This weekend, stop by the winery to sample our latest food and wine pairing. We will be highlighting our 2006 DeChaunauc (a light, dry, unoaked red) with fresh local portobello mushrooms. Come for a sample on Saturday or Sunday afternoon!
Find us at the Wolfville Farmer's Market on Saturday morning - the market is hosting a Taste of the Valley. Local chefs are preparing sample sized dishes with delicious local ingredients for only $3. You can also try a glass of wine for $3 - a perfect pair for many of the amazing dishes.
Don't forget to gather a team for the Grape Stomp at our 5th Annual Food and Wine Festival! The deadline to register is August 31. See our blog or website for further details and a registration form.
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Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Blomidon Inn and Amherst Shore Country Inn
Finally, the rest of the world is starting to recognize Nova Scotia for its tourism potential! Blomidon Inn and the Amherst Shore Country Inn just shared with us the good news that they were featured in Canadian Living magazine recently. The article speaks so highly of both places, recommending Blomidon Inn's extensive wine list in particular!
We are proud to report that Gaspereau Vineyards wine is available at BOTH locations! If you come for a stay in Wolfville or in Amherst, you will have easy access to award-winning Nova Scotian wines.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.blomidon.ns.ca/newsArticles.html#canadianliving
We are proud to report that Gaspereau Vineyards wine is available at BOTH locations! If you come for a stay in Wolfville or in Amherst, you will have easy access to award-winning Nova Scotian wines.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.blomidon.ns.ca/newsArticles.html#canadianliving
Friday, June 26, 2009
NS wins bid to host Tourism Summit!
The inaugural World Culinary Tourism Summit is going to be in held in Nova Scotia in September 2010. We are pleased to announce this news, which really puts Nova Scotia on the map for having world-class local food, wine, and products. Here at Gaspereau Vineyards, we are excited to be around such a wonderful event. We've known for years how wonderful Nova Scotia produce is, and it's exciting to share that with the world.
The conference will "bring together 300 to 500 leaders of the culinary tourism industry to discuss the state of the industry today as well as best practices for sustaining and developing the future of the culinary tourism industry," according to the recent press release.
"We were competing against established culinary destinations from around the globe,” says Janice Ruddock, executive director of Taste of Nova Scotia. “Winning the bid for this summit confirms what we have known for a while…that our local farmers, fishermen, chefs, winemakers and tourism partners are producing international caliber culinary experiences for consumers.”
For more information, http://www.tasteofnovascotia.com/news_events/ .
The conference will "bring together 300 to 500 leaders of the culinary tourism industry to discuss the state of the industry today as well as best practices for sustaining and developing the future of the culinary tourism industry," according to the recent press release.
"We were competing against established culinary destinations from around the globe,” says Janice Ruddock, executive director of Taste of Nova Scotia. “Winning the bid for this summit confirms what we have known for a while…that our local farmers, fishermen, chefs, winemakers and tourism partners are producing international caliber culinary experiences for consumers.”
For more information, http://www.tasteofnovascotia.com/news_events/ .
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Catch the NS Seafood Festival
July 27-28 at the Cunard Centre, Halifax
CATCH: The Nova Scotia Seafood Festival
www.novascotiaseafoodfestival.com
Come visit all the wineries of Nova Scotia (including Gaspereau Vineyards!) and sample the best that the ocean has to offer.
Mark your calendars, and we'll see you there!
CATCH: The Nova Scotia Seafood Festival
www.novascotiaseafoodfestival.com
Come visit all the wineries of Nova Scotia (including Gaspereau Vineyards!) and sample the best that the ocean has to offer.
Mark your calendars, and we'll see you there!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Rosé blending ban in Europe
The wine news from Europe this week has been focused around new legislation about Rosé. The result, to the relief of many winemakers, is a ban on blending whites and reds to produce a blush wine that is pink in colour and named Rosé.
For more information, please read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/5479311/EU-agrees-to-keep-ros-wine-blending-ban-in-victory-of-old-world-over-new.html
The recent ban means that Rosés need to instead be produced in the traditional manner. Red wines are typically made by leaving the skins, seeds, and juices to ferment together before being pressed. Rosé wine is accomplished by removing the skins and seeds from the fermenting grape juice before too much colour, flavour, or tannin is added to the juice. As a result, this leaves the juice a light pink colour.
