11
Dec
2009
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
Grape Guy Makes for Great TV
If you didn’t happen to catch my mug on BNN-TV yesterday, being grilled about why buying local matters, then I should share with you what I did yesterday by providing you with this link (granted it was only 7-minutes and 22-seconds of my day, but it was the highlight of a rather busy day).
http://watch.bnn.ca/midday-markets/december-2009/midday-markets-december-10-2009/#clip244781
To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.
04
Dec
2009
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
Last year they filled a basket, this year they filled a box … a box of chocolates that is. This year twelve 20 Valley wineries took part in Wrapped Up in the Valley, each pairing a wine with a food and each gave the gift of chocolate to thank you for the visit, namely a chocolate truffle made with the winery’s wine. At the end of the trek you ended up with a full box of chocolate truffles and the memories of a variety of foods in your belly. To fill your box you had to visit all twelve wineries, while there you would have tasted 12 different food pairings … now for someone with a sweet tooth like mine you just know that visiting all 12 wineries was a must (I’m also a bit of a collector and a completionist); while I haven’t broken into the chocolates (yet) I can give you a run down on the food and wine pairings, not all of them worked; in fact very few had that “wow” factor you look for in a food and wine pairing. Some of the wineries had really good food, others the wine was the star, but in all cases (with the exception of one) the wineries showed us something interesting and worthy of a return visit for next year’s edition of Wrapped Up in the Valley, in whatever form it takes; if for nothing else than to see what they plan to fill.
The Best Pairing …(to find out the best, the rest and my disappointment of the day click here - pictures included)
To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.
