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Harry Drung
Harry Drung is the founder of HHD Imports Inc. He has been involved with the alcoholic beverage industry since he was 7 years old, when his immigrant father entered the industry as a multilingual sales representative. His passion and love of exploring the world for unique, high quality beverage alcohol products has continued ever since.
NOW AVAILABLE. Harry’s new book, Clinking Outside The Box: The World in a Glass is an offbeat and often humorous look at the world of wine, beer, and spirits from the perspective of an industry veteran. It’s part wine manual, part travelogue, part comic observation and part memoir. Go to www.harrydrung.com to quench your curiosity and obtain further details for purchasing.
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Hurray For Rosé, Don’t Skimp On The Shrimp
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Rosé wine has been a staple in French wine production for generations, with origins along the Mediterranean coast. Rosé wines have now also become a mainstream category produced in every major wine producing nation. This includes Canada’s Niagara Peninsula with Henry of Pelham winery’s VQA Rosé a leader. Vibrant pink, aromas of cherry and berry fruits segue into light notes of rose petals. Refreshingly dry, the finish is pleasant with a long, lingering finish. Serve well chilled. Pairings? Think shrimp. Rosé’s hues of pink definitely make every day life more colourful and that translates to sexy summer sipping at a location of your choice – on the patio, by the pool, by the campfire, at the cottage or on the deck. If it’s the perfect colour combination you want, enjoy it with those unthawed frozen shrimp rings most supermarkets carry. They’ve got pink tails and pinkish skins. Dip them in a little cocktail sauce, take a sip of rosé and you’ve got a marriage made in the mouth.
Henry of Pelham Family Estate Classic Rosé VQA, LCBO #613471, $15.95.
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Back to Burgundy Basics
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It’s quite simple, no matter how expensive the wine, or famous the village, red Burgundy wines are made from the Pinot Noir grape. It is the most tantalizing of the world’s noble grapes and achieves unsurpassed heights when at its best. It is finicky, susceptible to spring frosts and winter cold and dislikes excess heat. The berries are blue-black in colour with relatively thick skins. The Cote d’Or, or golden slope, is Burgundy’s ancestral home. One of the most respected Burgundy merchants is the House of Moillard. Shipped from the famous village of Meursault, it was founded in the year 1850 and owns acreage in some of Burgundy’s most famous and expensive appellations where the retail prices can hover in the range of hundreds of dollars a bottle. Don’t let this scare you because Moillard also produces an affordable entry level Pinot Noir for everyday enjoyment. With the Bourgogne (Burgundy) appellation, it’s a blend from a variety of vineyard sites that expresses the best characteristics of the grape. It is ripe and approachable, with bright red cherry-berry fruit underpinned with oak and spice notes. A great food wine, it will compliment and not overpower dishes. BBQing this long May weekend is mandatory as we get ready to nudge into summer. Fish or fowl? Let’s do both and pair this wine with grilled salmon and grilled chicken breasts. It’s now an LCBO Vintages Essentials listing with year-round availability.
2021 Moillard Bourgogne Pinot Noir # 28360, $29.95
