Guide: The Grand Wine Experience 2024 Features 1,000+ Wines, Spirits From Around the Globe
Here's your chance to drink your way through the different wines the world has to offer, in one night.
(SPOT.ph) Wines are far from all being the same, what with the numerous variables in the making of every bottle. There's the year the grapes were harvested, the variety of the grape, and what's called terroir—the conditions of the place it's from—among other things. Navigating this whole landscape can be an intimidating prospect, but that's really where the fun of exploring wines lies. Making this exploration easier is the upcoming Grand Wine Experience—the 2024 edition of the annual event that brings some 1,000 of the world's best wines, sake, beer, and more under one roof.
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What to expect at the Grand Wine Experience 2024
Happening next month is the 21st Grand Wine Experience—that’s Southeast Asia’s biggest wine event for ya, attended yearly by wine enthusiasts and industry giants. This takes place at the Marriott Grand Ballroom at Marriott Manila on Friday, November 15—save the date!
The theme this year? The World in a Glass, as they'll be showcasing bottles from top wine regions around the globe, including Tuscany, Bordeaux, Rhone, Barossa Valley, and Washington State. This year's edition will also be hosting more Asian brands, particularly of sake, which is growing in popularity in these parts. As always, they'll be featuring the best of the major wine-growing players: France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the U.S.A., Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Japan.
As wine has the ability to transform food and itself be transformed when paired with food, the event will also have stations up of great-tasting bites that you can nosh on in between sips. You'll also be in good company—and by good company, we mean wine connoisseurs and collectors; food and beverage industry professionals; corporate executives; and more.
Excited yet? Tickets are P9,500 a pop, and grants you access to all the beverages and bites on offer at the event. You can purchase yours on the Grand Wine Experience website.
For tickets and inquiries, visit the Grand Wine Experience's website. You can also check out their Facebook page.
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