Dinner Club 2012 – Wine & Food of the Old World
Gourmandissimo and The Wine Coaches have united once again to bring to you another exciting year of exquisite food and wine pairings right here in Caledon East. Six dinner evenings plus one extra special bonus night are planned throughout 2012, each featuring a different wine region or style of wine. The menus are created by Gourmandissimo’s award-winning chef Gilles Roche and will feature local, seasonal ingredients as available, paired... Read More
Starting 2012 off right at Tutti Matti
What a great way to start 2012, at Tutti Matti restaurant in Toronto for a special dinner featuring the wines of Azienda Agricola Casa Raia from Montalcino. Both Kalyna and Piere-Jean Monnoyer from the winery were at the dinner to speak about the special care and respect that is taken in the vineyard and winery to make their wines so unique. The Monnoyer family owns a 1Ha vineyard in Montalcino that was formerly owned by the Biondi Santi family, situated on... Read More
Spanish Wine Dinner
On Tuesday, July 5th, we hosted a five-course wine dinner at Cava Restaurant in Toronto featuring the wines of Terras Gauda and Bodegas Pittacum. The menus that Chris and Doug put together for these events were amazing. From Terras Gauda (Rias Baixas region of northwest Spain) we featured 2010 O Rosal, their flagship wine, and the new 2009 La Mar, made from Caino Blanco grapes. From Bodegas Pittacum, an old-vine Mencia producer in the famous Bierzo... Read More
Links for Wine Storage and Wine Accessories
Here are some links to retailers/merchants that focus on wine-related merchandise, including links to companies that are involved in storage and cellar management: Wine Accessories: Stems Canada (Stemware, including Riedel products, Aurora); The Wine Establishment (Toronto); Strictly Cellars (British Columbia); Wine Enthusiast (USA); Yonge Street Winery & Humber Valley Winery (Aurora and Bolton); Wine Cellars: The Wine Establishment (Toronto);... Read More
Wine-Knowledge Links
Here are some links that we go to regularly: Wine writers: Jancis Robinson (MW, UK); Tony Aspler (Toronto); John Szabo (MS, Toronto); Michael Vaughan (Best Review of LCBO Vintages Releases, Toronto); Tom Beckett (Newfoundland); Julian Hitner (Toronto) Wine Publications: Decanter (UK); Gambero Rosso (Italy); Wine Advocate (Robert Parker’s publication, USA); Wine Enthusiast (USA); Wine Spectator (USA); Wine & Spirits (USA); Vines (Canada). Wine... Read More
Dinner Club
Gourmandissimo and The Wine Coaches have united once again to bring to you another exciting year of exquisite food and wine pairings in Caledon East. Six dinner evenings plus one extra special bonus night are planned throughout 2012, each featuring a different wine region or style of wine. The menus are created by Gourmandissimo’s award-winning chef Gilles Roche and will feature local, seasonal ingredients as available, paired with exciting... Read More
The Wine Coaches
The Wine Coaches are dedicated to helping others discover and enjoy wine. Certified sommeliers and authors of Clueless about Wine, Richard Kitowski and Jocelyn Klemm specialize in providing customized wine-themed events to groups of all sizes. Their entertaining and informative seminars are geared to anyone wanting to know more about wine, including how to recognize great value wines on wine lists, at local wineries, and the LCBO. Tourism Ambassadors... Read More
