Champagne corks pop in Manila in echo of Marcos era
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On Saturday nights, Manila's urban elite throng the invitation-only VVIP room at Embassy nightclub, where foie gras and a flute of champagne are the de rigeur accompaniments to checking out the dance floor.
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The days before and after February 14 are red-hot for the Philippines' motel industry.
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Having watched sales of light beer and diet soda go through the roof, Bacardi Global Brands wants a piece of the lucrative market for low-calorie beverages.
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Four years ago, during a speech in Manila, President Bush drew an analogy between the history of the Philippines and the history he was rewriting in Iraq.
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Ever since the wine and spirits company announced big merger plans, its shares have jumped.
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Joseph Estrada, the ousted former president and action hero free for the first time in 6 1/2 years a pardon by his successor, made a joyous return home on Friday, greeted by thousands of cheering suporters.
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In the posh hotel they occupy, far from the bleak, sun-baked desert that is the main Olympic complex, there must have been a whole bunch of champagne corks popping last night.
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Hundreds of new alcoholic beverages are popping up to slake a growing thirst to sip more attractive and expensive liquor.
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Critics who praise the "complexity" of red Burgundy and Champagne are on target.
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Japan, the land of sake, began popping the corks on a record order of Beaujolais Nouveau, as wine becomes part of a culture which prizes in-season trends.
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He was a Greenwich Village bon vivant who enjoyed gourmet food, a drop of wine on festive occasions, a silk bed and his velvet collar.
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Thousands of protesters massed in the Philippine capital Friday with some hurling tomatoes at images of President Gloria Arroyo and her husband, demanding their ouster for alleged corruption.
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If the summer bar scene in Manhattan seems too much of the same old, same old, an antidote might be this diverting musical confection by Jim Wann and Patricia Miller.
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In a region where monkey meat and snake-blood wine are hot menu items, the Southeast Asian country serves as a hub for selling and shipping rare&#151;and illegal&#151;delicacies.
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QUEZON CITY, Philippines -- In the cramped offices of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, visitors can purchase books examining the country's energetic, largely unfettered media. The titles hint at the status of the press and the political climate: "News for Sale" and "Staying Alive."
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Life & style: Mayor opens up historic venues as the backdrop to lavish anniversary party.
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Spain's signature wine, long sneered at by the cognosecnti, is in the midst of a revival.