[Growwine] A wine for Canada's 2010 Olympics

[mauro@ridgepointwines.com]

Anthony

Can you tell me what VQA has do with cellered in canada



Quoting CanadaVintage <canadavintage at hotmail.com>:

> 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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Mauro Scarsellone
Ridgepoint Wines
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Vineland, ON
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