Canada versus Bordeaux At the Ontario Club, Commerce Court South, 5th Floor. (South East Corner King & Bay Streets) Ontario Club dress code: Casual, but no jeans or running shoes please.
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This blind tasting of wines from Ontario, British Columbia and Bordeaux is modeled on a series of professional tastings organized by Larry Paterson. Larry, affectionately known as "The Little Fat Wino" is a 30 year veteran of the LCBO (now retired), a grape grower and an amateur winemaker. He just took 'Overall Champion' at the National Amateur Winemakers of Canada and is a fervent promoter of Canadian wines. Since 1996, Larry has organized 16 Ontario/BC/Bordeaux tastings and the very interesting and detailed results can be found at www.littlefatwino.com.
The idea for this particular OWS event began at the Ontario vs. Bordeaux tasting held at Brock University last February. Just over 50 wine professionals blind tasted a total of 18 wines with the top 5 rankings all Ontario VQA. Only seven of the tasters were able to identify 2 of the 4 Bordeaux tasted.
Once again, Tony Aspler will be our sommelier and tour guide for what will undoubtedly be a fascinating evening. Tony is the founder of the Ontario Wine Awards, Director of the Canadian Wine Library, Honorary Governor of Cuvee, co-founder of the chartable foundation Grapes for Humanity and is currently working on "The Wine Atlas of Canada" which will be published next September by Random House.
All of the wines presented will be produced from only those grapes recognize to be traditional Bordeaux varietals. Come, taste and decide for yourself if there are discernable differences in the wines produced in these three highly praised and different wine producing areas of the globe.
Locale: Commerce Court is on the southeast corner of King and Bay Street. It consists of 4 buildings with a courtyard. The smallest building is the South building with the Ontario Club located on the 5th floor (top floor). It can be accessed in two ways: (1) Through the underground Food Court, look for the Wellington Street exit or (2) more easily via the courtyard through the doors in the middle of the building with the Ontario Club crest (look for the elephants, the doors are behind them).
The Ontario Club will serve a snack at the end of the blind tasting portion of this evening designed to complement the wines. Dinner is available after the tasting in the Ontario Club dining room. Underground parking is available at a reduced rate (presently $7.00) after 6pm. The entrance is off Wellington St. which is south of King St. and runs one-way west off of Yonge St. Once inside the parking garage, make 3 left turns. Park and take the east elevators. For information only, call the Wine Line at (416) 921-9798. Reservations will not be taken over the phone.
Please make cheques payable to the Ontario Wine Society and send in an envelope postmarked no later than Tuesday, January 10, 2006. Cancellations will be accepted until Wednesday January 11, 2006 by calling the Wine Line at 416-921-9798.
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Please reserve _____ space(s) for the Canada vs. Bordeaux event, Monday January 16, 2006.
Members $35, Non-Members $40. Members may bring one guest at the member price. Enclosed is my cheque for:_______________________________________________ MEMBER NAME: ___________________________________ (GUEST NAME: ____________________________________) MEMBER ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________________________ CITY: _______________________________________ POSTAL CODE: _________________________________________ TELEPHONE: (DAY)________________________________ (EVENING) ________________________________________ I understand and accept my personal safety responsibilities when attending an Ontario Wine Society event. SIGNED: __________________________________________ DATED: ___________________________________________ |
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| Make cheques payable to the Ontario Wine Society and return in an envelope POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN 10 JANUARY 2006 to: The Ontario Wine Society c/o Sadie Darby, PO Box 519, Station K, Toronto, ON, M4P 2G9 | |