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.
Once again I found myself at Biff’s Bistro on Front Street in downtown Toronto. This time it’s the Chateau St. Jean lunch with winemaker Margo Van Staavereen, who’s on a very tight schedule, in just three short hours she’ll be boarding a place to Montreal.
To start, we taste 9 wines with commentary from Margo. (Read more about the Lunch)
Prince Edward County is exploding, or more rightly put, is set to explode, the moment ‘the policy’ gets passed … and I implore the existing wineries to do so post haste and stop halting the progress of this region, because if they keep this up they will rob the Ontario wine loving and buying public from some very good wines and wineries.
Tonight, it was a dinner at East & Main Bistro in Wellington, where 9 wineries presented their wares to an excited group of writers and the public at a delicious dinner (photos below).
Reception … (To find out the best wines of the evening and see the wonderful food, click here)
