For me, a mark of a great wine dinner is its ability to bring back great memories. It could be achieved in many ways… Having to dine with good people that you haven’t seen in a long time, conversations that call to mind beautiful experiences, or, for me at least, food and wine pairing combinations that call to mind phenomenal gastronomic encounters.
One such dinner with Trivento wines held in Mirèio restaurant in Raffles, Makati last 5 September. I managed to catch up with the label’s winemaker Maximilliano Ortiz (who I met in a lunch the previous year), Sofia Kitouni, Marketing Manager for Trivento Asia (who also managed to keep me abreast with the food scene in Shanghai), Edna Diaz of Best World Beverages Inc., Consul Annette Ablan (who interviewed me for her show once), George Sarakinis, Becky Garcia, and Manila wine legend Cecile Mauricio… All of whom I consider to be some of the best dinner buddies in the country.
