Benvenuto Brunello

Benvenuto Brunello Wine Tasting

February 28, 2017

The Brunello di Montalcino Consorzio del Vino, in collaboration with the Magnani-Montaruli Foundation and the Italian Commercial Delegation, presented today in Montreal its highly anticipated Brunello di Montalcino, a vintage 2012. The representatives of 24 wineries introduced their Rosso di Montalcino, Sant'Antimo and Moscadello di Montalcino wines.

24 wine producers from the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino Brunello di Montalcino each presenting quite a few of their wines were the following:

Attesino - Argiano - Barbi - Capanna - Caparzo - Carpineto - Castelgiocondo-Marchesi Frescobaldi - Celestino Pecci - Col D'Orcia - Cortonesi-La Mannella - Fanti - Il Paradiso di Frassina - Il Poggione - La Fiorita - La Magia - Le Macioche - Palazzo - Pian delle Vigne - San Polo - Tenut Piccini - Tenute Friggiali e Pietranera - Tenute Silvio Nardi - Val di Suga - Villa i Cipressi

  

Dégustation de vins - Benvenuto Brunello was held in Old Montreal, at Marché Bonsecours' spacious Salle Vieux-Montréal. It was attended by great crowds of wine specialists, distributors, promoters, private collectors and other professionals.

As always with Italian events, great food was offered to all, with some Italian specialities like, for instance, prosciutto or well-aged Parmesan cheese.

The event was highly educative, making attendees to discover a great gamut of excellent wines one never tasted before.

This event was a great success.

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CHFA 2017 - Quebec

Canadian Health Food Association 2017: Montreal 
Trade Show and Conference

February 10 - 11, 2017

The CHFA (Canadian Health Food Association) is Canada’s largest trade association dedicated to natural health and organic products. It is the voice of the Canada’s Health Industry. More than 130 exhibiting companies are participating in this year’s Montreal Show at Palais des congres.

CHFA  was formed in 1964 from a grassroots community of health food pioneers. Presently, it represents over 1,000 member businesses across Canada. Its members include manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and importers of natural and organic products, among them foods, vitamin and mineral supplements, herbal products, homeopathics, sports nutrition, health, beauty aids, and much more.

The CHFA’s vision is Canada in which everyone benefits from organic and natural health products. Presently, the organic food product industry contributes $4 billion to the Canadian economy, and the natural health product industry contributes additional $3 billion.

The Show features a multitude of interesting products that all merit attention. I especially appreciated the delicious raw vegan cakes and spreads by a Montreal's Rawesome company.

Another product that caught my attention was Bulletproof Coffee. The company markets organic coffee that is especially pure and molds free. It has also invented an interesting new way to drink their coffee with speciality oils. The result is truly delicious and very healthy.

Moringa is another product that is coming into focus in the health and beauty industry. It is not yet widely known, but this is going to change soon. The following NIA Pure Nature Moringa was the greenest and finest at the Show.

The Canadians can look forward to many new developments in the natural food and health field as the CHFA Show clearly demonstrates.

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For more information, visit the CHFA website.

And last but not least, the amazing products by the Nova Scotia Fisherman sea weed based body care products, and the healthy foods and supplements by the Barlean's Company.