A respected Hong Kong wine connoisseur perfectly summed up the essence of Château Haut-Bailly by saying, “You know a person knows his wine…
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How I Spent My Vacation
by Gail Sotelo January 18, 2017The latter part of 2016 was a blur of activity… Apart from the usual holiday rush, there were back-to-back events, several deadlines, and……
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New Year, Clean Slate
by Gail Sotelo January 11, 2017I believe in starting the year with a clean slate, so here’s my first confession of the year: I struggled with this article.…
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2shotsandapint would like to wish everyone HAPPY HOLIDAYS! With that in mind, we would like to announce a couple of things… First, that…
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On People, Personalities, and Wine – Part 2: Château du Tertre and Château Giscours
by Gail Sotelo November 18, 2016It takes a certain level of passionate storytelling, poetic eloquence, amazing visualisation, empathy, enthusiasm, and technical skill to translate wine from simple abstract…
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On People, Personalities, and Wine – Part1: Château-Figeac
by Gail Sotelo October 21, 2016One of the things that greatly fascinate me about wine is the fact that the oftentimes, it is a reflection of the personality…
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I admit that I purposefully decided years ago not to have Bordeaux on top of my “wine regions to visit” list, for the…
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L’art du partage (The Art of Sharing)
by Gail Sotelo October 5, 2016Anthony Bourdain once said in his Paris episode of The Layover that the biggest mistake anyone could make (and a surefire way to have…
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I finally finished editing my Parisian article. I admit I did a Hemingway and tweaked it over and over again until I was satisfied with…
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Finally home in Manila. I’m a little exhausted from the flight and forcing myself to adapt to the time difference. I promise to…