Michael Pinkus Wine Review - On the Road with the Grape Guy

Report from - Australia Preview - September 5, 2007

11 Sep 2007

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The Aussies are coming. The Aussies are coming. In a few short weeks the folks from a land down under will be invading Toronto for the annual Australian Wine Tasting. Now in truth the Ozes landed a long time ago and they never left, invading the LCBO with bottle after bottle of fruit-driven, bomby wines that over delivered with pepper and red fruit flavours. Australia has literally changed the way we drink wine and re-introduced the world to Shiraz (syrah). Today each winery that will be attending the show later this month, was allowed to put one bottle on the table … a bottle that best represented their winery. In total there were about 60 wines to taste and they were broken down by region. So let’s take a quick travel around Australia and see what’s tasting terrific … so far ... (Read More)

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Report from - Shores of Erie Wine Festival - Sept. 8, 2007

11 Sep 2007

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It would be redundant of me to review the wines of the Lake Erie North Shore a month after going to their Vintages Festival … therefore this report focuses strictly on the event. The Shore of Erie International Wine Festival is one of the prettiest festivals you’ll ever attend, and one of the easiest to get around. Held at Fort Malden, which is on the Detroit River, the festival invites hundreds if not thousands of Americans and Canadians to enjoy the fruits of our culinary and vented labours; all held at a place that, at one point, was used to keep those “nasty” Americans out – ironic huh?

If you live east of London, Ontario you’ve probably never heard of the Shore of Erie Wine Festival, that’s because the marketing focus of the festival, and for many of the wineries of the area, is the 30+ million folks that live within a 100-mile radius, which includes most of Michigan, Windsor, Chatham, London and surrounding area. The festival is all about the food and wine of the Lake Erie North Shore, and unlike the Vintage Tasting, held in August, the SOE Wine Festival has as many restaurants as it does wineries, probably more ... (Read More)

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