28
Jul
2008
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
For my mother's 70th birthday she wanted to travel the Okanagan tasting wine ... I being the curious wine writer that I am decided that sounded like a really good idea ...
We arrive by 11:00 in the morning local time … got our luggage and car sorted out and it is off to the first winery … better to hit the ground running then crawl our tired carcasses around getting acclimatized.
Mission Hill … (Read more - with pictures)
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27
Jul
2008
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For years people have been touting the come back of Riesling, but as far as I’m concerned, Riesling never went away … I guess with all the big name reunion tours happening these days, the grape industry has decided it had to join in on the fun and find one of its own to tout as making a “comeback”. Brock University, in St. Catharines, hosted the first (and according to organizes, hopefully bi-annual) Riesling Experience. Inviting Riesling wine “experts” to talk about the grape’s popularity, growth and other Riesling-centric topics. These speakers included: Olivier Humbrecht, from Zind Humbrecht in Alsace, France; Ulrich Fischer, from the department of viticulture and enology at German University; David Peterson, winemaker for Swedish Hill, Goose Watch and Penguin Bay in the Finger Lakes region of New York state; and Jim Willwerth, representing Brock University.
Olivier got the ball rolling ... (Read more)
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