Stef Juan, Author at DrinkCollectiv

Learn About Beringer Wines with Chief Winemaker Mark Beringer

December 6, 2018

Napa Valley is famous the world over for its wines, and Beringer is the most famous of its wineries. When immigrants Jacob and his brother Frederick Beringer made their way to Napa Valley for its rocky hillside soil and fertile valley floor — so similar to the vineyards back home in Germany — little did they know that their passion

Gallery by Chele: Local Flavors, Local Love

August 10, 2018

Gallery by Chele, the newly opened restaurant of Manila-based Spanish chef Chele Gonzalez, has a warm and beautiful space complete with a bar, lounge, and restaurant. Touted as the next evolution of Gallery VASK, the internationally renowned restaurant that had opened in 2013, Gallery by Chele embraces its tropical Filipino and Southeast Asian milieu in presenting the region’s multifaceted flavors

Cellar Talks: Wine Dine Wednesdays at Grand Hyatt Hotel’s The Cellar

August 1, 2018

The Grand Hyatt Hotel on 8th Avenue and corner of 35th street both literally and figuratively stands apart from the rest of the malls and hotels in Bonifacio Global City. Literally, because the hotel rose in the still relatively quiet part of the growing commercial business district, a few blocks away from its neighbors. Figuratively, well, because it’s starting to

A Whole New World of Tea

July 17, 2018

The quintessential afternoon tea got its start just in the early 1800s, a period when dinner was served late in the evening. The seventh Duchess of Bedford was “hangry” from only having two meals during the day and needed something to tide her over before she bit everybody’s heads off before dinner. Thus, the afternoon tea with snacks is served,

Rumming for Your Life: Channeling the Spirit of Exploration with Don Papa Rum

June 26, 2018

Makati’s freshly gentrified Poblacion has been steadily gaining popularity among the hip and young set of Metro Manila. In just a radius of a few blocks surrounding the Kalayaan Avenue and Burgos St. intersection, one can find a good number of small but spunky bars and restaurants that are each doing their own thing. Because of the bar’s proximity to

Mancino Vermouth’s Giancarlo Mancino on What Makes a Good Negroni

June 1, 2018

World-renowned mixologist and founder of Mancino Vermouth Giancarlo Mancino was in town to mix excellent aperitivo at Finestra Italian Steakhouse’s Aperitivo Epico. DrinkManila caught up with him to talk about Negroni, one of Italy’s many gifts to the world, just in time for Negroni Week. What makes a good Negroni? You know people say that they like a gin and

We Love Margarita, Margarita Loves Cointreau, We Love Cointreau too

May 25, 2018

The Margarita, one of the most ubiquitous cocktails in the world, was invented where most memorable cocktails are made: at a huge shindig, by its namesake, the American socialite Margaret Sames. Ms. Sames was famous for her lavish parties in Acapulco, Mexico. Her parties were unforgettable (no matter how much her guests drank) because she loved putting extravagant twists on