20
Sep
2009
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
On the day the Beatles invaded the rock world, once again (with the re-release of their catalogue and Rock Band video game), I found myself in the basement of Crush Wine Bar tasting 45 Chilean wines. Today it was all about wines that were available at the LCBO, soon to be available or wines on consignment (purchable through the agent) … basically these are all wines you can get in some form or another at some point in the province of Ontario. We tasted the wines blind (not knowing who’s we were tasting), though we were given hints as to the category. Here were my top picks by category:
Flight A – Sauvignon Blanc and various (6 wines poured) ... (to find out my wine picks for all 5 catagories click here)
To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.
15
Sep
2009
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
Today was a very light day, two wineries left and 2 breweries, which I had learned about the night before at Stella’s from our “beer nut” waiter, Keith.
We lunched at North Peak Brewing Company, tried their amazing pull pork sandwich, which I had read about on their website, treated ourselves to an awesome Moomers based dessert and tried their 8 beer sampler – 5 everyday and 3 seasonal brews. My favourites were the Steelhead Red and the Mission Point. The Blonde and Belgian were also quite tasty; the blonde was light and refreshing, while the Belgian was caramelly and sweet. The Chocolate Porter tasted like coffee (which I am told is typical of chocolate beers).
The only winery worth mentioned is ... (Read the full story and see the pictures )
To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.
