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…

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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…

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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.

My Sophisticated Rebellion

My love affair with wine started when I was in my late teens. It was a bottle of red wine shared with a few friends and I felt more sophisticated than ever, at least at the time. It was a little rebellion that many experience at such an age but I am sharing this with…

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WHEN THE DIABLO IS NOT THE DIABLO

Irony. That’s what hit me on my face when I first encountered the name Basi del Diablo.  Sure enough, I wasn’t alone. Sigrid tells me of people in the Philippines who shunned supporting the product because of its name. But what’s in a name? Firstly, I suppose it separates the wheat from the chaff.  Would…

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Pasta And A Bottle Of Virginia Blush

Virginia Blush is a cane-based wine fermented with apples and rose and today, I am making pasta to go with it. This wine is delicate and can be drank on its own. It is also rather versatile. Perhaps the best pasta dish that goes with Virginia Blush is your usual bolognese. With that said, I…

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My Mother’s Avocado Salad

Comfort food almost always spell rich dishes that remind us of good memories. This can be your grandmother’s chicken soup or your mother’s shepherd’s pie. One particular dish that I have always loved is my mother’s avocado salad. Growing up in Spain where avocados are cultivated in almost every backyard, our family never ran out of…

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Vinous Faux Pas, Women And Wine

A few weeks ago, I went out to dinner at a luxury hotel in Hong Kong. I was with the parents since I rarely allow them to go out on their own -to the annoyance of my father. When we got a table, I unceremoniously sat myself down. The parents did the same. Sumptuous-sounding dishes…

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How To Pair Wine or Basi With Vegetables

Love veggies? Know what kind of wine to pair with your favourite vegetables. Original Basi & Sake Original basi and sake can be paired with peppery greens, kimchi, mushrooms, apples, and celery. Sparkling Wine Sparkling wine the likes of Champagne, Prosecco, and Cava go well with truffles, avocado, asparagus, strawberries, and citrus. Crisp Whites Basidina,…

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