On the Road with the Grape Guy
Report from - Shooting the Poop over a few Glasses with Lloyd and Nick ... April 14, 2010
20 Apr 2010- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
I find myself in the office of Lloyd Thistle, THE man at Fortessa Canada – the company that brings in Schott Zwiesel stemware. Also in attendance is Nicolas Pearce from Tannin Fine Wines. We are trying a variety of wines using a variety of glassware, including the proper glass for each wine and Schott Zwiesel’s “tasting glass” they call ‘Sensus’. Tannin represents Organized Crime winery in Niagara – and Nicolas took full advantage of my presence to pour a few Criminally good wines, all from the 2008 vintage and all whites … a good choice consider Andrezj Lipinski (the winemaker at the Crime scene) is a master at the pale wines. Props go out for his 2008 Viognier and the 2008 Riesling, especially the Riesling – an absolute beauty, if the price were just a bit lower it would fly off the shelves, though it’s so tasty I have no doubt it will sellout – this is a beauty you should be savouring this summer (at least one bottle).
Nicolas then started playing the “Guess What I Got” game... (find out what else Nicolas had in his box of tricks)
