Last Saturday, along with a number of my friends I attended the Santé Bloor-Yorkville wine festival. We tried a lot of really good wines, including wines from Stoney Ridge, Miguel Torres, and Robert Mondavi Winery. One of the best we had was a 9-year-old Shiraz (anyone who was there remember the winery?). I also tried a sparkling Cabernet Sauvignon — the first sparking red I think I’ve ever had — but I found it a bit too sweet. Usually the wine festival is the same weekend as the Kalamazoo conference, so I’ve never managed to go before, but I’m glad I had the opportunity to go this time.
After trying all these fabulous wine (and while our defences were down), we went to Pusateri’s, a gourmet food store, and bought various cheeses — I bought Grand Champion Blue Benedictin sheep’s milk cheese and Chenal du Moine soft ripened cheese from Québec — and other such things, including a poached pear torte. After finally tearing ourselves away from Pusateri’s, we went to Whole Foods to buy dinner making supplies.
We then headed over to Mike Shaver’s place for dinner. Mike treated us to a duck and mango salad, fancy burgers, and the aforementioned poached pear torte, along with more wine of course. (You can read Mike Beltzner’s reaction here for further proof of the excellence of this meal.) A fine way to cap a fun day.
Posted by Mark at May 22, 2004 05:01 PMHope all’s well with y’all. You must be hyper busy ….. don’t forget us with a post now and then ….. we miss the posts.
Posted by: Rethabile Masilo at May 26, 2004 01:40 AM