by admin | Mar 31, 2009 | Newsletter Archives
OntarioWineReview Newsletter 105 … April 2009 Ontario Wine Review: Forget the Ball, The Government’s Dropped the Grape Ontario Wine Review: What we Need Right Now Grape Guy’s Picks of the Bunch: Brand New Riesling and Another...
by admin | Mar 30, 2009 | Weekly Video Wine Note
Take a listen to the review of the Twenty Twenty-Seven Cellars 2008 Featherstone Vineyard Riesling … just hit the play button below.{abiviamp3}03-31-2009_20-27_Featherstone_Riesling.mp3|Twenty Twenty-Seven Cellars 2008 Featherstone Vineyard Riesling ...
by admin | Mar 29, 2009 | On the Road with the Grape Guy
At a minimalist art gallery in downtown Toronto we assembled for the second time in almost six weeks to try more offerings from Eleanor Cosman and her Bokke wine agency … if you missed my last Bokke article check it out here. Bokke is the...
by admin | Mar 29, 2009 | On the Road with the Grape Guy
Here's how the bi-annual PMA Gala, held at the Toronto Hunt, was described to me: "it's an all out eat-and-drink-athon. Nobody takes notes, you push a glass into the melee, get your pour, suck it back and move on." (obviously not said by...
by admin | Mar 26, 2009 | On the Road with the Grape Guy
What a tough tasting … over 200 wines from the varied regions of Portugal. Can you taste the difference between the Douro and the Dao? Alentejo and Estremadura? Beiras and Bairrada? In the end it was not about which region made...