“A Tasting of Wines from Italy” is a roadshow held annually by the Italian Trade Commission in several major centres across Canada. I was in Montreal last week sampling wines from all over Italy with other members of the trade – buyers for hotels and restaurants, agents, writers, and liquor board personnel. Tasting got under way […]
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“Burgundy is easy!” is how Nicolas Dewe of Bourgogne de Vigne en Verre started each of his two tasting events this week at Merchant Tavern and Raymond’s. The region has a reputation of being hard to understand, with many sub-regions and tiny appellations, and labels dominated by village names instead of domains and producers. Nicolas […]
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Gold Medal Plates rolled into St. John’s on Friday past with its culinary and wine competition, entertainment, and fund-raising efforts. Proceeds from this and similar events across the country, and the national final, support the Own the Podium program for Canada’s Olympic athletes. The focus of […]
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The local chapter of the Opimian Society hosted one of its wine tasting events this past Saturday night. Area Representatives Dave Conway and Courtney Escott were our hosts for an intimate gathering featuring wines from one of the Society’s long-time Australian suppliers – Wines by Geoff Hardy. Wines by Geoff Hardy has four labels: GMH, […]
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September 30, 2016
Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, USA
I attended the first night, special selections night, of this year’s Wine Show. The attraction was the 35 top-end wines from places such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Napa. It was also a great evening to interact with many wine loving friends and debate the qualities of various offerings! Below are some quick reviews of some […]
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The first night of the Wine Show is my favourite as it includes “special selections” as part of the program. The wines available for tasting are from the best regions, vineyards, and producers around the world. Although the offerings change from year to year, you can find great Bordeaux labels such as Château Margaux and Château […]
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The annual NLC Wine Show is only a couple of weeks away, and activities and excitement are beginning to pick up already. It’s still possible to get tickets, and agents are busy promoting their wines for the show. There are a few pre-event dinners and tastings being offered (I will report on one of those […]
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Domaine Côtes d’Ardoise is Québec’s oldest operational vineyard, located in the Eastern Townships near Dunham. Some of the vines are 35 years old, planted by the original owner, Christian Barthomeuf, in 1981. At that time there were no provisions in Québec legislation for either producing or selling wine commercially – Monsieur Barthomeuf was literally breaking […]
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More than a dozen years ago I tried my first white wine from Québec – I was not impressed. I recently had the chance to visit four wineries in the Eastern Townships and I can report that things have changed for the better. I enjoyed samples from several categories – sparkling, white, rosé, and sweet. […]
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August 22, 2016
France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Opimian Society, South Africa
Splitting a bottle of wine with my spouse at dinner is a regular practice at my house. Over the weeks and months we get to enjoy a wide sampling of styles, regions, and grape varietals. But this sort of tasting makes it more difficult to taste the differences. For that, you need to have several […]
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Steve Delaney
November 7, 2016
Italy
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