Michael Pinkus Wine Review - On the Road with the Grape Guy

Report from - Cuvee-En-Route 2008 ... March 1-2, 2008

05 Mar 2008

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What is there to say about the ultimate Ontario wine event, especially when it involves touring around tasting some of the best wines of Niagara (or any other wine region that participated in the program – 2 from the Lake Erie North Shore were in the brochure). Over the course of two days (Saturday and Sunday) I visited a total of 17 wineries to get my impressions of past, present and future wines that have or will be coming out of Niagara – here are the highlights and, unfortunately, one low-light from the two day winery extravaganza ... (Read more)

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Report from - Cuvee 2008 Gala ... February 29, 2008

03 Mar 2008

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What a day, the snow began falling at about 2pm in Toronto and I didn’t hit the road till 3. It was a nightmare of a drive, who would have thought that 5cm of snow at the end of February in Toronto, Canada would cause so much havoc … by this time of year we should be used to it and be driving according to the conditions; but every turn I made was wrong and when I thought I was in the clear, a new accident would happen just a few clicks up the road – so it was back to dipsy-doodling through back routes to try and avoid it. 5 hours later I was in Niagara Falls – and an hour later I found myself in the Great Hall of the Fallsview Casino enjoying the festivities. In truth it took me about half-an-hour to get my bearings and feel like I wasn’t climbing the walls of my car anymore (5 hours to go 130km I enough to make you go stir-crazy) – and by the time I was feeling better the evening was over.

When all the dust in my head had settled I learned that ... (Read about who won here)

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