Report from - Fiesta Buckhorn ... July 19, 2008
05 Aug 2008- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
On lecture days I don’t do much sampling, my feeling is that your lecturer should at least start out coherent and sober. I’m usually running around, checking out the room, acquiring the wine, pouring over my notes, putting the wine into a semblance of order – and then, if I have some time, I wonder out into the festival and check out some of the wines for tasting.
Buckhorn is a favourite venue for many wineries. They get out of the confines of the wine store and cellar and drive out to the country (30 minutes north of Peterborough) to enjoy the outdoors lifestyle – that is why you’ll usually find so many winery principles at this event; who wouldn’t volunteer to go to cottage country for the weekend? ... (Read more for my hits and misses of the event)
