Getting Drunk at this Bar Is Going To Cost a Lot

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“You won’t find our wines anywhere else,” boasts Monopole owner Jojo Madrid.

At Monopole, wine dictates everything. Premium selections are also made throughout the interiors: from the P35,000 hand-blown crystal glasses and the bar stools from Frederica in Denmark to the overhead lamps from UK-based brand Tom Dixon.

“The wine must come first,” explained Jojo Madrid, owner of the intimate wine bar that only seats 17 guests at a time. Everything is chosen with premium taste, in line with expensive and rare wines  they serve.

“A lot  of people  might not understand what we’re doing here and why we’re pricing this much,” Jojo further elaborates. He , however, has his reasons to enlighten a willing and, well, thirsty market. “People used to regard champagne as something you’d only open during an anniversary or even a wedding; I drink champagne every day.”

 

Monopole is located at Greenbelt Excelsior Building, Carlos Palanca St., Legaspi Village, Makati

 

 

Source: Meg Manzano for Red magazine, “Setting The Bar,” July, 2015.

Photos by Takeshi Shinohara

 

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