*** UPDATE: Should you wish to purchase any of the Valenciso wines we are tasting as part of this event, our friends at Mellecey will be offering Winetasters a 15% discount on your order.
Don't forget that you'll also have a chance to win some of your holiday wines when you play Zoom Bingo with us on the 25th!***
Payment and registration details are below.
On Wednesday, November 25th, please join us for our latest instalment of Winetasters@Home. This evening, we will be hosting a Zoom Bingo Night that includes wine, food, socially distanced camaraderie and prizes! You will enjoy wines both from our own cellar and from Valenciso Winery, as well as house made charcuterie prepared by Chef Jon Williams of the Vintage Conservatory. Our friend Cyndi Grossman of Mellecey Wine Group has put this event together for us and we expect it to be a delightful change of pace in the midst of our all too routine lives right now.
The format of this month’s event will include delivery to your home of:
- 4 wines in individual 4 oz servings
- a charcuterie platter
- Bingo cards
At 6:30pm, we will join a Zoom call with our speaker for the evening - Diego Santana, Export Manager of Valenciso Wines. Diego will be joining us from Spain and will not only walk us through the wines, but he will also be our Bingo caller for the evening. As we all know, Spaniards like to stay up late, so we know he’ll be a fun and energetic host even with the big time difference! Play a couple of games with us for prizes offered from Mellecey and Valenciso.
From Valenciso we will be tasting:
- Valenciso Blanco 2018
- Laderas de Cabama 2013
- Valenciso Reserva 2012
From the Winetasters cellar we will be tasting the
About Valenciso
In 1998 winemakers Luis Valentin and Carmen Encisco joined forces to open their own winery under the name Valenciso. After having had a brilliant 25 year career at Bodegas Palacio in Laguardia, working with renowned winemaker Jean Gervais, they were excited to branch out on their own.
Beginning with only the two of them, and a mere 100 Oak barrels in a rented space; they acquired just enough grapes to produce 24000 bottles of their first Reserva. Since those beginning days the company has grown to 6 full time employees and the capacity to produce 159 000 bottles. The goal, however, remains the same - to continue crafting exquisite wines.
Valenciso controlled vines are almost 100% Tempranillo and average 27 years of age. Some are head-pruned while others are trellised, and all are hand-harvested. Valenciso grapes come from the regions of Briones, Ollauri, Rodezno, Haro and Villalbo (all of them in Rioja Alta). They are divided into 11 plots and ruled by a strict work protocol that follows the French guidelines for viticulture raisonnee, with yield limits of 5000kg/Ha. Valenciso Reserva is the only red produced yearly. The concept corresponds to what the wine confirms in the glass. In the words of Luis Valentin: “We are not classicists, we prize fruit above oak, and we use French, not American oak barrels. We are not radically modern either, we are not after deeply coloured or extracted wines that shine not out of weight but perfume. Many call this a ‘feminine’ wine. Whatever!”
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Zoom call starts at 6:30pm
Members and Guests: $85.00 (includes HST)
Payment and Delivery Instructions:
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Please send an Interac email transfer to services@winetasters.ca
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Forward your address and contact phone number to cataylorduess@gmail.com.
Your delivery will arrive between the evening of the 24th and the afternoon of the 25th.
GST/HST account: 844742619 RT0001
Business Name: Winetasters Society of Toronto
Refunds up to 7 days before the event. Inquiries, cancellations — (Cindy Taylor, 416.458.3147 or cataylorduess@gmail.com - evenings only). No reservations by phone, please. First, come basis with a priority for members.
