The Event: annual dinner of the Wine Writers' Circle of Canada at Tutti Matti

The Date and Time: Monday January 16, 2017  6Pm to 10PM

The Event: annual dinner of the Wine Writers' Circle of Canada

The Venue: Tutti Matti, King and Spadina

The Target Audience: members of the WWCC and their guests, almost two dozen in all.

The Availability/Catalogue: the wines were drawn from WWCC member cellars.

The Quote/Background: the annual dinner is really a fun time to which everybody brings their A game.

The Wines: I tasted most of these wines, and they were largely terrific.

 

Bubbly service at beginning:  -JEIO Rose Brut NV Italy

                              -Grange of PEC Lot 4 Brut NV VQA PEC

                              -Blu Giovello Prosecco NV

 

-LAN Crianza 2012 Rioja magnum

-Laztana Tempranillo Reserva Rioja 2010

-Fielding Riesling Reserve 2006 VQA

-Between the Lines Merlot 2009 VQA

-Rosewood Merlot 2011 VQA

-J. de Telmont Blanc de Blanc Brut NV

-J. de Telmont Cuvee Grand Rose Brut

-Franciacorta 2010 Monzio Compagnoni

-2007 Union Forté

-2012 Two Sisters Cabernet Franc VQA

-Mountain Road Winery Vidal Icewine 2000

-1990 Moulin Touchais

-2009 Roux Pere & Fils Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumes

-Frescobaldi Nippozano Chianti Rufina Reserva 2012

-2005 Osoyoos Larose BC VQA

-Chateau Les Charmes-Godard 2012 Francs-Cote de Bordeaux

-Exultet Estates Chardonnay The Blessed  2010 VQA PEC

-Muscedere Vineyards Cabernet Franc 2008 VQA LENS

-Pisano Merlot and Tannat 2012 Uruguay

-Azores Sao Miguel Quinta Da Jardinette Merlot and Tempranillo 2014

-Sardinia Terre Bianche Torbato 2014 

 

The Food:  Antipasto Choice – Porchetta (slow roasted pig, tuna sauce, arugula, deep fried shallots, toasted country bread; Aqua Cotta (carrot, celery, onion, black cabbage, bread, duck egg served in a large soup bowl); Verdure (cauliflower, carrots, leeks, squash, black cabbage, pistachio bagna cauda).

 

Main Choice -  Crespella (crepes, fontina bechamel, wild mushrooms); Eliche Pasta (lamb, fennel, chick pea, rosemary); Costole Di Manzo (short ribs, beer, oranges, Rosemary, beets and beet greens).

 

Formaggio

 

Dolce  Tiramisu, Sorbetto

 

It was a meat crowd, so the porchetta and the short ribs won the raves, especially in combo with the wines.

The Contact Person: deantudor@deantudor.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 92.

 

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