So you want to open a wine bar?
March 15, 2011
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First and foremost a wine bar must sell good wine. While making the rounds for the “best of” review, a few friends and I sat down for some glasses at a well-designed, but remotely situated, newcomer to the wine bar scene. We started off with some whites and a couple were bad and I mean bad–not corked–but bad. We actually sent two of the offending wines around the table for a vote on the worst. After tasting mine, someone remarked that it might go well with a communion wafer. The rest of the wines that we tried that night never were able to overcome the taste of the first glasses of plonk. The wine bar’s first responsibility is to serve good wine. And for those that don’t: uh, duh.
Rotation rotation rotation
In keeping with the wine focus at a wine bar, variety really helps bring a little zip to the experience. There’s a wine bar just down the street from where I live and it’s a pretty great spot to call your local wine bar, but they never change the menu. And I mean never. A place that’s way in the hell downtown, next to a rundown area where zombies come out after dark, there’s a spot that offers flights (flights!) with two different themes every month, often themes that offer an introduction to a less commonly known varietal or wine producing part of the world. I had a flight from Portugal that was a real eye-opener.
Snacky snacks
I think that serving food at a wine bar can be a dicey proposition. I mean where do you stop? Maybe anything grander than a panini marks you as a restaurant masquerading as a wine bar. Olives, cheese, bread, salami, nuts offer a perfect level of food complement to the wine people are drinking. Not offering food is cruel. Anyone who has had a couple glasses of particularly acidic pinot noir on an empty stomach can attest to this. Also, as far as I can tell, wine tastes better with food, always.
What am I drinking?
Going to a wine bar with a knowledgeable staff that is excited about wine really adds to an experience. The staff at the wine bar with flights mentioned earlier is practically foaming at the mouth to tell you about any of the wines on their list, particularly the monthly changing flights. Their enthusiasm is infectious and when you get excited about wine while drinking it, you’ve found yourself a fine equation for a good time.
Wine Bar, Not a Bar Bar
A few atmospheric elements set a wine bar apart from a regular bar. There’s natural light. The music isn’t too loud. And there aren’t any trolls. Break any of these axioms and your headed straight for a date with a pool table that’s always breaking and a stopped-up toilet that someone didn’t bother to notice.
These days it seems like everyone is starting a wine bar. After seeing a number of the current incarnations, I think that it’s only a matter of time before we see an evolution in wine bars that will make a pleasant experience even better. For the time being, a little searching is likely to land you at a good spot.
Source: http://www.intowine.com/so-you-want-open-wine-bar
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An excellent wine list is not just about 1st growth and cult Cabernet but a seemingly unending selection of affordable aged vintage wines that are not available anywhere else, not even in the best wine shops around town. Yats Restaurant has just that.
Visitors to Clark Philippines and Angeles City no longer suffer from lack of choices for places to eat out or wine and dine. Clark Philippines reviewed over 50 establishments and came up with three top choices in guide to best restaurant in Clark Freeport
Clark Philippines lists Top Three Restaurants in the Clark Freeport Zone and Angeles City areas of Philippines Pampanga province. Clark Freeport is a bustling new cosmopolitan city complete with its own Clark International Airport.
Topping the list is the famous fine-dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar located inside Mimosa Leisure Estate of Philippines Clark Freeport.
This restaurant in Pampanga Philippines is highly recommended by food critics and frequent diners in Manila as a place to wine and dine in Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. Although it is a famous fine dining restaurant with an award winning 3000-line restaurant wine list, Yats Restaurant is also a popular restaurant for family with children. Aside from French Mediterranean haute cuisine, this restaurant also serves healthy food and the best vegetarian cuisines in the Philippines.
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Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines
How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Philippines? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.
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