I’m completely obsessed with a blog. It’s called Wine Terroirs and it’s by a man named Bertrand Celce who is a French photographer and writer. I can browse through it for hours.
He basically shares his travels around the French wine world. Tastings, wine bars, vineyards, wineries… you name it, he includes it. [...]
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wine terroirs
Posted in favourite wine sites, musings, wine school, tagged French wine, vinification, wine blogs, wine school on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
wine school starts again…
Posted in wine school, tagged Algonquin College Sommelier Program, grape varieties, vinification, wine school on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, wine school has started up again. Wednesday evening was “Grape Varieties” while today, Saturday, was a full day of “Vinification”. It should be noted that when I say full day I mean it – class started at 8:30am and went until 4:30pm. Our first wine was poured before 10am!
Grape Varieties
The point [...]
exams and laziness
Posted in wine school, tagged exams, wine school on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s amazing how little I have updated this blog recently! After my whirlwind escape to Toronto, I’ve been consistently busy with all sorts of work related challenges. The end of the year is always busy anyway, however, so I suppose I shouldn’t be overly surprised.
My wine tasting class had our exam in our [...]
the midterm
Posted in wine school, tagged blind tasting, wine, wine school, wine tasting on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m actually still a little surprised at the midterm. I’m also not sure how I feel about it. Normally I’m one of those people who freak out and obsess over tests and test results… but for some reason, I’m way more relaxed about the testing in wine school.
We started off with a short written portion. [...]
