Wine and Jubilees for Jack Nicklaus and the Queen

Next month’s U.S. Open Golf Championship will mark a Golden Jubilee for the Golden Bear—the 50th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus’ first victory, an 18-hole playoff win over Arnold Palmer at the 1962 U.S. Open held at Oakmont. It will also mark the debut of Nicklaus’ newest wine, the first of a limited-edition series of magnums planned for the next 18 years and commemorating each of Nicklaus’ record 18 major victories. Nicklaus’ first foray into wine was certainly in the high-end range, priced at $45 to $55 a bottle, but with this new endeavor he’s reaching for the stars (or at least the heights of 7’6″ basketball legend Yao Ming, who was able to sell out all of his inaugural $625 Napa Cabernet with the help of the Chinese market). The debut bottling of Nicklaus’ new Napa Valley Bordeaux-style blend, priced at $600, comes from the 2009 vintage; each of the 1,000 available magnums comes in a wooden case with a letter signed by the Golden Bear himself. Do not expect the letter to persuade your spouse that this was any more important a purchase than the three new golf clubs you’ve already bought this spring.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert sampled the wares before their induction into the Brotherhood.
• Never say Unfiltered is not a source for Royal Watch. On a recent trip to Vila Nova de Gaia, we learned that a certain Monégasque princess had mentioned a preference for Port to her newlywed husband. Calls were made. Schedules were cleared. A private jet touched down in Porto, and Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene, HSH Prince Albert II and nephew Pierre Casiraghi debarked, heading straight for the Ramos Pinto lodge in the historic Port district. After a tour and tasting to learn the finer points of tawny and vintage with Jorge Rosas and his cousin, winemaker João Nicolau de Almeida, the Royals sat down for a private lunch in the lodge, where the answer to the age-old conundrum (“what to serve when a prince and princess come to lunch”) was revealed: Serve fresh, serve local, serve something they never knew existed. In this case, it was shad “cooper style,” prepared by an ex-barrel maker who smoked the shad for 48 hours over Port-drenched sawdust from the staves of old casks. Try and find that in Monaco. But the real showstopper was the Ramos Pinto 1923 Vintage Port served at the end of the meal. “There was a quite spectacular silence in the room,” Rosas told Unfiltered. 1923 is the late Prince Rainier III’s year of birth. The royals were then inducted into the Port Wine Brotherhood.
Unfiltered donned a hardhat at the Graham’s lodge to check out the spacious restaurant and museum under construction with sales director Euan Mackay, only to learn the Symingtons had their own bit of Royal Headline News. Their Graham’s 1952 Single Harvest Tawny Port, with only six casks left in existence, has just been bottled in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, marking her ascension to the throne in 1952. It’s available through Berry Brothers & Rudd in individually numbered bottles, priced at £275 each (or about $434; one of 30 jeroboams can be had for about $2,850). Cunard has ordered the Port for their Three Queens Jubilee event in Southampton June 5. The “striking mahogany wine” is described by Berry Brothers’ Simon Field MW as having “an extraordinary aromatic intensity, redolent of old libraries, autumnal bonfires and distant poetry … Notes of molasses, dried apricot, figs and clove dance across the palate, elegant and symphonic in their structure, dignified and profound.” If that isn’t a tasting note fit for a Queen, we don’t know what is.
• We here at Unfiltered are no strangers to wine-loving musicians or music-loving winemakers, so we’re psyched about the Great GoogaMooga, a combo wine, food and music festival from the creators of Bonaroo and Outside Lands that will happen this weekend in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. “The Great Googa what?” you might ask? (And rightly so.) We brought the question to festival wine director Peter Eastlake when we chatted with him about the event. “’Googamooga’ is from an old Lee Dorsey song. It means, “that’s great,” or “wow.” It’s a seemingly non-sensical word that embodied what the festival is about.” The sprawling festival will bring together top restaurants in the city (including DBGB from Wine Spectator cover model Daniel Boulud), over 30 winemakers from the likes of Palmina and Tablas Creek, and a music line-up headlined by the Roots and Hall & Oates. General admission tickets have sold out, but $250 VIP “Extra Mooga” passes, which get you unlimited food and wine and access to private masterclass-type wine-and-food seminars are still available.

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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.

