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

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 - Concha y Toro Tasting with Marcelo Papa ... September 24, 2012

09 Nov 2012

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I have met Marcelo Papa on a number of occasions and each time he talks just as passionately and just as excitedly about the wines he makes as if it were his first time speaking about them … though I am sure it’s about the hundredth just that week alone.

Today I tasted through a number of Concha wines including the Casillero del Diablo wines, Marques wines and some Don Melchor’s, plus a bottle or two brought in especially for the tasting … at this tasting it was the Marques wines that truly impressed – read on McDuff …

Casillero del Diablo (top three) … (read about the top wines from both the Casillero and Marques tiers of wines - click here)

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

Report from - Montgras Lunch in Burlington ... October 18, 2012

08 Nov 2012

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At the recent Chilean tasting (notes to come) I gushed over what I thought to be the tastiest wine in the room, a 2009 Intriga from the house of Montgras. Just so happens, and unbeknownst to me, my gushing got me an invite to a lunch with Christian Correa (Intriga’s winemaker) and Ricardo Araneda, vineyard and production manager for Montgras. We met at Spencer’s on the Waterfront in Burlington, where I was treated to a delicious lunch (see pictures below) and some of the best value to quality ratio wines on the market (here in Ontario anyway).

A Little About Montgras … (to read more about Montgras and the tasting click here)

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