Wine For Your Wedding

Interested in getting a farm-to-table wine for your wedding? How about getting a personalised bottle of wine for this special occasion?

Teleperformance Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Teleperformance, a leader in the Philippine BPO industry, celebrated 20 years of Filipino Pride on April 28th, 2016.

Basi del Diablo Wines produced and bottled the company’s commemorative wine using the label designed by Teleperformance.

The Basics Of Wine Tasting

Some say wine tasting is an art form. Don’t worry though because we will show you the ropes. Just remember that any wine tasting event should be fun.

Basi Puro: Why Isn’t It Called Wine?

When I watch films, I always root for the underdog – the one they call ugly, the one they deem odd, the one who doesn’t fit in. And it seems that I have developed the same taste for my wine. I am a wine drinker and I love those that come from what wine experts…

Filipino Wines Sans The Grapes

With a standard tropical maritime climate complete with high humidity, high temperatures and a lot of rain, the Philippines is a biodiversity hotspot. There are thousands of plant species in this nation that one would be in awe in learning about them and seeing them. Unfortunately, grapes are not grown here. Some do survive but…

Sugarcane Wine: Back To Basics

Raw sugarcane juice is heavenly. It’s sweet, refreshing, and offers a range of health benefits. Add some yeast to it and you get a throat-raking liquor but if controlled, it can be turned into a fine wine – a wine with 15% alcohol content. But don’t worry, this type of wine won’t assault your senses…

People Who Don’t Drink Alcohol Likely To Die Young Says New Study

A new study shows that people who drink alcohol on a regular basis will likely have longer lives than people who don’t. The study, described by the Business Insider as a “tightly controlled” one, involved individuals ages 55 to 65 whose drinking habits were recorded over a 20-year period taking into account variables such as…

Dark Chocolate For Basi Puro? Oh Yes!

Pure sugar cane wine surprisingly goes well with dark chocolate and even goes very well with chocolate with a bit of chili in the mix. I just found out recently after hosting a small wine party with a few friends here in Manila. As one would expect, I found this incredibly amazing. Basi Puro, Basi…

Pastries, An Alarming Amount Of Butter, And Basi

I made croissants the other day and used a lot of butter because it calls for a lot of butter. A voice inside my head said it is an alarming amount and what I’d be eating is akin to a heart attack on a plate. Because of this, I postponed eating croissants or baking them…

The Drunkest Job, Why I Envy Winemakers

I love wine, I gotta tell you that but while drinking wine is one of life’s greatest pleasures, winemaking is possibly the best, most romantic job ever. Basi del Diablo’s CEO and winemaker has the kind of job that screams fun. Of course, there’s some paperwork that need to be done among other things that an…