French Wine Producers 2018

12 French Wine Producers in Montreal
Wine Tasting

May 16, 2018

This event was sponsored by the CIC MONTREAL with the help of CIC EST and CIC OUEST branches of Crédit Industriel et Commercial (a French financial services group) in order to promote French businesses abroad. It was held at the Montreal's Hotel Zero 1. 

All participating vineyards were family ran businesses, some with a several hundreds years of history and a timeline of many generations. The producers came to Montreal in person. All demonstrated love for their land and the real expertise in understanding their soils, their vines, the intricacies of specific wine production, this due to their hard work and France's long history and legacy of wine production.

The following producers participated at the today's event and displayed wine-making mastery that makes French wine famous. Visit their websites to learn more about them and their wines.

Champagne Eric Taillet
Website 
 Domaine Edouard Faller
Website

Champagne Barbier Louvet
Website
Domaine Vin Andre Carl & Fils
Website

Champagne Couvreur Philippart
Website
Champagne Person
Website

Domaine Moulin de la Touche
Website
Domaine G. Metz
Website

Champagne Guy de Chassey
Website

Champagne Brice
Website

Domaine des Sept Vignes
Website

Domaine Plessis Glain
Website

The event was attended by the Montreal's wine professionals who appreciated to discover the new wines and learn about various vintages and the methods they were created.

Generous food was also provided for those attending the event.

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Italian Wine - Grandi Marchi 2018

l’Istituto del vino Italiano di Qualità
Grandi Marchi

May 9, 2018

The Institute of Fine Italian Wines - l’Istituto del vino Italiano di Qualità - Grandi Marchi, as it is called in Italian, has once again held a wine tasting even for professionals in Montreal. The event took place at the Loft Hotel located on Sherbrooke Street.

11 wine producers participated this year:

Antinori • Argiolas • Carpenè Malvolti • Lungarotti • Masi • Mastroberardino • Michele Chiarlo • Pio Cesare • Rivera • Tasca d’Almerita • Umani Ronchi

Quebec and Canada has a great number of Italian wine lovers, and not only those who are originally from Italy. Marrying good quality and an affordable price is certainly one of the elements of the success.

A great number of the Montreal wine professionals attended this Grandi Marchi wine trade show, eager to taste the wines presented by various and distinct vineyards. 

Italian food and cheese were also offered for tasting, much appreciated by those who attended the event.

For more information on the Grandi marchi origins and wine producers included in this group, visit the website of the l’Istituto del vino Italiano di Qualità - Grandi Marchi.

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The past event of trade presentation of the Grandi Marchi wines took place in the Montreal's Old Port, at the Marché Bonsecure, and you can read about it here

New Zealand Wine 2018

New Zealand Wines
Flavours of New Zealand Montreal
Trade & Consumer Event

May 8, 2018

This tasting trade session in Montreal offered to the visitors a chance to discover over 100 wines from the different regions across New Zealand. Since the distinctive wine-growing regions are spread around the country, each has its own unique soils and climatic conditions that determine the wine they produce.

New Zealand wineries that participated at the event included:

Akarua, Lion, Accolade Wine, Jules Taylor,  Mission Estate, Stoneleigh Vineyards, Yealands Family Wines, Toi Toi Wines, Astrolabe Wines, Sacred Hill Vineyards, Kim Crawford Wines, Craggy Range, Oyster Bay, Babich Wines, Whitehaven Wine Company, Giesen Group, Loveblock Vintners, Lawson Dry Hills, Schubert Wines.

The event took place in the Montreal's Old Port, at the Marché Bonsecours. The wine trade tasting was preceded by a Masterclass hosted by Nadia Fournier.

The event was well attended by the wine professionals who were eager to taste the new wines and discover the exotic flavours of the far away land.

A large table with food - a variety of cheese and cold cuts - offered a welcomed brake from the wine tasting and assured sobriety, since there was so much wine to taste and to enjoy!

To find out more about the New Zealand wines, visit the official New Zealand wine website.

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SIAL 2018

SIAL Montreal 2018

May 2 -4, 2018

This is the biggest international food event - a food trade show - that tales place in Montreal every second year. Every other year, it is hosted in Toronto.

This year, 50 countries participated in the show. There were 1,000 individual exhibitors spread over 240,000 square feet of exhibition floor space. The show welcomed 18,500 professional visitors. Each booth averaged 350 contacts.

The exhibitors came with a hope to establish contacts and make trade deals. All succeeded in making their products visible and appreciated. The show was the place to promote and to offer, to make contacts and deals.

The special focus this year was on cheese and microbrewery, as well as novelty beverages. A large attention was also allotted to meat and fish products and their culinary presentations. There were also oriental dumplings and teas, a great variety of olive oils, and myriads of other delectable foods including maple syrup, ice-cream, desserts, sweets, chocolate, candies and cookies, gourmet chips, coffee and many more products that tempted one'e eye and curiosity and brought an inevitable regret that it is just physically impossible to try to taste all them all.

The show also highlighted the innovative products, especially those which won some recognition by the jury and received awards. Olive oil category was especially prominent, and special tastings of the winners was available to all attendees.

Canadian and Quebec food companies occupied a large space of the exhibition floor, displaying many interesting products that enjoyed a great popularity.

SIAL Montreal was the place to discover Market Trends for 2018, and the latests trends and innovations in the food industry.

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For more information, visit the SIAL website.