Riesling & Co. 2018

Riesling & Co. 2018
German Wines Institute

June 19, 2018

The German Wine Institute (Deutsches Weininstitut) invited wine professionals to discover and taste the diverse, world-class styles wines produced by German vineyards. Mainly on display were Rieslings and Pinots noirs wines. Among other grape wine varieties were also Pinot blanc, Pinot gris, Gewurztraminer and Silvaner.

It was a great pleasure to have the Riesling & Co. once again back in Quebec and Canada this year. This Montreal professional wine tasting event was held at the spacious premisses of SCENA, a French restaurant on Jacques-Cartier Pier in Montreal's Old Port. This is a different location than where the previous two such events were held in Montreal. You can read about the 2015 event here, and the 2016 event here.

20 German producers participated this year. All had an amazing variety and quality of wines to offer for tasting. The pace was abuzz with a great number of wine professional which included wine buyers such as restaurateurs and hoteliers and also those from the SAQ, as well as local wine promoters and sellers, wine connoisseurs, and even wine tasting apprentices.

LEITZ Weinngut vineyard representative was also offering to taste four different non-alcoholic wines all under the trade name Eins Zwei Zero. Many attendees showed a special interest for these non-alcoholic wines, although they were not listed in the event's catalogue and were brought to the show by the producer as a last minute decision. I personally was amazed by how good they all tasted: white and sparkling white, as well as rose and sparkling rose. Unfortunately, only the white one is presently being sold by some SAQ outlets.

Generous food was also offered to those who attended the event and was much appreciated by all.

The German Wine Institute in collaboration with German Wine Canada will be also holding  this year the 31 days across Canada tour of German Riesling Wine between June 1 - 31, 2018. You can find more information about it on the German Wine Canada site here.

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