On the Road with the Grape Guy
Report from - The Pinot Affair ... October 15-16, 2011
26 Oct 2011- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
You'll have to excuse me for missing this event. I hadn't been home for the past 6 weeks and the house just needed some attention ... inside and out .. and heck, I just needed some R & R on a weekend (feet up, glass of wine in the hand, a movie or two). Thankfully the intrepid Fred Couch, who has passed a few of his musing about events along to me in the past, was nice enough to share his experience of the Pinot Affair held in Niagara October 15-16, 2011.
“The Pinot Affair”
By F.G. Couch
An inaugural event for the Niagara area this year called The Pinot Affair. For one weekend in October, lovers of the Pinot Noir grape could visit eight wineries for a unique tasting experience. Four wineries were located in the Beamsville Bench area (Hidden Bench, Malivoire, Rosewood and Tawse) and the other four in Niagara-on-the-Lake (Coyote’s Run, Le Clos Jordanne (at Jackson-Triggs Winery), Lailey Vineyards and Inniskillin).
Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate on the weekend of the event and many of the wineries had to change from having the event in the vineyards to an indoor venue. Everyone did an excellent job considering this last minute change and all of the wineries offered a unique experience. Since Pinot Noir is such a food-friendly wine, all but one winery served their wines with food.
Our day started with a sit-down seminar at 10:00 am at Malivoire with winemaker, Shiraz Mottiar ... (to read the rest of Fred's thoughts click through to the blog)
