a top rated place of leisure and a famous private resort outside Manila for corporate planning because of its exclusivity. Although the function rooms for planning and meetings are simple and basic, the surrounding gardens and ambience more than make up for what it lacks in lavish interior decoration.

Beach wedding venue is very popular in Manila, Subic, Pampanga Angeles City and
Clark Philippines. Young wedding couples prefer outdoor beach wedding followed up by garden styled outdoor wedding receptions in Philippines. Best beach wedding venue in Philippines is Clearwater Resort wedding venues near Manila, Angeles City, Clark Philippines.

Travel Agencies, Facilitators, Event Organizers and Wedding Planners in Manila laud Clearwater as the best resort in Clark Pampanga, citing its safe outdoor facilities and beautiful ambience of the lake, a nice white sand beach, plenty of large trees for shading in the picnic grounds, an ideal vacation spot for families with children. Family travelers pay attention to factors such as safety and security especially when choosing the best hotel in Pampanga for a holiday or vacation. There are plenty of luxurious hotels and deluxe resorts in Manila and other Asian cities but tourists and visitors from Manila travel north to Pampanga and Subic look for something different. Guests staying at the best hotel in Angeles City and Clark Pampanga expect a safe and secured resort to rest and relax without stress. This is the laidback lifestyle that Clearwater Resort and Country Club offers, namely peace and quiet times, an opportunity to take the stress out of city living, a time for family bonding and to enjoy the luxury that nature provides free of charge to all. Guests do not pack the itinerary with a lot of activities but instead make plenty of time to enjoy a day of rest and relaxation at the best resort in Pampanga.

Wedding couples from Manila look to the north for beautiful places in Pampanga to get married or take pictures for the nuptial photo albums. Wedding planners highly recommend Clearwater Resort as a beautiful hotel resort in Clark for prenuptial photo-shoot pictorial.

For inquiries and bookings, Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort for inquiries and reservations now

Clearwater Resort and Country Club, Clark Pampanga
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
(045) 889-5151 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177
Joanne or Jeremy or Loydha

Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

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

Email: Inquiry@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort to reserve a venue for your upcoming event now

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:

http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.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

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

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

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

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

For jobs and business investment opportunities in the Philippines please visit http://www.yilp.com

Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151 or 0927-940-2669 ask for Loydha

0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)

Freud struggled to find an answer to the question “What does a woman want?” Ninety-odd years later, some in the wine industry think they know.
According to the new “girly-wine” brand marketers, we want to be skinny, to toss our hair playfully like ponies as we pick our bottles to match moods, not foods. We also crave an easy-sipping flavor profile with a naughty edge of sweetness.
High-heeled shoes star in our fantasies. Well, maybe they got that one right. But aren’t Canadian wine maker Strut’s labels featuring photos of long, shapely, perfect legs emerging from short skirts a guy fantasy?
In the past few years, the wine world has finally discovered that women drinkers are a coveted customer niche.
Women make up nearly 60 percent of U.S. wine consumers, according to the Beverage Information Group’s 2011 Wine Handbook.
Which is why there are so many companies are starting up lines of wines for women. Most are targeting women 21 to 34, but their marketing efforts often treat this audience as if it had no more sophistication than a bevy of sorority sisters on spring break.
Recently, global giant Treasury Wine Estates launched four wines under the “Be.” label: Flirty, a pink moscato; Bright, a pinot grigio; Fresh, an unoaked chardonnay; and Radiant, a riesling.
I guess so-called Millennial women are supposed to turn to wine only when they’re feeling upbeat, not when they’re tired and grumpy at the end of the day. Treasury’s website describes the pinot grigio mood: “Your sunny disposition sets your soundtrack to the soothing sounds of a steel drum band as you flip flop through fabulousness.”
This new marketing vision also assumes all women are diet-obsessed. Last month, three lower-calorie Skinnygirl wines from Beam Global Spirits & Wine hit retail shelves. Beam claims a five-ounce glass of any of the Skinnygirl wines contain 100 calories. (Typically, most wines contain 110 to 125, unless they’re sweet dessert bottlings.)
The white, red, and rose “guilt-free” blends are the first wines released by Skinnygirl, which has been making premixed cocktails since it was founded in 2009 by reality TV star Bethenny Frankel from “The Real Housewives of New York City.”
New York’s Mister Wright Fine Wines & Spirits stocks the rose, and so far the wine isn’t exactly flying out the door, according to manager Jodie Leishman. She also carries another “fun” wine brand for women, Mommy’s Time Out.
“Moms buy it for a joke, when they’re going on a play date with their kids,” Leishman says. “They buy it for the name, not the wine. I keep it on a low shelf.”
Barbara Insel, president of St. Helena, Calif.-based wine consulting firm Stonebridge Research, says men’s and women’s motivations are very different.
“In focus groups, women say they buy wine to go with food, to relax, to drink with friends, to have fun.” Men, on the other hand, “say they drink for health, but off the record, they admit they buy wines that will impress their friends.”
The Middle Sister wine brand reflects this lifestyle approach, according to Mary Ann Vangrin, one of its three partners. She says women look for wines that offer an emotional connection.
Its 10 sassy-style wines have personality-profile names like Drama Queen (pinot grigio), Smarty Pants (chardonnay) and best-selling Rebel Red (a blend). All share a flavor-phobic house style.
“Women don’t want a wine that bites back. They like ripe, fruit-forward wines without a lot of tannin and oak,” says Vangrin. She should know: Middle Sister regularly solicits feedback from its 115,000 Facebook friends.
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, which brought us the ubiquitous Yellowtail, has launched its own new wine marketed to women, Flirt, a blend of syrah, zinfandel, and tempranillo. Its approach is obvious yet more subdued and somewhat less cringe-worthy than other brands. Think lipstick advertisement.