Gaspereau Vineyards is pleased to hear about the support for the traditional method! Here, we make our Rosé the same way; ours is the free-run juice from one of our dark grape varieties, Lucie Kuhlmann. We take away the skins so the juice doesn't end up as dark as our red wines, but it leaves a bit of beautiful pigmentation behind.
The bottom line from this news story out of Europe, though, is that the law makers were careful to pay attention to the interests of the vintners. Complaints were heard loud and clear, and it's an excellent precedent to set by favouring the wishes of the ones actually making the wine.
We wonder, what will come of future wine-making laws? Who will get to decide?
For more information, please read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/5479311/EU-agrees-to-keep-ros-wine-blending-ban-in-victory-of-old-world-over-new.html
The recent ban means that Rosés need to instead be produced in the traditional manner. Red wines are typically made by leaving the skins, seeds, and juices to ferment together before being pressed. Rosé wine is accomplished by removing the skins and seeds from the fermenting grape juice before too much colour, flavour, or tannin is added to the juice. As a result, this leaves the juice a light pink colour.
Gaspereau Vineyards is pleased to hear about the support for the traditional method! Here, we make our Rosé the same way; ours is the free-run juice from one of our dark grape varieties, Lucie Kuhlmann. We take away the skins so the juice doesn't end up as dark as our red wines, but it leaves a bit of beautiful pigmentation behind.
The bottom line from this news story out of Europe, though, is that the law makers were careful to pay attention to the interests of the vintners. Complaints were heard loud and clear, and it's an excellent precedent to set by favouring the wishes of the ones actually making the wine.
We wonder, what will come of future wine-making laws? Who will get to decide?
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
News from Week of June 8
The weather is warming up here in the Valley! Tours are bustling and the vineyard is starting to look leafy and green!
We're looking forward to attending all the Annapolis Valley farmer's markets this coming week. Please join us at Kentville on Wednesday, Berwick on Thursday, Middleton on Friday, and in Wolfville on Saturday. We'll be offering samples at all locations.
And of course, this coming weekend we'll be featuring a food and wine pairing - this week, come try a taste of curry shrimp with our Gold Medal winning 2008 L'Acadie Blanc.
Other fun news from around the world:
Boxed wine appears to lower levels of a chemical that produces a bitterness in wine. Scientists are recommending boxed wine over the traditional corking and bottling methods. Read more at: http://www.digitalcity.com/2009/06/08/boxed-wine-tastes-better-says-science/
We're looking forward to attending all the Annapolis Valley farmer's markets this coming week. Please join us at Kentville on Wednesday, Berwick on Thursday, Middleton on Friday, and in Wolfville on Saturday. We'll be offering samples at all locations.
And of course, this coming weekend we'll be featuring a food and wine pairing - this week, come try a taste of curry shrimp with our Gold Medal winning 2008 L'Acadie Blanc.
Other fun news from around the world:
Boxed wine appears to lower levels of a chemical that produces a bitterness in wine. Scientists are recommending boxed wine over the traditional corking and bottling methods. Read more at: http://www.digitalcity.com/2009/06/08/boxed-wine-tastes-better-says-science/
Monday, May 18, 2009
More awards!
The results from the All Canadian wine competition are in!
Double Gold:
07 Barrel Select Lucie Kuhlmann
07 Vitis
Gold:
07 Limosin Barrel Lucie Kuhlmann
Silver:
08 Seyval Blanc
07 Castel
Bronze:
08 Crescendo (sparkling)
Maple Wine
Congratulations as well to Jost, Domaine de Grand Pre, and L'Acadie Vineyards!
If you'd like to be added to our Monthly Newsletter list, please leave a comment or send an email to info@gaspereauwine.
Double Gold:
07 Barrel Select Lucie Kuhlmann
07 Vitis
Gold:
07 Limosin Barrel Lucie Kuhlmann
Silver:
08 Seyval Blanc
07 Castel
Bronze:
08 Crescendo (sparkling)
Maple Wine
Congratulations as well to Jost, Domaine de Grand Pre, and L'Acadie Vineyards!
If you'd like to be added to our Monthly Newsletter list, please leave a comment or send an email to info@gaspereauwine.
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