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Bali's miracle: Turning wine into hand sanitizer

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 09:28 PM

Pharmacists on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali are tackling a shortage of anti-coronavirus hand sanitizer by making their own unique, tropical version -- from thousands of liters of fermented palm wine.  Read more »

LOOK! We made a list of where to order cooked food and groceries without leaving your house

Nana Ozaeta
Updated as of Mar 16 04:08 PM

If you’re stuck at home to ride out the pandemic, you’ll be thankful for the following options that allow you to order your food via website, app, or a simple phone call. Read more »

Here’s a cool way to enjoy wine—bring your glass, ride a jeepney, and drink among friends

Ankrizel Santos
Posted at Mar 06 05:35 PM

The Jeepney Wine Tour by AWC Philippines brought a diverse group of people around BGC for a fun-filled discovery and appreciation of wines from around the world. Read more »

This Napa Valley veteran is filling up the bottles for this new Filipino wine brand

Feliciano Rodriguez III
Updated as of Mar 05 06:59 PM

Napa Valley winemaker Rudy Zuidema created seven new wine variants for new Filipino brand Napa de Oro. Read more »

Sourdough, wine & osso bucco: We found a hidden touch of Europe in the heart of Tomas Morato

Nana Ozaeta
Updated as of Feb 18 03:39 PM

There’s less reason for QC folk to battle traffic going south when spots like Sourdough Café and its sibling Glass Wine Lounge are thriving in their neighborhood Read more »

Beer, wine, spirit makers pledge age-restriction labels on drinks

Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 08:20 AM

The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) say age-restriction symbols or wording would be in place in all markets by 2024.   Read more »

As Trump tariffs loom, US wine lovers battle tech giants

Douglas Gillison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 10:22 AM

President Donald Trump last month threatened to punish Paris for a new tax on tech giants like Netflix and Amazon, unveiling sky-high retaliatory duties on about $2.4 billion in French wines, makeup and leather handbags.   Read more »

PH health official: Local gov't units, FDA must cooperate to regulate high-risk products like coconut wine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 08:20 PM

The Philippine health department urges local government units to work closely with the Food and Drug Administration in regulating high-risk products like coconut wine or 'lambanog' following deaths linked to the drink. DOH spokesperson Eric Domingo adds the FDA is in dire need of more product inspectors. He also reminds the public to consume only FDA-approved items.  Read more »

Duterte orders probe on lambanog poisoning in Luzon: Justice secretary

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 03:09 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe several lambanog poisoning incidents in Luzon during the Christmas holiday, a Cabinet official said Friday. Read more »

Lambanog standards eyed after 400 hospitalized during Christmas holidays

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 10:35 PM

The government is eyeing to regulate backyard breweries that produce palm wine or lambanog after 17 people were killed while 400 others were hospitalized after consuming the local liquor, a Health official said Friday. Read more »

4th lambanog drinker dies in Quezon town

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 05:56 PM

A fourth patient died after drinking "lambanog" or palm wine in Candelaria, Quezon during the Christmas festivities, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

Australian bush fires engulf southern wine region

Reuters
Posted at Dec 24 07:48 AM

Uncontrolled fires that ripped through Australia's southern state this week have engulfed some of the region's vineyards, forcing winemakers to take to social media to plead for donations. Read more »

Here’s your chance to sample over 300 wines at the Philippines’ best-curated wine affair

Nana Ozaeta
Posted at Dec 04 01:48 PM

Manila Uncorked 2019 brings together the country’s top sommeliers and wine suppliers for what could be the ultimate wine tasting experience. Read more »

The PH’s two top wine pros are vying for the Southeast Asian sommelier crown

Marilen Fontanilla
Posted at Dec 04 01:48 PM

At this year’s “SEA Games” for sommeliers, Filipino “next gen” sommeliers Ian Santos and Odie Pineda are pitting their wine knowledge and service skills against their Southeast Asian counterparts. Read more »

12 wines under P1,500 to bring to your next holiday party

Cyrene de la Rosa
Posted at Nov 29 10:56 AM

Should you bring a cheap or expensive wine to your dinner party? The solution may be to go for the middle ground with this selection of 12 good quality yet affordable wines that even your wine loving friends will enjoy. Read more »

QC eats: There's more to Sourdough Cafe than trendy bread

Barbie Salvador-Muhlach
Posted at Nov 20 05:49 AM

Sourdough bread seems to be all the rage in Manila's trendy food scene these days, thanks perhaps to its return to tradition and probiotic features.  Read more »

Fil-Am celebrity sommelier resigns after being accused of sexual assault

Julia Moskin, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 08 09:51 AM

Sommelier Anthony Cailan, who was a rising star in the wine world, has resigned from the downtown Manhattan hotel where he worked, after a New York Times report last week in which several women said he had sexually assaulted them. Read more »

Great quality substitutes for the iconic French wines you can’t afford

Gail Sotelo
Posted at Nov 08 08:36 AM

While there really is no replacement for France’s most famous wines, this wine consultant and lecturer says you can always pretend you’re drinking them with these great quality (and less expensive) substitutes Read more »

Fil-Am celebrity sommelier accused of sexual assault

Julia Moskin, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 05 05:04 PM

On Sept. 10, Wine & Spirits magazine posted an image of its October cover on Instagram. Behind the bold type — “BEST NEW SOMMS” — was the smiling face of Anthony Cailan, a sommelier named by his peers as a future leader of the $300 billion global wine business. Read more »

From arack to alak: How our wines and spirits figured in key moments of our history

Jam Pascual
Updated as of Aug 13 09:40 AM

There’s more to our heritage than Red Horse. An expert on Philippine libations tells us how our colonial past influenced many facets of our culture, including the ways we drink. Read more »