TASTING UNAVAILABLE FRENCH CRUS IN ONTARIO
By DEAN TUDOR
The Event: APVSA tasting (Association pour la Promotion des Vins et Spiritueux en Amérique du nord).
The Time and Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 10AM to 4PM
The Venue: Delta Chelsea Inn, 33 Gerrard Street West, Toronto.
The Target Audience: wine agents.
The Availability/Catalogue: no wines are currently available in Ontario. The group is here to try to get some agents to agree to rep the principal. Some of the wines are available in Quebec and Alberta.
Most of the wines were French, and there were sales staff available to comment on the prices and production.
The Wines: The problem I had with the wines, and one that must be acknowledged, is that they were no better than the wines that we already have here in Ontario. There really did not seem to be any price advantages, either. These 60 or so wines could be made available through Vintages or Consignment. In the past, many have been picked up for sale in Ontario. Here were my faves, regardless of price (in euro): (suite…)