(Wednesday, June 27, 2018) — For our last tasting of the season so close to Canada Day, we thought it would be a great to celebrate something we can all be proud of; that is the ascension of Ontario wines to world class status.

Recently we attended a tasting that Moray Tawse has been hosting for a few years at his winery in Niagara. The Tawse blind tasting of Ontario Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs vs. those from Burgundy has been both a popular event and a surprise. In fact, one of the tasters we were seated with had been a Niagara chardonnay grape grower for close to 40 years and he was sure that his favourite Chardonnays in the tasting were from Burgundy, but they were all from Ontario!

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So, in the spirit of the judgment at Paris that launched California wines to world renown, we bring you a side by side comparison of 10 great wines from Ontario and Burgundy.

Our format for this tasting will differ from our usual approach. We will drink 5 flights of wine, comparing one Ontario to one Burgundy at a time. You’ll decide which you like best, and whether or not you believe it’s from Ontario or Burgundy.

And for this end of the season special event, guests are welcome at members rates, so please bring your friends!

First, the Chardonnays:

• Tawse Quarry Road vs Jean Marc Vincent 2015 Auxey Duresses Blanc “Les Hautes”
• Tawse Robyn’s Block vs Buisson-Charles Meursault Vieilles Vignes
• Southbrook Poetica 2012 vs Domaine Aladame 2015 Montagny 1er Cru “Les Coères”

Then, the Pinots :

• Tawse Quarry Rd 2014 vs Amelie Berthaud 2012 Fixin “Les Crais”
• Tawse Cherry Avenue 2012 vs Odoul-Coquard 2015 Morey Saint Denis “Aux Chezeaux”

For this event we will be guided by both Daniel Lafleur and Paul Pender of Tawse.

Daniel’s passion for wine evolved from his love of food. An avid cook since childhood, Daniel studied Marketing and Nutrition at Laval University and later became a professional culinary instructor. He then pursued his budding interest in wine to become a certified sommelier and prior to joining Tawse he worked at the LCBO for 6 years in a variety of positions including Product consultant and a Vintages writer.
Paul joined the Tawse team in 2005 and became head winemaker in 2006. Under his leadership, Tawse achieved Ecocert organic and Demeter biodynamic certification and was named Canadian Winery of the year in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016. He earned the title of Winemaker of the Year at the Ontario Wine Awards in 2011.

Date: June, 27th, 2018
Time: 6:45 p.m.
Limit: 88 people
Members: $80*
Guests: $80*

*Price including HST

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Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to June 25, 2018 — (Cindy Taylor, 416.458.3147 evenings evenings only). No reservations by phone, please. No mail confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out. First come basis. For this event, non-members may attend at guest rates.

(Wednesday, March 14, 2018) — Last year we examined a group of Ports from the 1990’s to see how these younger wines were developing. This year, we will take the opposite approach and see how a group of older Ports have matured. They are these:

• 1963: Cockburn’s, Martinez
• 1966: Croft, Taylor’s
• 1967: Cockburn’s (English bottling)
• 1970: Cockburn’s, Taylor’s (Morgan Furze, London), Taylor’s

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Few of us will ever have a tasting like this again. Looking at the vintages, 1963 was magnificent, with perfect conditions. Decanter says anyone born in 1963 has a wine for life.  Certainly recent tasting notes are highly complimentary.  The 1966 was another excellent year which has to live in the shadow of ’63. The Taylor’s in particular should be remarkable.  Sadly, 1967 was much more uneven and variable across the relatively few houses to declare. Fortunately, the Cockburn’s stands out as probably the best of the vintage.

It has been suggested that the quality of the 1970 bottling may depend on whether it was bottled in Oporto or London.  Other sources claim that the English climate, being cooler than Portugal, make English bottlings superior.  Recent evaluations of “1970 Taylors” without further qualification provide scores in the 90’s.  We can taste both versions and decide for ourselves.

Our guide for the evening will be Eugene Mylnczyk. Eugene is a Master of Wine and works as a Strategic Brand Manager for Constellation Brands.  He will be familiar to many as he has been a speaker in the past.

