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.

Report from - Tasting Chateau Musar ... May 25, 2008

12 Jun 2008

 

A cool spring Sunday evening in Toronto turned into a really cool Sunday evening in Toronto when I got the opportunity to meet and break bread with a real “philosopher of the wine business”, none other than Decanter Magazine’s first ever Man of the Year (1984), Serge Hochar of the Lebanese winery Chateau Musar. 

Many of you might not realize that Lebanon (and other wineries in the Middle East – i.e.: Israel) make up the Very Old World wine category (Biblical even).  Serge’s father, Gaston Hochar, founded Musar in 1930 ... (Read more)

 

To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog.

 

 

Report from - Foster’s California Winemakers on Tour ... May 28, 2008

12 Jun 2008

 

California has been coming to town a lot lately … it’s part of the on-going push to get California back on top of the new world wine heap.  This time the Foster’s Wine Group organized their Winemakers on Tour program:  9 wineries, including Beringer, Etude, Stag’s Leap, Greg Norman and Cellar No. 8 along with their winemakers, took time out to pour, taste and talk about their wines.  A California Cabernet seminar preceded the tasting, but my invitation got lost in the mail, so I will be reporting only on the wines I tasted.

Cab rules California, so you’ll find tons at any tasting where California wines are the focus.  I start any California tasting believing that most will taste the same, so it is up to the winery/winemaker to prove they truly have done something really different and interesting with this grape ... (Read more)

 

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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