http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/14/2336499/wine-lines-targeting-women-are.html

Camping is one of the popular outdoor activities that take place in Clearwater Resort which is generally regarded as one of the best hotels in Clark Philippines. Here in this popular resort in Pampanga there is a safe and clean campsite that comes also with a private campfire ground for a complete camping experience outside of Manila. Guests and families camping at this private resort in Pampanga often enjoy outdoor facilities by the lake, the beach and picnic grounds also. Clearwater Resort is considered by schools, event organizers and social groups as one of the best campsites in the Philippines.

Philippines wedding planners and wedding reception caterers recommend Clark Philippines as this year’s premier destination for beach weddings and garden receptions. Wedding couples in Philippines no longer prefer traditional indoor venues and hotel ballrooms for wedding receptions in Manila, Angeles City, Subic and Clark Freeport.

Selecting a good and safe event venue in Philippines for team building and company outings is not that easy. Many public event venues in resort hotels in Philippines can’t deliver assurances of safety and security for a good team building event outside Manila. This exposes corporate and private events to risks that are not acceptable to event organizers in Philippines.

Visitors coming from Manila will be looking for beautiful places to relax and unwind because that is something that people living in the city hope to do when they get out of town. Clark is one of the popular holiday destinations because it offers that peaceful ambience for visitors to enjoy a day without stress. Of the good places to visit in Clark, Clearwater Resort is most frequently visited and highly recommended by travel guides as the best resort in Pampanga. This hotel in Clark is well regarded for its vast outdoor picnic grounds as well as the lake and swim spots that are in the largest resort. Situated in the central business of Clark, this holiday hotel is conveniently located within walking distance to shopping malls also.

One of the favorite things to do for tourists staying in Clark Philippines is to engage in leisure outdoor activities in a good resort in Pampanga. These safe, clean and secure outdoor facilities of this resort in Clark are what bring visitors from Manila and tourists from crowded Asian cities to the best resort in Clark Pampanga. Clearwater Resort is one of the more frequently visited deluxe hotels near Angeles City, Subic and Clark Philippines.

Best resort in Pampanga offers more than hotel accommodation near Angeles City, Subic and Clark Philippines, but good outdoor facilities for kids to enjoy when family travelers go out of town from Manila on getaway to the north to visit Subic and Clark Freeport. Event organizers regularly hold team building and company outings in the event venue of this resort in Pampanga.

Garden style wedding reception can take place within a few meters from the beach of this hotel in Clark Philippines so guests and observe the ceremony at the comfort of their seats on the table.

Clearwater is a highly recommended and most frequently visited private resort in Pampanga. This Clark hotel is a famous private resort outside Manila for corporate planning because of its exclusivity.

It is important to visitor that the family feels safe in a hotel in Angeles Philippines. That is a main reasons that we choose to stay in this hotel in Clark Pampanga outside of Manila Philippines. Many don’t like the hotels in Subic or some of the hotel in Angeles City Pampanga. This highly recommended hotel in Angeles city Clark Philippines does not make them comfortable and secure.

For inquiries and bookings, Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort for inquiries and reservations now

Clearwater Resort and Country Club, Clark Pampanga
Creekside Road near Centennial Expo,
Clark Freeport, Pampanga Philippines 2023
(045) 889-5151 0917-520-4403 0922-870-5177
Joanne or Jeremy or Loydha

Getting to this lake and beach resort in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines

After entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway MA Roxas, passing the stand-along wine shop called Clark Wine Center on the right, continue to bear right making no turns at all, go past Mimosa Leisure Estate on the opposite side of the road, one will hit a major intersection. Go straight and the road becomes Creekside Road. YATS Clearwater Resort and Country Club is on the right just 200m down.

http://www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

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

Email: Inquiry@ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Please click here to contact Clearwater Resort to reserve a venue for your upcoming event now

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:

http://www.PhilippinesWeddingVenue.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

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

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

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

http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

For jobs and business investment opportunities in the Philippines please visit http://www.yilp.com

Hot Line for what’s happening in Clark: 045 889-5151 or 0927-940-2669 ask for Loydha

0915-542-6250 (Jeramie)