Hey guys, happy holidays. Now I know nothing symbolizes the festivity of the holiday season, like a good bottle of wine inside you. I know that there are going to be much less parties this year, but I know some of you still want to make that special occasion and perhaps have a gathering of maybe just a few of your closest friends or relatives. That's why I wanted to share with you the top value wine that you can get here in Manila for under 400 pesos or $8. Now I know the topic of wine is very intimidating. In fact, I myself was not sure I was going to push through with this baron mine. I'm not an expert, but what I wanted to share here with you are great value wines that you can enjoy and it may elevate your meal or even your drinking and maybe that experience that you're looking to share with your closest friends and family. Without further ado, to my top three favorite wines under 400 pesos. Let's open up all the bottles. And guys, I'm also going to be using three different glasses today because I tend to mix these days up, so I'm going to be using different glasses per bottle. The first wine that I'm recommending is from the Paido region in France and it's a Merlot branded as seduction by Masong Guyo from the House of Guyo. A 2019 vintage, the color is Ruby red, bright maroon if you can call it that. The aroma has hints of small berries kind of woody, so the aroma reminds me of a little bit like barbecue. For some reason I'm thinking of Rax ribs. It's Merlot actually tastes a little heavier, but it's a little bit more dry than your typical Merlot. So I like it. Right now I'm getting hints of raisin and fruit cake. If you can believe that for your notchibuena or your holiday meals. It may pair well with red sauce pastas with your sweet ham, Rax ribs like I said earlier. I think it would also pair well with some barbecues. So this wine comes at 361 pesos from Santis delicatessen with branches all over Metron Manila. So let's move on to the second wine, the Tempranilio wine from the Castilean region of Spain. It's simply a tapas tempranilio, so you already know that this may pair well with meats and small dishes. It comes from the winery of Marquess de la Concordia. Tempranilio is actually similar to Merlot in that it's a medium-bodied red wine. This one has a more fragrant flowery type of scent. For some reason it reminds me of the past. It Christmas parties with a fsr straw purview. Very aromatic, very floral. Between the Merlot and Tempranilio, this has a slightly stronger hint of licorice, cherry, black oran. To be honest, I kind of like the Merlot better. I think this one would pair better with salty ham, your quesadilla. So this Tempranilio costs me 394 pesos, also from Santis delicatessen. So for our third bottle, I'm recommending to you something from the new South Wales region of Australia. As a side note, there are actually a lot of good wines that come from Australia and good value wine. Actually, I drink a lot of Australian wine because of just a good value. I mean, quite cheap when it comes to that. So Spain and France are actually old worldwide. So Australia would be part of the new world wines. A blend of chéraz and cabernet sub-enix. This is a 2018 vintage under the chain of fire brand. And this is supposed to be meatier, more full body wine to be of the chéraz. And cabernet sub-enix variety and a blend of them would be definitely interesting. So what I like about cabernet or chéraz is that there's a very strong aftertaste. You start to appreciate the wine more as you look at flavors linger, good balance. It's actually a good blend, a really good blend of the flavors. It makes me want to eat meat. It's a third class of wine I'm having here. But if earlier the more low I said it might work with some light grilled meat. This one would be like a buttery meat, pan-seared steak, something heavy. If you're talking holiday, maybe a roast beef, a lengua, a carios. The chéraz cabernet from chain of fire fed to pick one amongst the three. This would be my winner. Of course, I'm recommending all these three here right now. This one has a good balance of oak, of berries, of tobacco. So it definitely has a good mix of all that. I think it's really rising above one another. That's characteristic of Australian chéraz, Australian cabernet sub-enix that I really like. So this one I got from Marketplace, formerly called Distant, and it cost me 399 pesos. Just right below 400 pesos. But I think this is really good guys. I hope that you've liked this short video. I hope that you get to try one of these wines in your holiday festivities. If you've liked this, I intend to do a party of this video. Maybe perhaps even in a lower price range of area, or maybe it's like the higher price range. I'm happy to know what you think. If this is something that's interesting to you, let me know in the comment section. I'd love to share more if you'd like me. Thanks guys, I'll see you again next time. Cheers.