Cave Men Bubbly

by Kato on December 2, 2009 in Vintages Picks, Wine Picks with No comments

cheninblancCAVEThe folks at Cave Spring have come out with Canada’s first bubbly produced from Chenin Blanc grapes. The Loire Valley in France has been making sparkling Chenin for decades, and it’s always been one of my favourite alternatives to Champagne. Cave’s wine is very pure, light and delicate, and falls somewhere between Champagne and Prosecco styles. Super crisp aperitif or oyster wine.

Two things I really like about this wine are its superb quality and its truly local expression. France is the role model, but the delicacy and purity of expression are uniquely Niagara. Pour with pride.

Cave Spring Cellars 06 Chenin Blanc Sparkling, VQA Niagara
128363  $29.96 (an LCBO holiday release)

P.S. Home for the Holidays: Cave Spring and Inn on the Twenty will be hosting a wine and food pairing event on December 5th and 19th at 11:30 featuring holiday hors d’oeuvres such as smoked salmon on rye toast with fruit mustard cream, with wines to match and recipes to take home so you can impress everyone when you entertain over the holidays!!  Reservations required.  $15. per person. Please email at  retail@cavespring.ca or call 905-562-3581 ext 302

Auld Lang Wine: January 9th and 10th 1pm – 3pm  (no reservations required) A chance to purchase some of the old wines of Cave Spring Cellars. Bottles from 2000 to 2006 vintages including Riesling, Chardonnay and an assortment of reds.  Many of these wines will be in very limited quantity and some will be available for tasting.

Kato
Kato Wake is an entrepreneur – a creative thinker and a visual maker with over twenty years experience in the design business. She possesses strong communication skills and has managed teams and groups of many sizes. Creative, resourceful and curious by nature – Kato is an ideas person and a problem solver. She sees the big picture, the practical steps needed to achieve it and the means to do so. Experienced with both print and web, she is motivated by serving the client and communicating ‘their story’ – however it needs to be told. She has been involved in the restaurant and hospitality industry for almost as long as Billy – but hasn't drunk quite so much. Over the years, Kato has instructed hundreds of hospitality workers in 'the art of service' and has implemented training programs for several restaurants. Presently, Kato manages both the print and web for Billy’s Best Bottles (www.billysbestbottles.com) and has designed 10 editions of Billy’s Best Bottles annual wine book – which has been a Canadian best seller each year. She also designed Kathy Guidi’s book on Canadian Cheese (published by McArthur and Company) and is currently designing a breakfast cookbook for County resident Elizabeth Pulker. As Billy's 'right hand woman', she helps him conduct seminars is is the 'operations manager' behind the Wine with Life Tours. :)
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