As the year comes to a close, we are reminded of our beginnings and the many trials we needed to endure to get to this point. This has been a very fruitful year for a small wine brand from an obscure part of the world, a product of years of 60-hour work weeks and the…

Basi del Diablo’s pure sugarcane wine Basi Puro is now available at Mang Bartek Bar and Grill, one of Quezon City’s newly opened watering holes. Apart from the Ilocano table wine, Mang Bartek also serves cold beer as well as a range of non-alcoholic beverages. What is most intriguing about Mang Bartek is the menu…

We can plant trees again and we can always rebuild. What we can never replace are the lives claimed by the storm and the landslides and flooding that came after. We know that this message will not bring them back. We also know that words of comfort have never comforted the bereaved but even if this is so, please know that we will do what we can to ensure that your children and ours will not experience a force this destructive once our generation leaves this world.

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos signed an Executive Order that prohibits the use of alcohol during typhoon Ompong. As the province and the rest of Luzon are bracing for what is described as a “super typhoon,” the Governor’s Office released a liquor ban advisory for Ilocos Norte residents. Basi del Diablo Wines and Salucop Group…

The burden of having to carry around useless information everywhere you go is real and we intend to make that burden heavier by handing over a few more that you might use at one point or will never use at all. Don’t you just love the mystery? First, let’s take a look at what sparkling…

Vietnamese restaurant Saigon Corner PH now carries Basi del Diablo Wines’ Virginia Blush and the owners are pairing the wine with their signature rolls and other wonderful dishes. The two companies are now working together to promote authentic Vietnamese cuisine and Filipino wine, a pairing akin to the friendship between Filipinos and their Vietnamese neighbours….

Alcohol helps improve memory, according to researchers from the University of Exeter. While the cause is not fully understood, Professor Celia Morgan told the Telegraph that their “research not only showed that those who drank alcohol did better when repeating the word-learning task, but that this effect was stronger among those who drank more.” The study…

Marco Polo once said that sugarcane wine is “very good and it quickly makes you drunk” but this age-old wine is not very well known which led me to writing a quick guide on sugarcane wine, particularly basi, sugarcane wine produced in the Philippines. Basi is called sugarcane wine in the Philippines. There are various…

A research project spanning a decade found that married couples who drink together stay married longer while those who do not have the same drinking habits are not as happy. The study led by Dr. Kira Birditt of the University of Michigan compiled interviews of over 2,7000 married couples and the results were later published in…