Category Archives: Wine Regions

I4C – International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebrations!

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Charlene#I4C- July 2012 – Volunteering to get my feet wet. @SezmuCharlene

@Sezmu – I have always been interested in wine, beer and spirit ever since I can remember. This is because one of my earliest memories that I have, is helping my father making beer in our family kitchen.  Over the years, I have become more interested in wine making and all the elements that go into making great wine.  This has been noticeable in my visits to small artisan wineries and breweries in Quebec. Because of these visits, it led me to the new direction for my life in the pursuit of more knowledge for my love of wine, spirits and beer.  Deciding to jump into this with my both feet I  volunteered over the July 20th weekend, for my first wine festival in Ontario’s wine country.  It was for the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebrations. This event brought together wine makers from all over Ontario, British Columbia, Australia, New Zealand, United States, France and Chile. With them, they brought some wines that are not yet available in Ontario or other parts of Canada, for people to taste throughout the weekend at these fantastic events.

I was privileged enough to be helping out one day at Rosewood Estates, for their “WILD for Chardonnay: Comparative Tasting of Wild Ferment Chardonnays luncheon.” Here, I was able to be a part of a conversation that was made up by Wine Makers that were new, others that are seasoned wine makers, and one wine maker, that comes from a winery where his family has been making wine for more than five hundred years.
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Alex Presents ~ Québec “La Route Des Vins”.

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Who knew beautiful vineyard getaways were right at your doorstep? I sure didn’t!
Quebec has beautiful wine regions that are actually quite well known (not for the social wine drinkers such as myself). La Mission Vignoble for example, perhaps you have heard of it, which is one that is pretty well known, available information can be found on Sezmu.com

Here is how I discovered what they call “La route des vins”. My good friend Karina purchased a 2 hour wine tour for two people for 22$ on one of these coupon websites. The coupon was for Vignoble Chapelle Ste-Agnes. We thought we would make a weekend out of it, since we were going to have to drive all the way to Sutton which is about 2 hours away, and since we were planning on taking advantage of the wine tastings, we were definitely not going to be in shape to drive home. So, we decided to book a quaint little bed & breakfast and enjoy our stay in Sutton! Gite B&B Vert Le Mont is where we stayed by the way. Very beautiful old home and extremely hospitable owners, and not to mention the breakfast was out of this world. They were the ones who gave all the information we needed about all the hidden vignobles!

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“Torrontés, no la comas ni la des, que para buen vino es”

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“Torrontés, no la comas ni la des, que para buen vino es” www.abcdelvino.com

Junto con el Malbec, el Torrontés es el cepaje que más representa al vino argentino. Si bien sus orígenes deben rastrearse por Europa, más precisamente por España o Grecia, es por latitudes sudamericanas donde se da de mil maravillas, obteniendo como resultado vinos diferentes, altamente frutados y de un sabor muy especial. Sin lugar a dudas el vino Torrontés es uno de los más atractivos, aunque es cierto que es uno de los menos consumidos. No es de los más sofisticados, ni de los más delicados.

Esta cepa blanca posee una fuerte personalidad que la hace inconfundible y que quizás despierte en los consumidores el amor o el odio. Puertas afuera, al igual que el Malbec, el Torrontés se convirtió en la cepa blanca argentina emblemática, con gran presencia en el mercado externo. Según estadísticas es la variedad blanca que más se vende al mercado asiático, que atrae sobremanera a los brasileños y que ha obtenido numerosos premios internacionales.Con una intensidad aromática muy particular, en donde prevalecen las frutas como el durazno o la naranja, las flores como la rosa o el jazmín, y algunas especias como el clavo de olor, se ha desarrollado con excelencia en Salta, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Juan y Rio Negro. De cada una de estas zonas tenemos exponentes diferentes, absolutamente distintos a los de otras regiones del mundo. Existen tres variedades de Torrontés plantadas en nuestro país: el riojano, el mendocino y el sanjuanino.

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LA ROUTE DES VINS – THE WINE ROUTE

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THE WINE ROUTE OF QUEBEC!
Located near the American border, at fourty minutes south of Montreal, nests the splendid region of Brome-Missisquoi where Quebec’s viticulture adventure begins.In 2003, Quebec’s first signed Wine Route was created.

Spanning 120 kilometres, the region offers its visitors a gigantic trail where interesting and varied finds await discovery.  Past curves, bends and hills, visitors will enjoy great wines, guided tours, local farm products, country picnics, artist workshops, outdoor activities, good restaurants, cozy B&Bs and welcoming local people.  Peruse the Wine Route’s cultural activities and event calendar and discover a multitude of interesting and varied cultural activities at our wineries.  Experience the Wine Route and its wineries four different ways: through our regional cuisine, our local products, the arts or sport and outdoor activities.

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LA ROUTE DES VINS:  Ωhttp://www.laroutedesvins.ca/
Située, sur la frontière américaine, à quarante minutes au sud de Montréal, c’est dans la splendide région de Brome-Missisquoi que débute l’aventure de la vitiviniculture. Nos vignobles y mettent tout leur art et leur talent à élaborer des vins qui sauront vous surprendre et charmer vos sens.

La première édition de la Route des vins signalisée a vu le jour en 2003. Le principe en est fort simple : la région offre à ses visiteurs, sur ses 120 kilomètres de route, un parcours jalonné d’étapes, tel un gigantesque jeu de piste qui n’aurait d’autre but que de satisfaire tous les sens…

Ainsi, derrière les panneaux de signalisation qui parsèment la route, se cachent de savoureuses haltes au cœur de la région viticole : dégustations de vins, produits du terroir, visites, pique-niques champêtres, ateliers d’artistes, activités de plein air, bons restos, sympathiques auberges, accueillants producteurs… le plaisir de vivre… Profitez aussi de l’excellente programmation culturelle de la Route des vins, vous offrant une multitude d’activités des plus variées et intéressantes.   Juste pour le plaisir, profitez de la Route des vins et ses vignobles, de quatre façons : les bonnes tables, les produits du terroir, les arts et la culture et le plein air.