On the Road with the Grape Guy
On the Road with the Grape Guy is a on-going feature that follows me from event to event ... I post my thoughts, feelings and reviews of what happened and what I tasted ... basically it is here that I review the events I attend and the things that thrilled me.
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2011
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It’s time to head out to the Monterey Jazz Festival – the event that brought us to California in the first place (or that’s what brought everybody else to California) … on the bus ride over from the hotel, Jaymz Bee, our illustrious leader and host for the Jazz Safari (thru radio station Jazz FM in Toronto) told me of a wine tasting in the Artist’s Tent, where he has a “in” with the “bouncer / head of security” … so with Joshua Redman and Herbie Hancock on the aural menu this evening, I find myself at an oral tasting of Carmel Road wines at the Monterey Jazz Festival ...
To read more about this impromptu tasting click here
To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.
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2011
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Stop the presses, what have we here … I am in a shop completely devoted to the grapes (and wines) of Monterey County. I’m at a little mall on Cannery Row in Monterey, California (700 Cannery Row, Suite KK) called A Taste of Monterey, and I am staring at bottles and bottles of Monterey County wines, from different producers, all in one store – being from Ontario I can barely believe my eyes. My guide through the wines and the store is a gentleman by the name of Gray and he explains the concept of the store that I am in:
It’s a retail outlet devoted to wines made using Monterey grapes, ... (to read more about A Taste of Monterey and see the pictures click here)
To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.
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