My absolute favourite wine event (ever) is coming up. It’s the California Wine Fair.
I discovered this event in the Calgary Round-up Centre (on the Stampede Grounds, for the uninitiated). It was a giant room full of delicious wines. I went with a big group of people from my old job [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wine fair’
the tragedy of Wednesday
Posted in musings, tagged california wine, exams, grape varieties, ontario wine, wine fair, wine school on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
toronto gourmet food & wine expo
Posted in other education, travels, wine school, tagged catena, toronto, wine, wine fair, wine tasting on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I escaped to Toronto this weekend. My basic plan was to get away, do some shopping, wander the neighbourhoods and be anonymous for a bit. I love Toronto… I probably should have looked for a job there when I was going into public accounting, but I wanted a smaller firm and more advancement [...]
ottawa food & wine show
Posted in other education, tagged black prince winery, catena, French wine, lcbo, ontario wine, prince edward county, wine, wine fair on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend was the Ottawa Food & Wine Show, which is generally considered to be Ottawa’s premiere wine event. It was held at Lansdowne Park, in the civic centre, which was a nicely disguised hockey arena. Basically this event is known, on Friday evenings and Saturday, to be an excellent excuse for [...]
Report from Taste! Celebration
Posted in prince edward county, travels, tagged bergeron estate winery, black prince winery, food and wine pairing, ontario wine, picton, prince edward county, sandbanks estate winery, the grange, waupoos estates, wine, wine fair on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I spent Saturday, September 27 at the seventh annual Taste! Celebration in Picton, Ontario. This was a celebration of regional cuisine and wine, held at the Crystal Palace which is on the Picton fairgrounds. For those of who you are unfamiliar with the area, it’s the main town in Prince Edward County.
Prince Edward County is Ontario’s [...]
