Hi friends! I’ve just returned from a whirlwind trip to France to attend Wine Paris. This international wine trade show exclusively for professionals brings together wine producers, agents, buyers, importers and sommeliers from all over the world for three days of networking, conferences, masterclasses, and of course, wine tastings.
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Last week I had the privilege of attending the Tre Bicchieri World Tour, which stopped in Ottawa at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Organized by Gambero Rosso, this world tour gives global wine professionals a taste of what’s new in Italian wine, featuring the best of the best from all across Italy. It was one of those beautiful sunny spring days, offering a taste of summer.
My love for Loire Valley sauvignon blanc is no secret. To the point where I took time during my vacation last year to help harvest it. I am a dedicated fan. So when I have an opportunity to learn about much-loved appellations like Sancerre from the Centre-Loire, it doesn’t take much to convince me.
About a month ago, I received an invitation to attend a masterclass and walkaround tasting in Montréal, featuring the wines of the Centre-Loire. I hemmed and hawed about it for a while, since that is now a three-hour drive away after my move last year. But in the end, the idea of tasting a wide range of wines from a region I love won me over.
So on April 1, armed with podcasts and a playlist entitled Songs to Sing in the Car, off I went on a road trip to Montréal.
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Each time I visit a French wine region, I am astounded by the complexities of each appellation. For example, when I visited the Beaujolais in 2019, I discovered that within the region there are dozens of different appellations making red wine, each characterized by different grape growing elevations, yields, soil type, aging times, barrel types, and a myriad of other environmental and winemaking factors. The resulting wines are all so incredibly different, even though Beaujolais red wines are always, without fail, made from THE EXACT SAME GRAPE (gamay noir à jus blanc). It blows my mind how a single grape variety can produce so many diverse wines.
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If there’s one thing that most people don’t know about me, it’s that besides a middle-school trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake to see a play at the Shaw Festival, I have never been to Niagara.
Shocking, I know.
What self-respecting Canadian wine writer has never visited the nation’s largest viticultural region??
With a milestone birthday coming up, it was time to remedy this travesty. I started dropping hints months ago about going to Niagara for the big event. So when my husband told me to pack a bag for a surprise birthday trip last weekend, I had my suspicions about where we were going.
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