Some of you may remember the article I was writing over the summer to feature some of the talented winemakers of Prince Edward County.

In my element at Harwood Estates – This small winery produces a few thousand bottles per year, the magic happens in part in the stainless steel tanks behind me.

This article, ‘Developing a Crush on the Art of Cool-Climate Winemaking’ is an interview piece where the extreme conditions of Ontario’s coldest appellation are highlighted. Three talented experts tell us about some of the creative things they do to overcome the challenges and harness what nature provides to produce a wide range of outstanding wines.  This article was first published in the April/May 2014 issue of WineMaker. Enjoy!

link to article Cool climate KDonato WMAprMay2014

This month’s meetup was a little bit different than the standard VinoVigilance fare. We discovered our other favourite fermentable, beer!

A favourite beer pairing — mountain of pad thai and a dry, crisp Thai lager like Singha. (Good Luck Thai restaurant, in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong)

Brewscience on tap features some of the basic (and not so basic) science of making beer and distilling spirits from grain to glass.

For those of you that couldn’t make it to the tasting please find the list and the presentation below

Presentation – Brewscience on Tap!

Beer list

European Lager (Danish lager — light, malty, mildly-hopped) Tuborg Gold

‘Textbook’ pilsner (Czech lager — crisp, dry, well-hopped) Pilsner Urquell

Hefe weissbier (German wheat beer — malty, spiced, unfiltered) Paulaner

Pale ale (English bitter — medium-body, malty, caramel, well-hopped) Fuller’s ESB

Scotch ale (Canadian Scotch ale — medium-body, malty, smoky) Church Key Holy Smoke

Porter (Canadian porter — full body, carmelized, dark, cocoa, coffee) Lake of Bays Old North Mocha Porter