We had 58 people out for a delicious tasting of the 2007 Barolo and Barbaresco and were delighted to welcome Ann Popoff as our guest speaker again! These wines were all definitely ready to drink although the Barolo were the clear favourite wines of the night. This was very surprising because the last time we sampled Barolo and Barbaresco wines side by side the results were quite different. Our 2015 tasting of 2004 Barolo and Barbaresco showed the Barbaresco as the clear favou

Does a New World Pinot Noir taste different from a Burgundian Pinot Noir? According to Jay Youmans, Master of Wine, “Yes” there are differences. New World winemakers tend to use cultured yeasts and inoculate their fermentations achieving clean, straightforward flavors. Burgundians use wild or natural yeast strains for complexity of flavor. New World winemakers oak their pinot noirs more than the French and some even finish bottling with a little residual sugar (a practice

Our guest speaker for the evening was Anne Popoff, professional sommelier and former Ontario President of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers. We imbibed the following Chablis wines on June 18, 2013. THE WINES William Fèvre, Chablis 1er Cru, Montée de Tonnerre $49 “The 2009 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre comes across as rich, round and pretty. Smoky and minerally at first, the fruit blossoms on the mid-palate and then truly gains dimension on the big finish. Ex