Things to do in Clark Philippines and Pampanga: do a little wine shopping at the famous wine shop outside of Manila called Clark Wine Center. One of the favorite places to visit in Pampanga Clark Freeport is the white building along M A Roxas highway of Clark which houses over 2000 selections of fine vintage wines. The Clark Wine Center is one of the places to visit, a tourist spot and a good shopping place for those staying in Angeles City, Subic or Clark Pampanga. It is lauded by food and wine lovers in Manila, Subic and Pampanga as the best wine shop outside Manila as well as a good place to buy wine in Pampanga.

Residents of Pampanga Angeles City, Subic, Tarlac and Clark Philippines know of this wine shop as one of the best places in Clark, a good night out place and simply the best place to hang out, enjoy some good wine with cheese on the roof deck with good atmosphere, or just relax and unwind with friends and family in a cool place. This wine shop in Clark Pampanga is recognized by many to be one of the best places to buy fine vintage wine in the Philippines. Located near Mimosa Leisure Estate surrounded by golf courses, resorts and a casino, this well known wine shop is frequently visited for its good selection of wine not available in Manila or Subic. Clark Wine Center is open 7 days a week from 10am to 8pm. Private dinners, wine tastings and group gatherings can be organized by advanced reservation.

Foodies and wine lovers travel north from Manila to wine and dine at Philippines’ best fine dining restaurant in Pampanga Clark Freeport worth the 60-minutes drive for a memorable evening of good food with vintage wine at Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar. Most guests would stop by this famous wine shop called Clark Wine Center to bring home a few good bottles of fine vintage wine also. Other visitors may find the wine selections in some of the restaurants in Angeles City Pampanga to be less than interesting, so they stop by this wine shop near Angeles City Pampanga Clark Philippines, buy some good wines and bring these bottles of good vintage wines to the restaurants so they can enjoy the dinner.

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 which is lauded by wine and food lovers from Manila and tourists from abroad as the best place to buy wine in Pampanga.

This is one of the frequently visited places for wine lovers from Manila and Angeles City to buy wines in Pampanga.

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

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

Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.

Click here to contact Clark Wine Center in Clark Pampanga for inquiries and orders.

Yats Leisure Philippines

Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

Tel: 0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

Wine@Yats-International.com

YATS Wine Cellars
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Road, Ortigas Centger,
Metro Manila, Philippines 1605

Tel: (632) 637-5019 0917-540-3626 ask for Rea or Chay

Log on to this web site for more information about Yats Wine Cellars as the leading wine importer and wine supplier in the Philippines:

ats Wine Cellars Leading Wine Supplier in Philippines

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While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. Highly recommended fine dining restaurant in Manila for special occasion is Yats Restaurant & Wine Lounge located in the famous Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clark Pampanga. Situated near this popular restaurant in Clark is the Mimosa Golf Course as well as the Mimosa Clark Casino. This top rated restaurant near Angeles City Pampanga in Clark Philippines is frequently used for private parties and corporate functions such as board meetings and other gatherings. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com

YATS Leisure Philippines is a developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine shops in Clark Angeles Philippines http://www.YatsLeisure.com

Looking for famous tourists spots, places to visit and see, relax and unwind in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines? You may want to check out these sites also:

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Besides good restaurants to wine and dine near Manila, Subic or in Angeles City Pampanga, Clark Philippines, those requiring assistance for hotel and resort bookings in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines may log on to http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com for more information and reservations.

The lifestyle in Clark Pampanga is quite unique. For more information about shopping, sports, golf, leisure, hotel accommodation, where to see and visit, what to do, where to wine and dine and good places to hang out, relax, have a drink with friends, child-friendly establishments, log on to
http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com

Wine lovers looking for a special bottle or something that is of great value and special discounts might log on to this web site to shop for fine vintage wines
http://www.YatsWineCellars.com

Those visitors who plan to relax and unwind in Angeles City, Subic, Pampanga, Clark Philippines might make an effort to book a room at the famous beach and lake resort Clearwater Resort & Country Club. This famous hotel in Clark Pampanga is frequently visited by families with children looking for a good place in Clark to see, a good holiday destination for the family to relax and unwind in the beautiful outdoor facilities. For more information, log on to
www.ClearwaterPhilippines.com

Buy wine in Tagaytay, Cavite, 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. They are also great wines to include in wine gift baskets for delivery in the Philippines. If you are thinking of buying wines to give as gift in the Philippines, then contact Yats Wine Cellars now because they offer special vintage wines suitable as gift at all price points. Since most of these wines are not available in Manila, these wine gifts are excellent choices for corporate gifts as well as wine gifts for personal and social purposes. These can be wines or wine baskets.