Montreal Home Show 2017

The Montreal National Home Show 2017

38th Edition

March 10 - 19, 2017

This annual Home Show is very popular with the Montrealers. Its traditional location at Place Bonaventure offers ample space for numerous exhibitor booths and their featured products. Weekends are especially very busy. Consider yourself lucky of you could find time to visit the show during the weekdays, to enjoy more of the exhibitors' attention.

With its 500 exhibitors and 1500 experts and specialists, the Show offers the greatest choice to carry out its projects of renovation, interior design and decoration. Those of you who are building a new home or planning renovations of an old one, are especially advised to visit the show. You will get many ideas how to go about your project, what materials to use, and even experts' comments on your specific situation, and this free advice being included in the price of the entry ticket to the Show.

There are many things to see. The house MICROHabitations in the photo just above could be bought for about $100,000 with everything inside it, all the build-in furniture and the amenities. You will be surprised how cosy and attractive it is when you step in.

And the newly renovated houses will also need windows and doors, and there are many to choose from at the show.

Various types and styles of furniture also abound. You will have a hard time to decide which pieces you like the most.

Barbecues are also plentiful. Free demonstration cooking classes are offered, suggesting how to use the barbecues to surprise family and guests with delicious meals.

Also, don't forget to stop at Jura loft to learn about their coffee machines, how to use them, and especially to have a brake and to taste their coffee.

And if you get too overwhelmed by a great variety of items to see, and tired from walking in this very large exhibition hall, you can always get a free massage and a quick pick-me-up exercise thanks to equipment that requires absolutely no effort on your part.

To see and discover at the show:

• The village of mini-houses.
• The most current trends in appliances and furniture.
• Eco-friendly novelties for the home and garden.
• The Children's House signed Bonneville and its landscaped garden.
• Accessible and up-to-date home automation accessories.
• Many attractions to which visitors can participate, such as La cuisine de
• At home, which offers many workshops for all.
• Hundreds of products and services to improve, facilitate or colour your way of life.

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All photos by Nadia Slejskova.

For more information about various activities, opening hours and tickets, visit The Montreal National Home Show's website.

Read more about previous editions of the Montreal National Home Show here.

Mondial des cidres SAQ 2017

Mondial des cidres SAQ 2017
10th Edition

March 3 - 5, 2017

The Mondial des cidres SAQ has once again returned for the third consecutive year to the very heart of Montreal, the Complexe Desjardins. Those of you who like the apple cider wine, will be delighted with this year's edition of this cider wine three day long festival. More than twenty Quebec province cider producers are making visitors discover cider in all its variations - sparkling, sweet, dry, ice, effervescent, flavoured, etc. Le Mondial cider festival has also invited local agri-food exhibitors to create new and delicious food arrangements.

As in the past, tasting workshops, competitions, music, gourmet food stations, chefs and cocktail mixologists are part of this year's program. Also, the Mondial des cidres SAQ 2017 has definitely announced its partnership with the prestigious gastronomic MONTREAL EN LUMIERE Festival of Wine and Dine Experience. This is a great opportunity to introduce the cider to the the general public and to the wine affectionados, and make a loud statement about the excellency of the Quebec cider!

In order to showcase gastronomy, the Mondial des cidres 2017 asked the talented chef Jonathan Rassi to be their spokesperson, and he accepted. Many liked him on the show Les Chefs and will love the gastronomic dishes he concocted to highlight the best of the local Quebec ciders.

Key programming elements:

The SAQ COCKTAIL SPACE

Visitors will discover the multiple possibilities of marriage of cider with 3 tasty exclusive cocktails, prepared by inventive cocktail mixologists.

The gourmet resort by JONATHAN RASSI

How to marry cider with all types of dishes, from starters to desserts. Which cider to associate with which dish? Chef Jonathan Rassi, spokesperson for the World Ciders SAQ 2017, will facilitate visitors to find out by means of workshops / tastings / cooking classes under the theme La pomme (The apple) in all its states.

The SAQ tasting stand

The SAQ invites visitors to come and discover the current trends in cider, including blind tasting, and cocktails-making.

The White Night - Saturday, March 4

The SAQ World Monk offers a gourmet and festive program for the night. There is a great novelty this year, the entry will be free from 21 p.m. till midnight. Visitors will be able to purchase tasting coupons at a cost of $ 1.

About the SAQ Mondial des cidres

The SAQ Mondial des cidres is a non-profit event organized by the Association des Cidriculteurs artisans du Québec (CAQ). This annual cider festival would not have been possible without the contribution of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), official presenter since its first edition. By offering to the public this festive event, the Mondial wishes the visitors to discover cider and to learn that it occupies a place of choice in the consumption habits of Quebecers.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to visit the Mondial des cidres SAQ and to meet passionate local cider producers and craftsmen.

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Useful information

Location : Grande Place du Complexe Desjardins

Daily Package - $ 20

• An entry to the event
• 10 tasting coupons
• 1 glass INAO

Friday, March 3:     4 pm - 9 pm
Saturday 4 March:  12 noon - midnight (free entrance from 9 pm to midnight)
Sunday, March 5:   12 am - 5 pm

For more information, visit the Mondial des cidres SAQ website.

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.