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Apr
2008
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
At 5:45pm on Wednesday April 9th, I received an email inviting me to an Italian wine tasting event as a Vespa dealership (in the Eglinton and Laird area), to be held on Thursday April 10 from 6-8pm. On that same day I got another invite – this time by phone – from Sante (Toronto Wine Show) to attend their press conference, to be held on Thursday April 10 in the afternoon. What’s with all this last minute stuff? Anyway, I decided to forego the Sante event and instead checked out Italian event in the evening.
The event was cutely entitled “Italian Wines for Happy Hour” ... (Read more)
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09
Apr
2008
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
The 6th Annual Churchill Cellars portfolio tasting, held at the National Ballet School of Canada building on Jarvis, seemed a little smaller then last year’s version. Sure there were plenty of cookies, sandwiches and cheeses, but it just seemed a little more cramped inside the venue. Of course, that didn’t stop people from enjoying themselves, or hoisting up glasses of general list and Vintages favourites – though again, I remember last year there being a Port table and more private order and consignment wines. This year’s offerings seem geared more towards what is at the LCBO, the good news about that is that the wines tasted were readily available.
Winery of the Tasting …(Read more)
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