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.
(May 12, 2014) ... A room filled with 106 Greek wines from across that country and made with indigenous and international grape varieties, in both red and white offerings ... it's a lot of wine and there's a lot of interesting stuff being poured - the following wines were my favourite wines from the day ...
Click here to see the pictorial evidence and my 16 wines of choice.
(Nobember 15, 2014) ... This year we took the same approach to Taste the Season as we did with the 20 Valley's "Wrapped Up" event ... we picked the pairings that appealed to us, or liked the sound of. Truth is wine part of the pairing plays second fiddle to the actual food offering. As I mentioned previously, if you were truly into the wines of the area you have 25 other weekends of the year you could visit wine country - this event is all about the food.
We checked out a dozen Niagara-on-the-Lake wineries as our selections, they were: Between the Lines, Coyote's Run, Hinterbrook, Inniskillin, Palatine Hills, Peller Estates, Pondview, Rancourt, Ravine, Konzelmann Niagara Collage and Stratus. Below are the top 5 food offerings we enjoyed most.
Our Top 5 Wine and Food Pairings ...
