YATS WINE CELLARS - Grand Wine Tasting
On Wednesday 22nd April, 2009 at Enderun Colleges Fort Bonifacio Manila
 

Featuring great white wines from all over the world
 

Program

5pm
Registration begins

5:30pm
Wine Tasting Service Station opens
Free-style wine tasting – approach service station with ticket stubs and indicate the wine you wish to taste. Pouring size is about 60ml. There is a separate station to rinse your glass in between pours.

6:30pm
Snacks are served –
courtesy of the kitchen of Enderun Colleges

8:00pm
Second round of Snacks –
courtesy of YATS Restaurant and Wine Bar Clark

9:00pm
Last pour

In this upcoming event on Wednesday April 22nd the focus is on great white wines from all major wine regions around the world. White wine has taken a back seat to red for far too long. Problems in the past mainly due to the fact that white wines are less stable than reds have been rectified by modern technology. This makes white wines incredibly complex and exciting. It is a myth that white wines are not age-worthy. Given a decade or more in bottle, white wine like its red counterpart develops tertiary characteristics that make it much more than a light fruity wine quaffed down with fish. Today's white wine pairs well with hearty dishes of pork, poultry and pasta.
 
 
WINE LINEUP
 
CHARDONNAY

A blank canvass for skillful wine makers to paint anything on
A1 1998 Meursault, Chateau De Guettes [D3-610]
A2 2000 Chablis Lamblin et Fils [D3-527]
A3 2006/2008 Wolfblass President's Selection Chardonnay        Australia [K1-212]
A4 2007 Flinder’s Choice Chardonnay, Chile [J1-149]
A5 2007 Cape Soleil Chardonnay Western Cape S. Africa [M1-162]
     
     
 
CHENIN BLANC

Incredibly popular in California in the 70s
B1 1992 Anjou, Domane Des Couronnieres [O1-313]
B2 1989 Vouvray Selection Paul Biuisse
B3 2008 Chenin Blanc KWV South Africa
B4 2007 Chenin Blanc Brown Brothers SE Australia
     
     
     
 
GRUNER VELTLINER

Austria pride and joy as well as its best hope for stardom
C1 1999 Brundlmayer Gruner Veltliner, Alte Rebe Trochen Oostenrijk [O2-101]
C2 2006 Gruner Veltliner Osterreich Trocken Burgenland, Qualistatswein Austria
     
     
     
     
     
 
SAUVIGNON BLANC

Introduced to the new world by Robert Mondavi as Fume Blanc
D1 1989 Sancerre Cuvee Exceptionelle, Bourgeois [O1-262]
D2 1997 Pouilly Fume, 1 Millesime Bouchie [O1-214]
D3 2007 Parducci Sauvignon Blanc Mendocino [I1-212]
D4 2002 Konrad Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough NZ [K1-234]
D5 1999 Stellenzicht, Sauvignon Blanc Stellenbosch [M1-145]
     
     
 
VIOGNIER

Fastest growing white wine now planted everywhere
E1 2005 Miner California Viognier, Simpson Vineyard
[I1-473]
E2 1999 Cotes du Rhone, Guigal (Blanc) [C3-124]
     
     
     
     
     
 
GEWURZTRAMINER

Generally accepted as the wine that is most Asian-cuisine friendly
F1 2007 Alsace Gewurztraminer Arthur Metz [P1-403]
F2 1986 Geelong Idyll Vineyard Classic Dry Gewurztraminer Australia [K1-127]
     
     
     
     
 
ALIGOTE

The lesser known grape permitted in France's Burgundy
G1 1999 Bourgogne Aligote, Pierre Morey [D3-354]
G2 1994 Bourgogne Aligote, Andre Guillenard-Pothier [D3-351]
     
     
     
     
 
PINOT GRIS

Also known as Pinot Grigio in Italy
H1 2007 Pinot Grigio Principato Italy
H2 2008 Pinot Gris Babich Marlborough New Zealand
H3 2007 Pinot Grigio Le Rosse Tommasi
     
     
     
 
RIESLING

Powerful white wine that makes great wine from dry to sweet
I1 2006 Alsace Riesling Arthur Metz [P1-402]
I2 2007 Riesling Gunderloch Germany [P1-410]
I3 2007 Riesling J B Wagoner, Rheingau Germany [P1-404]
I4 2006 Riesling Villa Loosen, Mosel Germany [P1-408]
I5 1999 Brundlmayer Zobinger Heiligenstein, Riesling Alte Reben Oostenrijk, Austria [O2-103]
I6 1979 Mulheimer Sonnenlay Spatlese Riesling, Heinrich Kriebs Germany [P1-265]