China wins friends at French wine fest
april 20,2011
BOURG, France — Six Chinese wines vied for medals and a record number of Chinese wine tasters lent their palates to France’s largest wine competition held in the southwest of France on Saturday.
“The Chinese want to know everything about wine — taste everything, learn how the system works,” said Gilles Larrue, spokesman for the 35th edition of the Challenge International du Vin, a Bordeaux.
“Their participation will open doors for wines from around the world in the Chinese market,” he added.
“This is a very good opportunity for me to complete my wine knowledge and technical tasting ability,” said Hu Jia, 30, from Changchun.
Since 1977, the competition has been international. This year 35 countries sent more than 4,600 wines, including 33 from Japan and two from first-time competitor Russia. Tasters came from 14 countries, including 40 from China.
More than half of the Chinese participants are students at Bordeaux’s sommelier school.
“We’re here because it’s important for us to train on wines from all over,” said Guo Xiaogeng, 31, who plans to launch a wine promoting and education business in his home town near Mongolia.
The competition also opened a new category and special prize for wine made from organically grown grapes.
“Our jury was open to trying organic wines and to see what they are like. We had some that were good — a pleasure to drink — and some that were very bad,” said local doctor and experienced taster Laurent Saura.
A local grand cru, Chateau Croque Michotte from Saint Emilion, and a Waverley Hills Shiraz Mourvedre Viognier blend from South Africa both won in the organic category.
Source: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/China+wins+friends+French+wine+fest/4596394/story.html
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.
Visitors to Clark Philippines and Angeles City no longer suffer from lack of choices for places to eat out or wine and dine. Clark Philippines reviewed over 50 establishments and came up with three top choices in guide to best restaurant in Clark Freeport
Clark Philippines lists Top Three Restaurants in the Clark Freeport Zone and Angeles City areas of Philippines Pampanga province. Clark Freeport is a bustling new cosmopolitan city complete with its own Clark International Airport.
Topping the list is the famous fine-dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar located inside Mimosa Leisure Estate of Philippines Clark Freeport.
This 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 it is a famous fine dining restaurant with an award winning 3000-line restaurant wine list, Yats Restaurant is also a popular restaurant for family with children. Aside from French Mediterranean haute cuisine, this restaurant also serves healthy food and the best vegetarian cuisines in the Philippines.
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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.
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