On the Road with the Grape Guy

On the Road with the Grape Guy is a on-going feature that follows me from event to event ... I post my thoughts, feelings and reviews of what happened and what I tasted ... basically it is here that I review the events I attend and the things that thrilled me.

Report from - The Torley Dinner ... September 17, 2008

27 Sep 2008

 

Two of the principles from Torley joined us here in Toronto for a dinner at the Courtyard restaurant in Yorkville and to let us try some old favourites, recently released and hopefully, soon to be released wines, from this Hungarian wine making giant.

Haven't heard of Torley? Well maybe you've tried their Hungaria Grande Cuvee Brut ($11.10 - #619288), most people have, it is very popular here and abroad. In fact, it seems that's what Torley started out as in 1882 when Jozsef Torley left Roedere's Champagne house in France to start his own company in his native Hungary. Today Torley makes 10 different kinds of sparkling wine (6 in the charmat method, 2 transfer method and 2 traditional) to the tune of 6.1 million bottles annually, and growing. They sell most of their sparkling at home (76%) by far the king of the Hungarian market, but their still wine is mostly for import (57% gets sent out of country). So for those of you who know them for their bubbly here are a few more choices in Torley wines you might enjoy ... (Read more)

To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.

 

Report from - Chilean Preview ... September 10, 2008

24 Sep 2008

 

The Chilean preview kicked off what is going to be another busy wine tasting season … once again, as they did last year, organizers did a blind preview broken down into 8 flights – with an extra 9th served with lunch – that being the 2 sparkling wines.  So without further ado here are my wine picks from this year’s preview tasting  ... (Read more)

 

To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.

 

 

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