As always with our events, this will be strictly non-smoking, and we request your cooperation in not wearing any scented after-shave or perfume.  The site is conveniently located on the Yonge Subway. Do not drink and drive.

Date: March, 14, 2018
Time:  6:45 p.m.
Limit:  60 people
Members: $99*
Guests: $125*
*Price including HST

GST/HST account: 844742619RT0001
Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to March 12th, 2018 — (Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675 evenings only). No reservations by phone, please. No mail confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out.  First come basis. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members.

(Wednesday, February 14, 2018) —  What is more appropriate for a Valentine’s Day tasting than incredible dessert wines?   Our tasting features an outstanding vintage of one of the world’s outstanding regions for dessert wines.

Sauterne’s location at the southern end of Bordeaux, and its climate allow, in good years, the growth of Botrytis Cinerea (Noble Rot) on the grapes.  This attacks the grapes, dehydrating them and providing veritable oenological elixirs with increased concentration and richness, as well as distinctive aromas.

2001 was an exceptional year for Sauternes.   Renowned London Wine Merchant Berry Bros & Rudd put it this way:  “2001 has produced a truly exceptional crop of hedonistic Sauternes, equaling and even surpassing the greatest vintages of the last 50 years like 1990, 1988, 1976 and 1967. Some owners and critics are heralding it as the finest vintage ever.”   Critics’ tasting notes over the years since have borne out that judgement.  The best wines are just reaching adolescence and still have decades ahead, but can surely be appreciated now.

The pinnacle of our tasting is the 2001 Ch d’Yquem.  Jancis Robinson has published eight tasting notes on this wine between 2009 and 2017 – one wonders how much you have to pay to get a job like that!  In 2015 she gave it 20 pts (out of 20), saying “Such intensity and tension. Great richness and creaminess combined with extreme liquid excitement. Stunning.”  Six of the other eight ratings of this wine were 19 or 19.5 and one 18.  By the way, she has given 20 pts to just 141 wines – less than 0.09% of her all ratings!

Our path to the summit also includes Ch Rieussec, probably second only to Yquem in this vintage and rated almost as highly by Jancis.  From the lower slopes we have Chateaux Filhot, Bastor-Lamontagne, Myrat & Cantegril.   By way of a slight detour, we are also pouring a 2001 Barsac, Ch Doisy-Vedrines.  Barsacs typically have a little lighter and fresher style than the rest of Sauternes.  Will you be able to spot this?

To go with these great wines we will also be serving some sweet and also some savoury bites to further bring out the qualities of the wines and to help go with the flavor of the evening.   Please also note that, in view of the richness of these wines, we will not be pouring a mystery wine.

We are very happy to announce that our speaker at this tasting will be Bill Redelmeir, founder and owner of Southbrook winery in Niagara.  Bill is a former director of Winetasters, and self-confessed Sauternes lover from the very start of his wine journey.  He tells us he has tasted 1784 d’Yquem… “Not the oldest wine I have tried but one of the best and most memorable”.  We are lucky to have him lead us through these wines.

As always with our tastings, this event will be strictly non-smoking, and we request your cooperation in not wearing any scented after-shave or perfume.  Please don’t drink & drive.

Date: February, 14, 2018
Time:  6:45 p.m.
Limit:  66 people
Members: $99*
Guests: $125*
*Price including HST

GST/HST account: 844742619RT0001
Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to Feb 12th, 2018 — (Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675 evenings only). No reservations by phone, please. No mail confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out.  First come basis. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members.

(Wednesday, January 10, 2018) — Reserva, and more especially Gran Reserva, Rioja have a special characteristic that savvy wine lovers appreciate. They are only released after significant aging at the winery. This makes then especially useful when you need an off-the-shelf bottle for immediate drinking that nonetheless has some maturity. Of course the wines can also – and ideally should – be aged further in your cellar. Specifically, Gran Reservas have minimum two years oak aging, followed by three years of bottle age for a total of five. (Reservas are one and two years respectively). Many houses age their wines more than the minimum, up to 10 or even more years. Furthermore, these can often be found at the LCBO, and Rioja is often a good bet on restaurant wine lists.

