Santa Claus is known around the world by children as old as 90 but unfortunately, this endearing fellow with his white beard and flaming red clothes has never been seen in any available chimney in places where those things are built. While St. Nicholas existed, he is long gone but the toy dispenser extraordinaire based on…
Author: Sigrid Salucop
For The Love Of Pie! Make Some This Christmas
I have come to learn that making pie crust is a total pain when you’re in a tropical country. It gets too hot here to make it work unless you do it fast enough or so says me – the amateur baker. I did it anyway because I LOVE PIE! Who doesn’t love pie?
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Basi del Diablo Wines Joins 13th Global Pinoy Bazaar
Basi del Diablo Wines will participate in the 13th Global Pinoy Bazaar to be held at Rockwell Tent, Makati City on August 8 to 9, 2015 (Saturday and Sunday). The bazaar will open at 10am and close its doors by 9pm on both dates.
Basi: The Wine That Inspired A Rebellion
Basi (sugar cane wine) goes as far back as pre-colonial Philippines making this unique wine one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the tropical country. While this Ilocano table wine has been in existence for centuries, my family only started making basi in 1906 but because of its long history, the alcoholic drink comes with a number…
El Primer Vino Blanco de Basi del Diablo
Basidina, una parte de la Colección de Oro, es el primer vino blanco de Basi del Diablo. Este vino exquisito esta derivado de la caña de azúcar, es crujiente y muy suave. Se envejece a temperatura controlada en nuestras tinajas, que son de color más claro en comparación con las jarras que utilizamos en el…
Bottled Poetry
Making wine is an art form and my canvas is the hilly region of the northern Philippines. My medium -sugar cane. I’m a fourth generation winemaker but I didn’t go to school for this. I went to university with dreams of becoming a lawyer. Then life happened and I realised that I was set to…
Basidina
A part of Coleccion de Oro, Basidina is the first white wine from Basi del Diablo. This exquisite sugar cane-based wine is crisp and has a smooth finish. It is aged in temperature-controlled clay jars that are lighter in colour compared to earthenware we use for our other products. The sugar cane stalks used for this…
Ambaristo
Basi del Diablo’s Ambaristo, named after the Ilocano man who led the Basi Revolt of 1807 Saralogo Ambaristo, is light fermented sugar cane with wild berries and plum. Aged between 6 to 12 months in temperature-controlled earthenware, this alcoholic beverage is made from ingredients grown in our farm. ABV 12% to 15% depending on the…
Virginia Blush
Virginia Blush is a sweet sugar cane-based wine made from sugar cane grown in the Ilocos region. It is fermented with apples and a tinge of rose. The sugar cane stalks used in this wine were grown in Batac, Ilocos Norte and were aged together with apples. Fermentation takes between 6 to 12 months in…