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Best Picked Wines for Various Occasions: How To Choose The Right Wine [2022]

We Filipinos are known for our gleeful disposition and our proclivity towards celebrating special occasions and monumental events in our lives. We often gather together to celebrate with our family and friends, cook sumptuous meals, and accentuate our homes with ornaments and decorations to imbue it with a festive vibe.


During these occasions, food takes center stage. Dishes are usually family recipes that have been passed down from one generation to another. Potlucks are common and contribute to a sense of warm fellowship and merriment. Of course, any celebration won’t be complete without wine. Regardless of the occasion, who can say no to wine?


Here we reveal the best wines in the Philippines for 2022, all of which are tailored for specific occasions to make your celebration more fun and memorable.


Anniversaries

Reaching a specific year or celebrating a special milestone deserves a celebration. This way you get to reminisce about all the progress you’ve made and the many things to look forward to in years to come. On these occasions, you can opt for champagne and sparkling wines which embody human relationship. Each bottle of those is imbued with its own special grapes, much like any human relationship that is fortified from a myriad of several small moments that make it increasingly great as time passes by.


If you are looking for the best quality value champagne and sparkling wines in town, you can check these roster of spark offered by Txanton:

  • Torello Txanton 150 Grapes Bubbly Limited Edition for PHP 1595

  • Torello Pali.lid Brut Reserva 2018 for PHP 1595

  • Torello Brut Reserva for PHP 1395

  • Gramona III Lustros Brut Nature 2012 for PHP


  • Legras and Haas Champagne house (coming soon)

Weddings


There is no greater reminder of how magical love is than seeing two people being united by such a cosmic and mystical magnetic force. That is why when you are planning your own wedding or attending one, make sure that you choose the best red wine that complements the food, fits in the budget, and matches the palette of the guests.


Txanton offers the best red wine in the Philippines. Amazing quality values for your celebrations:

  • Remirez de Ganuza Erre Punto 2020 for PHP 1,550



  • Mas Martinet Martinet Bru 2020 for PHP 2,295

  • La Fleur de Bouard Le Lion de La Fleur de Bouard 2015 for PHP 1,690

Date Nights


After a pandemic fraught with lockdowns and restrictions, some of us are a little bit giddy to be out and about. Whether it might be a date night with a special someone or with your friends who you terribly miss, make sure that you start your date night with white wine. White is very refreshing and stimulates appetite, and is best served on the onset of the evening and before the main course.


Some of the best white wine brands in the Philippines are offered by Txanton. Try one or two of these following great values:

  • Domaine Vincent Girardin Pouilly Fuisse “Vieilles Vignes” 2017 for PHP 2995

  • Belondrade y Lurton 2019 for PHP 2,395