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
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
