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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wine tasting’
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 »
tour de france
Posted in wine school, wines, tagged French wine, Northern Rhône wines, syrah, wine, wine tasting on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I will gladly admit that I know very little about Old World wines, especially French ones. All those regions and grapes and villages. I did know, however, that Burgundy generally equalled Pinot Noir and Bordeaux meant blends.
I was also pleased to discover that most of the others in class felt that way. Paul was used [...]
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. [...]
Class 5: Blind Tasting
Posted in wine school, tagged blind tasting, Ironstone Vineyards, Ravenswood, wine, wine tasting on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This was midterm preparation class… the game plan was to do a general review of everything covered and then do a blind tasting of six wines. Just like we would do in the midterm, which is next Wednesday (October 15).
The review itself was pretty boring. Paul basically asked us questions and we answered them. It [...]
Chardonnay Aromas…
Posted in wine school, tagged wine, wine tasting on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t written about the third class because it wasn’t that interesting – although we did have a very nice merlot, Toasted Head Merlot 2005, from California that I would recommend. It seems as though most of my classmates booked it straight to the LCBO to buy this vino but had no luck – although the product [...]
Smell Class!
Posted in wine school, tagged wine, wine books, wine tasting on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, the second class has come and gone. This one was a bit more serious, a tad more in-depth. It started off with an aroma exercise – we were to number a piece of paper from 1-15 and then there were these vials full of a random chemical passed around. Each vial had one smell, [...]
