Last week we tried a bottle of this cracking wine alongside a lovely rigatoni pasta dish with spicy Italian sausage, garlic, rapini, and olives. It really worked a treat.There’s no doubt that this wine is quite different from most bottlings on the shelves this Fall and I am in no doubt that this wine may be polarising. Much like cilantro, you are either going to love it or utterly despise it.
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Hailing from Edinburgh, you would simply not believe the number of times I have been given gift packs of Innis and Gunn’s Edinburgh-brewed beers over the years. I will admit that I had never been particularly fond of their oak-aged style of beers until I was invited to a Brewer’s dinner at Toronto’s Bymark restaurant recently. By the end of the dinner I was completely blown away, and I finally “got” Innis and Gunn’s very distinctive beers.
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An attempt to capture the excitement, the tension, and the culinary marvels at Gold Medal Plates Toronto 2010
Man, it was noisy in there!
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Good Food Revolution would like to doff their collective hat to Rebecca LeHeup and all of those involved in the organisation and presentation of the 2010 Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance Summit held earlier this week. Everything about the day’s proceedings was second to none; from the venue (The fascinating MaRS building), through the inspiring, innovative programming, to the delicious food and wine served throughout the summit.
It was one of those symposiums where everyone in attendance went away with something to think about (and act upon!)
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Many years ago I recorded a (lengthy) podcast interview with Winemaker J. P. Colas during his years working with Peninsula Ridge. Since then J. P. has moved on to work with 13th Street, alongside GFR’s good friend Peter Bodna Rod. After all these years we decided that it was high time to catch up with the always-outspoken Monsieur Colas and find out just what he has been up to in the intervening years…
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