La Grande Dégustation de Montréal
8th Edition
November 1 -3, 2018
La Grande Dégustation de Montréal is the largest annual wine and alcoholic beverages gathering in Eastern Canada. This year, 230 wine producers and distillers from 18 countries gather to share their passion with the visitors, connoisseurs and professionals, presenting more than 1,300 products, 800 of which are private imports. The event is expected 13,000 visitors, allowing Quebeckers to meet producers who come from all around the world while enjoying a unique tasting experience.
This year, Italy is the special guest of honour. Their kiosks occupy almost half of the exhibition space and offer a multitude of tasting experiences. The wine that is especially honoured this year is Pinot Gris, or Pinot Grigio in Italian. Look for many regional varieties of this wine, and talk to the produces to discover their specific growing and wine producing methods.
Besides italy, there are many other international wine producers with excellent wines to discover and taste.
Gin is also in the forefront this year and many excellent varieties are offered for a tasting.
And of course, their are food and culinary products to taste as well.
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La Grande Dégustation de Montréal
6th Edition
November 3 -5, 2016
La Grande Dégustation de Montréal is back at Place Bonaventure. There are conferences and tastings of over 1,200 products. This is also an opportunity to meet over 160 wine and spirit producers from all around the world, and to purchase some 800 private imports.
2016 THEMES
This year, the spotlight is on South America - Argentina and Chile. Nearly 50 internationally renowned wine producers are present, eager to make visitors discover their products.
On the pictures of the Argentinian wines displays shown just below, we see on the left LA RIOJANA cooperative wine producer. All their workers are full-fledged members of the cooperative. The cooperative makes sure all the needs of the workers' families and their children are met, including education, clean water, housing, transportation, and even a computer room for the kids. On the very right is the stand of El ESTECO GRIPO PENAFLOR that is the largest umbrella of Argentine wine producing cooperatives.
Chilean wine producers:
Whisky also makes up a major part of the La Grande Degustation event with close to 20 Scottish, Irish, American and Canadian producers present at the show.
This year’s feature variety is the Syrah whose grapes are used to produce excellent wines throughout the world, including the Crozes Hermitage appellation.
• La Grande Dégustation de Montréal is a unique opportunity to purchase individual bottles of over 800 private imports, delivered to your home or in stores before the holidays.
• This year, about thirty producers are offering ecofriendly products that meet recognized certification standards: organic farming, fairtrade, etc.
• At La Grande Dégustation de Montréal, visitors embark on a journey to discover over 160 producers from 19 countries who will be taking part in the event.
International wine producers:
La Grande Dégustation de Montréal is organized by the Association québécoise des agences de vins, bières et spiritueux (AQAVBS) and copresented by the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ). “Every year we are impressed by the success of the event and by the public’s enormous interest,” stated Daniel Richard, president of La Grande Dégustation de Montréal. “La Grande Dégustation de Montréal has become fall’s must-see epicurean event!”
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