[Growwine] A wine for Canada's 2010 Olympics

[CanadaVintage]

Same deal here in Quebec.  We got undersold by the same crap for Quebec's 
400th anniversary celebration this summer.
Lost an order for 100 cases to a "cellared in Canada" piece of crap wine 
from Vincor who dumped the product into Quebec at $8/bottle.

What is even more to my disbelief is that the sommelier responsible for the 
purchase actually thought he was buying a 100% Canadian wine until I called 
to inform him! They still went ahead with the Vincor gut rot.


VQA fails at so many levels its not even funny anymore!

Anthony Carone
www.caronewines.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Daum" <ryan at darksleep.com>
To: <growwine at littlefatwino.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Growwine] A wine for Canada's 2010 Olympics


>I see now what Larry was trying to send:
>
> http://ontariowinereview.com/joomla/content/view/254/61/
>
> So it's even worse.  The wine to represent Canada is
> Constellation/Vincor, "Cellared In Canada" wine.
>
> How pathetic.
>
> Ryan
>
> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 01:07:55PM -0400, Ryan Daum wrote:
>> That link isn't working for me.
>>
>> But, if I were to nominate a single wine for the Olympics, I'd use the
>> following criterion:
>>
>> 1. It should be from B.C. since the games are hosted in Vancouver.
>> 2. It should be something unique, and not be trying to copy/imitate
>> French or other new world wines.  Let's not be pretentious.
>> 3. It should make a statement, be powerful.
>> 4. It should be a quality wine.
>>
>> So I'm going to suggest the Quail's Gate Old Vines Foch.  The
>> unfiltered reserve version I tried some years ago that turned the
>> inside of my face purple and left crazy lees on the bottom of the
>> decanter.  That ought to scare the wine critics.
>>
>> But instead, I bet you'll see Osoyoos Laroose or something else that
>> will remind the world that Canada is still an ex-colony trying to
>> impress the mother country.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 12:52:09PM -0400, Larry Paterson wrote:
>> > http://ontariowinereview.com/print/owr_newsletter_0082.pdf
>> >
>> > from Michael Pinkus
>> >
>> > comments?
>> >
>> > Lardy
>> >
>> > Larry Paterson, lfw, rd, adcc
>> > (Little Fat Wino, Roving Drunk, Alcohol Distribution Channels Critic)
>> >
>> > http://www.littlefatwino.com/
>> >
>>
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