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We’ve lined up four top producers to showcase the Gran Reserva style for you: Muga, CVNE (four cuvées), Rioja Alta, Marqués de Murrieta.

We referred above to Oak aging. Originally, French Oak was used; but then there was a shift to American Oak (not new barrels though), with its broader vanilla flavoured profile. However the pendulum has again swung back to the subtler French Oak, (and in some cases, a combination!). You can have fun at the tasting deciding which oak has been used in the wines we are pouring.

Many people also distinguish classical or old-style Rioja and “modern” Rioja. Oak variety is an aspect of that as well as other aspects of wine making. Our selections are mostly classic in style, the exceptions being Contino, which is CVNE’s nod to modernity, and Vina Real which is where they hedge their bets. See if you can taste the difference.

All the wines in our tasting were purchased in 2017. The majority of the wines are 7 or 8 years old, with a couple that are 12 and 16 years old, for comparison. We have four cuvees from CVNE, the regular Gran Reserva (2010), as well as Contino (2009 & 2010), Viňa Real (2010) and Imperial (2009). We also have, in the recent release camp, the 2009 Muga Prado Enea. The older wines we are pouring are the 2005 La Rioja Alta 904, and the 2001 Castillo Ygay from Marqués de Murrieta.

As always with our tastings, this event will be strictly non-smoking, and we request your cooperation in not wearing any scented after-shave or perfume. Please don’t drink & drive.

Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Time:  6:45 p.m.
Limit:  88 people
Members: $75*
Guests: $90*
*Price including HST

GST/HST account: 844742619RT0001
Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to Jan 8th, 2018 — (Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675 evenings). No reservations by phone please. No mail confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out.  First come basis. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members.

(Wednesday, November 8, 2017) — Ah Bordeaux…home to some of the finest and most storied wines and wine appellations in the world.  Following our “Napa Knockdown” last month, our November tasting compares two Bordeaux properties, Haut-Bages Averous in Pauillac, and Les Ormes de Pez in St Estèphe.   These are both managed by JM Cazes, owners of highly regarded “super second” Lynch-Bages.   So this tasting is mainly about terroir, unlike last month where the focus was wine making; and we are using mature examples of their value wines to do it.

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Pauillac is the Mecca of Cabernet Sauvignon dominated wines, evidenced by being home to no less than five first growths.   Château Haut-Bages Averous originally bought by André Cazes has been the second wine of Lynch-Bages since 1976 (renamed Echo de Lynch-Bages in 2008).  The vineyards, now run as one estate, are located just to the north and south of the town of Pauillac.  They are planted to 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.  This Pauillac is typically rich, full bodied, and tannic, with a classically elegant Cabernet Sauvignon profile.

St Estèphe, Pauillac’s neighbour to the North, is the most Northerly commune of the Haut Medoc.  With more clay in its soil than the communes to the south where gravel increasingly predominates, it produces full flavoured wines generally described as ‘four square’.   Château Ormes de Pez dates back to 1792, constructed after the post-Revolutionary division and sale of Château de Pez.  Like many Bordeaux Châteaux its now also a Hotel!  The vineyards are divided into two blocks north and south of the village of Saint-Estèphe.  The elévage, typical of St Estèphe, has significantly more Merlot than its cousin in Pauillac, being 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot.

We will taste four terrific vintages starting with 1990, 1995 & 2000 of both Ormes de Pez and Haut Bages-Averous (1990 and 2000 ‘10’ by Berry Bros, 1995 and 8). In addition, we are also pouring 2003 Haut Bages-Averous and finally, for reference, the 2003 Lynch-Bages. See if you can spot it! 2003 was a hot year, both weather wise and also in controversy between Robert Parker (loved it!) and Jancis Robinson (not so much!). Berry Bros rate it ‘8’. You can form your own opinion as to how it’s evolved.

As always with our tastings, this event will be strictly non-smoking, and we request your cooperation in not wearing any scented after-shave or perfume.  Please don’t drink & drive.

