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 - Niagara Icewine Festival - January 2008

31 Jan 2008

 

Rating the Wineries ... I toured around the Icewine Festival Wineries using the passports to get us a shared tasting at ten wineries – with 2 passports between us we are able to share in ten “pairing” (5 for each passport).  The passport cost is $30.00, therefore break even value for passport holders is $6.00 (30 divided by five = $6.00) ... but if you were not a passport holder you had to pay $10.00 for each the tasting/pairing.  Here is how my ten wineries stacked up, in reverse order from worst to first.  Take note that I give two points just for pouring icewine - the rest is up to the thought and/or imagination the individual winery’s put into their pairing ... (Read more

 

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

Report from - London Wine & Food Show ... Jan. 19, 2008

28 Jan 2008

 

In speaking with an attending winery owner/winemaker, about this year’s London Wine and Food Show, he said, “Good show on the weekend - possibly one of the best that I have been involved with in the past few years.”  That’s pretty high praise for a show in its 3rd year – but well deserved praise indeed ... (Read more, with pictures)

 

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

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