BOULUD SUD POP UP Enjoy a vibrant celebration of the sun and sea at Café Boulud’s first-ever Boulud Sud Pop Up. Join Daniel Boulud and Nicholas Trosien as they create dishes inspired by the coastal Mediterranean. Dinner includes wine pairings by Sommelier Julie Garton, featuring The Small Winemakers Collection. For reservations, please call 416-963-6005 Thursday,
Although it isn’t Italy’s largest region in size, the Veneto is by far the largest wine-producing region in Italy, producing almost 20% of this prestigious nation’s wine. The Veneto is an area to the northeast of Italy, which stretches from the Dolomite Mountains all the way to the Adriatic Sea. Its capital is the beautiful
Chardonnay is one of the most widely planted grape varieties in the world and has garnered a reputation as an easy grape to grow, no matter the climate. The wine that’s produced with these grapes is one of the easiest-drinking white wines available and has the ability to speak clearly of the terroir where
Gevrey Chambertin, Nuits St Georges, Meursault. Reading these words either fills you with fear or excitement depending on how much you know about wines from Burgundy. The region is without a doubt one of the most inscrutable and difficult to understand in the wine world. True Burghounds spend their life understanding the minutiae of vineyards
Winter Food And Wine Pairing: Why Hearty Reds Will Steal The Show The winter season brings with it not only colder weather but also delectable wine and food pairing options. As the temperatures begin to drop and comforting objects such as sweaters and slippers become prominent once more, we begin to crave soul-comforting meals. Evenings
Although Portuguese grapes grow in relatively close proximity to those from Spain, France, and other notable wine-producing regions in Europe, wines from Portugal remain intriguingly unique. There are so many different grape varietals in Portugal that are rarely cultivated anywhere else in the world. This is partially due to their relative obscurity. However, some regions,
Learning how to distinguish between the different tastes and structural elements in wine is an essential part of the wine tasting process. As a beginner, it’s easy to confuse wine tannins with wine acidity and assume that everything you taste falls along a single spectrum. In fact, there are a variety of characteristics of wine,
For many people, a glass of sweet wine at the end of a long and satisfying meal is the ultimate treat. Canadians have long had a hate for sweeter wine because of the sickly sweet wines that dominated our market in the ’70s and ’80s. Many of these wines had sugar added to try to
Italian Wines: A Taste Of Viticultural Passion Italy has enjoyed a rich and passionate relationship with wine and food over many thousands of years and plays an integral part in Italian gastronomical culture. The country’s wide variety of climates and soil conditions has helped it produce some of the world’s most loved wines. To get
It may seem obvious that a wine that is too warm or too cold can be detrimental to a wine’s enjoyment. However, did you know that small changes in serving temperature can change a wine’s aromas and flavours, making the difference between a beautiful glass of wine and something boring, flat, or nondescript? Serving wine