Date:  Wednesday 8^th Nov, 2017
Time:  6:45 pm
Limit:  90 people

Members: $90*
Guests: $110*

*Price including HST

Cancellations accepted up to Nov 6^th, 2017 — (Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675 evenings).  No reservations by phone, please. No confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out.  First come basis. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members.

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(Wednesday, October 11, 2017) — Two of the finest wineries in the Napa are Heitz Cellars and Chateau Montelena. In October we will compare their Cabernet Sauvignon. Chateau Montelena Chardonnay won the white category in the 1976 Judgement of Paris that so changed the wine world. Their Cab is every bit as good. Heitz Cellars has long sported a sterling reputation. All these wines received scores of 90 or higher.

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In the early 1980’s Heitz secured a vineyard along the Silverado Trail in the Rutherford area, and this became the basis for the Trailside Vineyard wines introduced in 1989. These wines get extended aging in new barrels to add to the complexity of the wine. The Martha’s Vineyard, in the Oakville is near the Mayacamas foothills, and has been supply grapes to Heitz Cellars since 1963.

We will taste three vintages of the Heitz Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. Recent tasting comments are in parenthesis: 1999 (fully mature), 2001 (drinking well, surprisingly young), 2005 (entering its best years). You may find that herbs, berries and forest floor predominate here. The fourth representative from Heitz is the Martha’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 which seems to be drinking well. You should expect eucalyptus and mint.

These will be matched against the Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Montelena Estate 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005. Recent tasting notes indicate the 1999 is “surprisingly youthful” and the others have a long life ahead of them. In these wines you should look for plums and dark fruit. Casiss and jam are also often used as are coffee notes. Wine has been made on this site since the 1880’s although not continuously. Prohibition put a stop to production for a number of years.

As always with our tastings, this event will be strictly non-smoking, and we request your cooperation in not wearing any scented after-shave or perfume.  Using public transit is strongly encouraged.

Date:  Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Time:  6:45 pm
Limit:  66 people

Members: $98*
Guests: $120*

*Price including HST

North York Memorial Community Hall
5110 Yonge St. (under library)
North York Centre Subway

GST/HST account: 844742619RT0001

Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to Oct 9 — Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675. No bookings by phone, please.

No confirmations will be issued for mail registrations — you will be contacted only if we are sold out. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members – Strictly ‘First Come’ basis.

(Wednesday, September 13, 2017)
You had me at “Brunello”
The other Sangiovese

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Without the Biondi-Santi family, there would be no Brunello. When Clemente Santi noticed that some of his vines grew compact, thick skinned grapes producing more expressive wines than his other Sangiovese stock, he set in motion a movement to produce delicious, liquorous, age-worthy wines that subsequent generations of the family and other winemakers in Montalcino perfected. From the first bottling of ‘Brunello’ by his grandson Ferrucio in 1888 to now, Brunello has grown to be one of the great wines of Italy and for more than 50 years, Tenuta Carpazo has been considered one of the greatest names in Brunello.

Tenuta Caparzo’s La Casa is a true enological gem, and unique in it’s heritage. The first vintage of La Casa was produced in 1977. At the time, little attention was paid to terroir in Montalcino, and Caparzo was a trend setter, producing a “Single Vineyard” Brunello from one of the finest vineyards in the Appellation, La Casa. The 5-hectare La Casa Vineyard is located on the Montosoli Hill. At an elevation of 275 meters, La Casa enjoys a sunny south southeast exposure and yields grapes of incontrovertible quality which produce wines that can age for more than 35 years.

This tasting features a vertical of La Casa from the ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘98, ‘99 and 2000 vintages. In addition, we’ll be contrasting these with ‘new’ Brunellos from the outstanding 2007 vintage from two relative newcomers, Domus Vitae and Collelceto.

With this first tasting of the season, we will also be offering a small food pairing sample to help us assess what works best with a fine Brunello. Winetasters last tasted these wines in 2012 and we are excited to see how they’ve evolved since then.

Please join us for this comparison of old vs new Brunello to start off our 40^th anniversary season of Winetasters!

As always with our tastings, this event will be strictly non-smoking, and we request your cooperation in not wearing any scented after-shave or perfume.  Using public transit is strongly encouraged.

Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Time:  6:45 p.m.
Limit:  66 people
Members: $85*
Guests: $110*

*Price including HST

North York Memorial Community Hall
5110 Yonge St. (under library)
North York Centre Subway

GST/HST account: 844742619RT0001

Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to Sept. 11, 2017 (Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675 evenings). No reservations by phone, please. No mail confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out.  First come basis. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members.

(Wednesday, June 14, 2017) — We are delighted to offer this tasting of premium Shiraz from the young, yet already legendary, Two Hands winery in South Australia. The winery was originally rooted in Barossa and McLaren vale but now covers a much wider span. Originally founded just before the turn of the 21st century by Michael Twelftree and Richard Mintz, success came quickly at home and abroad. Subsequently, Colorado native Tim Hower came on board. The winery has also spread its wings beyond Barossa & McLaren Vale across the wine regions of southern Australia. Michael and Richard’s backgrounds in sales and marketing meshed with Tim’s love of Barossa and ownership of several premium vineyards has proven to be a strong combination.

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Numerous accolades continued, including Robert Parker famously naming Two Hands “the finest négociant south of the equator’’, and demand around the world surged in the following years as the wines expanded into export markets throughout Europe, Asia, North America and, of course, also at home in Australia. In November 2012, Two Hands was named in the Wine Spectator’s annual Top 100 for the 10th consecutive year, an achievement apparently without equal.

Shiraz was their initial focus and remains their core today, although they have branched into Cabernet Sauvignon and other varietals. Likewise they have expanded beyond their origins in Barossa & McLaren Vale.

The wines are not for the faint of heart – these are big, even massive, wines (can exceed 15% alcohol), but with the polish to attract high Parker and Spectator scores.

Their many offerings are grouped into four quality ‘tiers’: Flagship, Block, Garden, and Picture Series. Our tasting covers the top three tiers. With one exception, all the wines you will taste are from the 2007 vintage.
At the pinnacle is Ares. This is a special, limited, selection of what they consider to be the finest of all their barrels of Barossa, and latterly, McLaren vale Shiraz. The wine is treated to 23 months oak aging (1/4 new French oak). Originally 100% Barossa, since 2005 the selection includes McLaren vale fruit. We are pouring the 1999 (100% Barossa) and 2007 (67% Barossa) which will give some insight to the evolution and ageability of this iconic wine.

The second tier is the ‘Block’ series, i.e. single vineyard. We are pouring Barney’s Block (McLaren), and Zippy’s Block (Barossa). Parker’s note on the latter serves as an indicator for the wines as a whole –

“a brooding, burly wine; splendid nose of plum, tar, licorice, smoke, game, blueberry; palate surprisingly restrained, bordering on elegant; savory, ripe, medium-long; approachable in 1-2 years (from 2009) and will drink well for a decade thereafter – 93 pts“.

The third tier is the ‘Garden’ series, one from each of the six top Shiraz regions. We will be tasting four of these, namely, Lily’s Garden (McLaren Vale), Bella’s Garden (Barossa), Max’s Garden (Heathcote), and finally Harry & Edward’s Garden (Langhorne Creek), the latter no longer being made.

So, for Barossa & McLaren Vale, all of the top three tiers are represented in our tasting. This tasting gives a unique opportunity to taste the difference (and the dollars!), as well as a comparison of the four regions represented in the Garden series. Sign up now and come on out for a tasting of some of the best of Australian Shiraz.

Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Time:  6:45 p.m.
Limit:  66 people
Members: $85*
Guests: $95*

*Price including HST

North York Memorial Community Hall
5110 Yonge St. (under library)
North York Centre Subway

GST/HST account: 844742619RT0001

Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to Monday, June 12, 2017 (Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675 evenings). No reservations by phone, please. No mail confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out.  First come basis. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members. Registration will be closed at the end of day, June 13.

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(Wednesday, May 10, 2017) — Now that winter’s over and spring is upon us, it’s time to put down the heavy reds and pick up some beautiful whites.  Cue Sauvignon Blanc: one of the most popular and distinctive, of the white wine grapes.  One thinks first of the Loire Valley as its home, but Marlborough (New Zealand) has stolen much of the limelight over the last two or three decades and defined a style of assertive, tropical, gooseberry fruit-driven wines.

