Report from - Appellation Wines tasting ... October 29, 2012
05 Nov 2012- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
As a wine writer I get some unique opportunities to try some very unique wines ... today we had a meeting of the Wine Writers' Circle of Canada and invited Ken Hayden from Appellation Wines in to speak about his wines and let us taste some 50 wines from his portfolio. What makes these wines even more interesting is that they are all made from "oddball" grape varieties that you may never have heard about before (all from Italy) ... some wines were excellent, others, you kinda wish they had left the grapes in the ground ... but all were interesting, unique and a fun to taste. Below are a list of the wines that I fancied along with their grape variety, approximate price, their viticulture growing area and the occasional note ... (to read the ratings, click here)
