Recession Reds Event at Grano

by Kato on June 28, 2009 in Events, Wine Picks with No comments

grano1CAN YOU HAVE A GREAT WINE LIFE FOR $10?
Billy’s Best Bottles presented a fun night of RECESSION REDS
April 14th, 2009 at Grano restaurant, Toronto.

Over one hundred people tasted 24 reds priced under $10 selected from Billy’s Best Bottles Wines for 2009. These wines were ‘brown bagged’, with no labels showing. Wines were from Italy, France, Portugal, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Chile and Argentina. Everyone voted for their two favourites in Old World and New World categories.

– every wine scored at least ten votes
– there was no runaway winner
– a $11 Ontario red was included and it scored well
– Portugal and South Africa were the winning countries

***Print off the complete list of Recession Reds here (great shopping list!)***

Thanks to all the wine importers who donated generously, and to Roberto and Lucia of Grano for giving over their restaurant for the evening. The spaghetti meatball supper was a hit with everyone.

THE RESULTS
OLD WORLD STYLE: Very dry reds that work best with food. Rustic and refreshing.

JOINT FIRST PLACE OLD WORLD STYLE
Quinta de Crasto 07 Douro ‘Flor de Crasto’ Portugal $9.95 89870
Spinelli 07 Sangiovese, Abruzzi, Italy $7.50 621961
JOINT SECOND OLD WORLD STYLE
Cesari 07 Merlot, Venezie, Italy $7.45 572453
Sogrape 05 Douro ‘Vila Regia’, Portugal $8.15 464388
Alianca 07 Douro ‘Foral’, Portugal $8.50 239046

NEW WORLD STYLE: Rich, spicy/sweet wines that win you over on the first sip. Food or party wines.

FIRST PLACE NEW WORLD STYLE
Familia Zuccardi ‘Fuzion’ 08 Shiraz/Malbec, Argentina $7.45 83188
SECOND PLACE NEW WORLD STYLE
Obikwa 07 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Africa $8.95 665323
JOINT THIRD NEW WORLD STYLE
Ubunto 06 Shiraz, South Africa $9.95 66528
Trapiche ‘Astica’ 08 Merlot/Malbec, Argentina $7.45 359075

ALSO scored well
KWV 07 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Africa $9.95 220004
Long Flat 07 Cabernet/Merlot, Australia $12.85/1 Litre Tetra 24802

P.S. Peller Estates 07 Cabernet/Merlot, VQA Niagara ($10.95 58628), was inserted as a ringer and it finished between the first and second places. Impressive.

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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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