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 - Portugal Tasting ... June 3, 2008

12 Jun 2008

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My job, as I see it anyway, is to point you in the direction of two things: 1) good wine and 2) great values on good wine. Portugal offers plenty of those. Sure Portugal’s number one known wine is Port, but there are lots of great Portuguese wines you can drink before or during dinner and without the need for blue cheese or a stinky stogie to puff on ... (Read more)

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

Report from - Tasting Chateau Musar ... May 25, 2008

12 Jun 2008

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A cool spring Sunday evening in Toronto turned into a really cool Sunday evening in Toronto when I got the opportunity to meet and break bread with a real “philosopher of the wine business”, none other than Decanter Magazine’s first ever Man of the Year (1984), Serge Hochar of the Lebanese winery Chateau Musar.

Many of you might not realize that Lebanon (and other wineries in the Middle East – i.e.: Israel) make up the Very Old World wine category (Biblical even). Serge’s father, Gaston Hochar, founded Musar in 1930 ... (Read more)

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