But top quality Sauvignon Blanc (SB) is made in some surprising places, and at some surprising wineries, and in different styles.  The line-up for our tasting showcases the global reach, and variety, of this fascinating grape.   As well as the Loire & Marlborough, our tour will also take in several iconic estates in Tuscany, Sonoma, New South Wales, Niagara, Bordeaux, and Slovenia (yes, really, but produced by a top Austrian winery).  We will be showing wines that are 100% Sauvignon Blanc, as well as blends with Semillon and various other grapes and, for comparison, a legendary 100% Semillon completes the experience.

Our tour begins, logically, in the Loire with 2013 Sancerre d’Antan, a premium cuvee by top producer Henri Bourgeois, which is grown on a flinty slope, first planted in the ‘30s.

Did you know that Ornellaia makes a white wine?   We will be pouring the 2014 Poggio Alle Gazze del’Ornellaia.  Typically a 70% SB blend, it leans towards to the Bordeaux style (see below).

To get to Italy from France you might go through Slovenia, the home of the highly regarded Colles by Weingut Gross.   We are pouring the 2013.  Commentators say that Slovenia is upping its game.  This is not Ljutomer Riesling!  See what you think.

Our next hop is a big one, all the way to Marlborough, New Zealand, for the 2011 Terravin Te Ahu.   This wine sees some oak but also has the intense fruit of NZ SB to make a distinctive combination.

Then a shorter hop, geographically, but much bigger flavour jump, to New South Wales Australia for the 2009 McWilliam Lovedale Semillon.  This should be a real treat, fully in its prime.  Richard Hemming (Purple Pages) gives it 17.5 points, saying “…delicious and distinct. Super fruit clarity – lemon curd, cream. Just slightly feral and funky too, but that adds rather than detracts interest. Exemplary”.

Staying in the New World, but the other side of the globe, our next stop is California for the Spottswoode 2013 Sauvignon Blanc.

Spottswoode, known for its superstar Napa Cabernets, produces a ripe and intense white wine from a blend of Napa and Sonoma fruit, including their St Helena Estate.  Next we head north, to Niagara, for the 2013 Creekside Sauvignon Blanc Reserve.  This wine impressed as the mystery at our Creekside tasting.  Old World or New World?  You decide!

We finish nearer to our starting point with a dry Bordeaux: the 2009 Chateau Haut-Bergey from Pessac-Léognan.  This has the classic blend of 82% Sauvignon and 18% Semillon to give a complex wine that Jancis Robinson rates 17 points and describes as quite headily floral and smoky on the nose, and long and substantial on the palate.

We are very pleased to have Wine Voyageur and author Larry Horne to act as our guide on this tour.   Larry moved to Niagara in 2005 to help start Calamus Winery. This story and many others are recounted in a book, Besotted: My love affair with wine, which wine writer, Mike Lowe calls a “light hearted, concise account of a life in which wine has played a pivotal role-a book that many wine lovers will easily relate to.”  He will also be selling and signing the book after the tasting.  For full review, go to: http://winesinniagara.com/2016/10/one-mans-love-affair-with-wine/#more-12138

Come on out for what should be a fascinating tour around the byways of Sauvignon Blanc.  Once you have mastered these first eight wines, you can then try your skill at identifying the mystery wine.

As always with our tastings, this event will be strictly non-smoking, and we request your cooperation in not wearing any scented after-shave or perfume.  Using public transit is strongly encouraged.  Please do not drink and drive.

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Time:  6:45 p.m.
Limit:  60 people
Members: $69*
Guests: $79*

*Price including HST

North York Memorial Community Hall
5110 Yonge St. (under library)
North York Centre Subway

GST/HST account: 844742619RT0001

Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto

Cancellations accepted up to Monday, May 8 2017 (Jennifer Curran 905-829-4675 evenings). No reservations by phone, please. No mail confirmations will be issued — you will be contacted only if we are sold out.  First come basis. Non-members may attend at guest rates, but preference will be given to members. Registration will be closed at the end of day, May 9.