On the Road with the Grape Guy
Report from - Green Evolution Eco-Friendly Wine Tasting ... April 20, 2010
22 Apr 2010- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
My only complaint about the Green Evolution Eco-Friendly Wine Tasting is its apparent lack of organization and its lack of printed material about the wines. Now, I suppose to be Eco-Friendly you would forego the use of paper that folks will eventually throw away (or hopefully recycle) once they get them home and throw on their coffee table for the rest of the month – but there were some catalogues available, but very few, so the choice should be print none (so that everybody has to write on their hands and wash the ink off later) or print more so everyone has the chance to recycle the books at the end of the month (or have them decompose naturally on the coffee table) … but the bottom line here is that I did not have at my disposal all the details of the wines I would normally like to have when writing these reports – and I promise not to print this one off for editing purposes. Write green, Think green.
Alright, so aside from that little glitch in the action I found this tasting to be very interesting. It was held at Earth restaurant (1055 Yonge Street); approximately 21 wines were being poured all from producers who are certified organic, practicing bio-dynamics and/or other sustainable methods of growing grapes and making wine. From these 21 wines, which were all available to order through Vintages (but not in store), I have pared it down to 7 that truly shone. One note about the lone Ontario winery in attendance, Southbrook, reviews of their wines can be found on my website, namely: 2008 Triomphe Merlot and the 2007 Poetica Chardonnay which were all part of their turn to the eco-wine; also look for a review of their 2009 Rosé coming soon … sign up for the newsletter to keep up-to-date. Now enough with the blatant self-promotion, on to the wines …(click here to read about the 7 wines worth your greenbacks)
