Happy to share the latest issue of Canada monopoly magazine, TASTE who made a huge focus on Quail's Gate Winery
http://www.bcliquorstores.com/sites/default/files/flipbook/tastemagazine/2018/Summer/
Noman Hardie rated by the best critics: Jancis Robinson, Wine Spectator, Jamie Goode. Learn more about this top Canadian winery!
The Trade Commissioner Service of the Government of Canada will be launching the first-ever Canadian Wine Sommelier Championship (CWSC) for sommeliers and food & beverage professionals in hotels, restaurants, bars, or clubs in Greater China. Now calling all contestants from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao.
The Semi-Final will take place on September 18, 2017, in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong. The Final will be held in late November 2017 in Hong Kong.
For contest details and eligibility, visit the competition's official website:
www.canadianwinechampionship.com
Registration closes on August 16, 2017
For enquiries, please email contact@canadianwinechampionship.com
Source: Montreal Gazette, 'Huge honour' for Liverpool House to serve Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau
Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix, excerpt from Wine of the Week: It's pay today, play tomorrow for these high end reds
The 2012 Osoyoos Larose is a fine example of a Bordelais style wine. It is an exceptionally well crafted, sophisticated red wine. I wouldn’t be surprised if the maker monitors his vineyard vine by vine. It is also, when opened, extremely tight. Remember, I’m drinking a five-year-old wine here. I didn’t resort to what I would do if I were asked to serve this wine (probably three minutes or longer in the blender.) Instead I opened all three wines and tasted them daily for five days. Around day four (!) on the counter, Larose began to loosen her corset.
The bouquet had a touch of vanilla, but was mostly dark fruits - black cherry, blackberries - with a hint of white pepper. The palate was surprisingly fruity and very smooth, although the finish exhibits a structure akin to RoboCop. Seriously, if you like this wine, live on another wine and just keep putting Larose in the cellar until it reaches the age of majority. If you can’t do that, you better decant it for a long time. (I recommend Osterizing it.)
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