La Grande Dégustation 2017

La Grande Dégustation de Montréal
7th Edition

November 2 -4, 2016

La Grande Dégustation de Montréal is the largest annual grape-and-wine gathering in Eastern Canada, where more than 200 wine producers, distillers and brewers come together to share their passion with more than 13,000 wine, beer and spirit lovers, connoisseurs and professionals in a special experience. Attesting to the flourishing industry, the event allows Quebeckers to meet producers who come from all around the world, on top of offering a unique tasting experience.

La Grande Dégustation is back at Place Bonaventure. There are conferences and tastings of a great variety of products. This is also an opportunity to meet over numerous wine and spirit producers from all around the world, and to purchase some exceptional private imports. Visitors will meet the wine producers and distributors face to face, having an excellent opportunity to ask questions, to compare various vintages, and to discover what they like the most.

Each year La Grand Degustation event has a special theme, and this year it is Champagne. You will find it flowing freely into wine glasses, and each person is bound to find the just the special bubbly that would please his or hers palate the most.

Additionally, many food delicacies are also offered to the public for tasting.

Private Imports
You can purchase most private imports displayed on the fair, individually or per case. To do so, simply get an order form available at each booth and make your payment at the SAQ order terminals. The products will be delivered before December 1st to your home or to your favorite SAQ outlet. 

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For more information, visit La Grande Dégustation de Montréal website.

Italian Wines 2017

The Italian Trade Commission
A Tasting of Wines from Italy
22nd Edition

November 1, 2016

This annual and very popular event attracts a great crowd of wine tasters, producers, distributors, agents, and also wine connoisseurs from the greater Montreal and its surroundings. As always, it took place at the Marché Bonsecours located in Old Montreal. The wine industry professionals showed a great interest in the wines presented this year. The place was so crowded that it was difficult to get closer to some tables and wine displays. One had to wait to talk to wine producers since a number of other people were posing many questions.

Roughly 100 wine producers from Italy were presenting their many products. Tt was hard to decide witch wines to taste from all the great number of available, exceptionally great vintages. The wine was flowing freely...

There was also plenty of food, mainly Italian cheeses and charcuterie specialities.

The event was very enjoyable, well organized, and a great success!

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For more information, visit the Italian Trade Comission Wine Tasting webpage.

Spanish Wine 2017

SPAIN IN YOUR GLASS

October 17, 2017

Spanish wine was presented at the Montreal's Windsor Station by the FOODS AND WINES FROM SPAIN CANADA. There were 59 wine producers each displaying a number of wines and their special vintages. It was extremely hard to choose what to taste since the offering was so diverse and attractive.

This Spanish Wine Trade Show presented a great opportunity to celebrate the unique Spanish wine and cuisine experience. The wines being poured into glasses represented a great selection from all over the country. 

The Spanish tapas, jamón, olives, cheese and other culinary products were also showcased at the event. The wine and food flavours immersed visitors in Spanish atmosphere.

The Spanish atmosphere of the event was additionally enhanced  by the colourful live performance of Spanish songs and music. 

Look forward to the next presentation of Spanish wines in Montreal. This Spanish wine and food trade show was an educative and an enjoyable event.

Greek Wine 2017

Greek Wines Tasting Event
May 5, 2017

Greek wine tasting is an annual spring event. This year, as in the past, it was also held at the Science Centre complex in Montreal's Old Port. 41 wineries were represented either by wine producers themselves or by their distributors and promotion teams. 

All the wine professionals from Montreal and other regions came to this event. They were very busy tasting as many wines as humanely possible, carefully picking from the wide variety of vintages present, also asking many questions and discussing the specific wine qualities, aroma, taste, and the Canadian availability.

The hall where the even was held was very spacious and bright, an excellent place for such a wine tasting fair. The scenery of the old Montreal architecture and the river could be seen through the large panoramic windows, contributing to the overall ambiance.

The participants definitely have something to look forward in the in the next year 2018, as this show always returns to Montreal in May.

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To learn more more about the New Wines of Greece, visit their official website.

Beaujolais Tasting 2017

BEAUJOLAIS

Wine Tasting

April 25, 2027

Montreal was visited by 36 Beaujolais wine produces from France. Each winery presented a number of vintages; the wine tasting event was quite abundant. It was impossible to taste every wine present, a special discernment what to taste ans what to omit from one's tasting experience had to be exercised. There were some hard choices to make!

  
It is remarkable that maison Patriarche Père et Fils, its famous Pisse-Dru line of wines, had created a special wine for the Montreal's 375th anniversary, celebrated this year. Namely, it is Beaujolais 2015. The bottle's sticker has drawings of some historical Montreal buildings' façades as well as that of sthe prominent cross on top of Mont-Royal.

The Wine professionals attending this tasting event came from Montreal and other Quebec regions. They had a lot of questions to ask the winery representatives displaying the delectable French Beaujolais wines.

The event was held at the Science Centre in the Montreal's Old Port, in a large hall that has a great view of the Montreal's old historical houses and the St. Lawrence River.

Some great Quebec artisanat style cheese, cold cuts, and bread were also served to make this wine tasting so much more enjoyable, and ensuring the sobriety of all.

The event was a great success.

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