November 27, 2010

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Every year, over the weekend comprising the third Sunday of November, Beaune hosts the most famous charity wine auction in the world. Professionals, connaisseurs and those who simply appreciate wine make a date to meet for the 3 days of festivities, in pure Burgundy tradition.

150th Hospices de Beaune wine auction, an age-old celebration

Every year, over the weekend comprising the third Sunday of November, Beaune hosts the most famous charity wine auction in the world. Professionals, connaisseurs and those who simply appreciate wine make a date to meet for the 3 days of festivities, in pure Burgundy tradition.

Visitors can participate in tasting sessions in the wine cellar of the Hospices de Beaune / Credits: Jean Baptiste Rabouan – hemis.fr

150th Hospices de Beaune wine auction

From November 19 2010 to November 21 2010

Beaune

In the heart of Burgundy, Beaune is the wine capital and the domaine des hospices wine estate is its historic emblem. Since the 15th century, the wines of Beaune and the hospices convey the unique flavours of the Burgundy soil. These highly sought-after wines are renowned all over the world, particularly thanks to a charity auction organised for the past 150 years devoted to the joy of sampling the wines and discovering the riches produced in the region’s soil.

The weekend is also the opportunity to organise various other associated festivities: street shows, gala dinners, concerts, and prestigious sampling sessions, all culminating in the high point which is this Sunday’s wine auction. This year, 64 vintage year wines will be on sale, which means around 650 bottles. Including an exceptional bottle, traditionally proposed by the hospices de Beaune, which will be auctioned in aid of a charity ‘For Life’ offering ‘Hope against Cancer’ called ‘Association pour la Vie – Espoir contre le Cancer’ (A.V.E.C).

Further information

• The 150th Hospices de Beaune wine auction, on the website of the Town of Beaune
• The full programme of festivities (pdf), on the event organiser’s website
• The history of the Hospices de Beaune wine auction
• Beaune Committee website (Comité des Fêtes et du Développement de Beaune et du Pays Beaunois)
• Beaune Tourist Office website
• Town of Beaune website

Source: http://www.france.fr/en/visiting/art-living/vineyards-and-discoveries/evenement/150th-hospices-de-beaune-wine-auction-age-old-celebration

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices.  Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world.  As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years.  Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

Wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhone, Loire, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Alsace, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Chile and Argentina etc. are well represented in this Clark Wine Shop.

For more information, email Wine@Yats-International.com or visit http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Buy wine in Cebu, Philippines at good wine shops and boutique wine stores that offer good selection of good vintage wines at all price points. Wine lovers in Philippines can find good red wines in wine shops in Manila and Pampanga. Among the good selections of French red wines from Bordeaux are Chateau Gloria, Chateau Lafite, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Petrus, Chateau Lynch Bages, Chateau Latour, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau Ausone, Chateau le Pin, Chateau Palmer, Chateau Pontet Canet, Chateau Carruades de Lafite, Chateau les Forts de Latour, Chateau Pichon Lalande. This makes it easy and convenient for wine lovers to buy wine in Manila. Manila wine and food lovers looking for things to do in Pampanga and Manila can consider attending one of these wine events. The best way to learn more about wine in the Philippines is to attend public wine tasting events that have no sponsors.

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.