Wine tasting and wine pairing events abound year on year and so the prospect of having the first Wines & Spirits Auction excites me...and hopefully the rest of Manila's wines and spirits enthusiasts.
Happening on Thursday, March 24, 7 pm, at the Mandarin Oriental Manila Ballroom, over 50 Lots will be auctioned at the event including several wines that have been cited in Wine Spectator's Auction Index, a composite of average prices for selected benchmark wines sold at commercial auctions around the world. These include some wonderful Bordeauxs such as a 1986 Château Lafite Rothschild (95 points), 1994 Château Latour (94 points), 1999 Château Mouton-Rothschild (90 points), 2000 Château Léoville-Las Cases (100 points) and 1989 Château Pichon-Longueville-Lalande (94 points) and also some great California Cabernets including half cases of 2006 Opus One Napa Valley (93 points), 1999 and 2006 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Reserve (96-95 points, respectively).
Other spotlight Lots are Penfolds Grange, Australia's iconic and most collectible wine. Some of the rare Lots up for sale are a lively octagenarian wine, a 1929 Gerard Bertrand Maury; Laphroaig 30 YO Single Malt Whisky, winner of several medals at the 2005 San Francisco wines and spirits event; personally signed magnum bottles of Geroges Debeouf special cuvée wines from 2009 (known as the vintage of a lifetime); and a Louis XIII specially aged rare Cognac. Several surprise Lots of good value will also be auctioned. Expected to be a fun evening, the event will start off with a tasting of some 100 wines from 12 different vineyards from Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Italy, Spain, South Africa and the US. The wines will be paired with a cocktail buffet prepared by the chefs of the Mandarin Oriental. Also aiming to be an informative ocassion for newbies, participation and commentary of some of the country’s most respected wine experts will be part of the programme, plus representatives from select wineries will be on hand to answer questions and share more information on the wines they represent.
Lots on auction were previewed at an inaugural cocktail last March 22 at the Salcedo Auctions in Tordesillas Street in Makati, with a lecture on "Old World vs New World Wines: Differences and Similarities" from wine connoisseurs Atty. Noel Ermitaño and Jay Labrador.
All Lots are posted at http://www.forthtay.com and http://www.salcedoauctions.com with printed and downloadable catalogues also available. Bids can be placed in person or by phone on the day of the auction.
Happening on Thursday, March 24, 7 pm, at the Mandarin Oriental Manila Ballroom, over 50 Lots will be auctioned at the event including several wines that have been cited in Wine Spectator's Auction Index, a composite of average prices for selected benchmark wines sold at commercial auctions around the world. These include some wonderful Bordeauxs such as a 1986 Château Lafite Rothschild (95 points), 1994 Château Latour (94 points), 1999 Château Mouton-Rothschild (90 points), 2000 Château Léoville-Las Cases (100 points) and 1989 Château Pichon-Longueville-Lalande (94 points) and also some great California Cabernets including half cases of 2006 Opus One Napa Valley (93 points), 1999 and 2006 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Reserve (96-95 points, respectively).
Other spotlight Lots are Penfolds Grange, Australia's iconic and most collectible wine. Some of the rare Lots up for sale are a lively octagenarian wine, a 1929 Gerard Bertrand Maury; Laphroaig 30 YO Single Malt Whisky, winner of several medals at the 2005 San Francisco wines and spirits event; personally signed magnum bottles of Geroges Debeouf special cuvée wines from 2009 (known as the vintage of a lifetime); and a Louis XIII specially aged rare Cognac. Several surprise Lots of good value will also be auctioned. Expected to be a fun evening, the event will start off with a tasting of some 100 wines from 12 different vineyards from Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Italy, Spain, South Africa and the US. The wines will be paired with a cocktail buffet prepared by the chefs of the Mandarin Oriental. Also aiming to be an informative ocassion for newbies, participation and commentary of some of the country’s most respected wine experts will be part of the programme, plus representatives from select wineries will be on hand to answer questions and share more information on the wines they represent.
Lots on auction were previewed at an inaugural cocktail last March 22 at the Salcedo Auctions in Tordesillas Street in Makati, with a lecture on "Old World vs New World Wines: Differences and Similarities" from wine connoisseurs Atty. Noel Ermitaño and Jay Labrador.
All Lots are posted at http://www.forthtay.com and http://www.salcedoauctions.com with printed and downloadable catalogues also available. Bids can be placed in person or by phone on the day of the auction.
Manila’s First Wines & Spirits Auction is hosted by Forth & Tay, the Philippines' leading direct merchant of fine wines and spirits together with Salcedo Auctions, the country's premier auction house and the Mandarin Oriental Manila. Part of the proceeds of this first auction will go to the Virlanie Foundation.
Entrance for the tasting, cocktail buffet and auction is P1,500. For reservations, you may contact Amz@forthtay.com or at telephone 828-1067 or mobile 0917-5599841.
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