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Past Events
Annual Toronto Santé Wine Festival
- May
10, 2008
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Germany Wines with Jazz
- May 6, 2008
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Relax Riesling – Ovarian Cancer Canada Necktags
LCBO Stores across Ontario ·
October 14th to November 10th,
2007
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H.H.D.
Imports Inc. has partnered with
Ovarian
Cancer Canada
in a
unique promotion.
For every bottle of RELAX
Riesling sold at the
LCBO
between October 14th and November 10th, 2007,
50 cents will be donated to
Ovarian Cancer Canada
(previously the National Ovarian Cancer Association).
The
bottles will be identified with a special neck-tag noting this special
promotion. |
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RELAX Riesling is the white wine for
people
who'd rather enjoy wine than study it.
Fruity, clean, easy to drink.
This wine called "relax" is in a very classy presentation bottle,
using the best Riesling grapes of the Mosel it has deliciously lingering
flavours for which the variety is famous. Medium style.
For more information about this wine please visit
Schmitt Söhne.
Please enjoy this product responsibly. |
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“Celebrate the
Women in Our Lives” Gala Luncheon
Ovarian Cancer Canada
On May 24, 2007, OCC held a luncheon at the Marriott Eaton Centre.
55 Relax Riesling bottles (LCBO
#621888) were decorated with lovely yellow ribbons
and used as centre-pieces at each of the tables at the luncheon.
The picture below includes some of the 550 patrons who attended the
luncheon.
You may recognize TV-personalities Pattie Lovett-Reid of ROBTV and
Suhana Meharchand of CBC. |
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Hugh Johnson Wine Atlas Release & Royal Tokaji Tasting
· October 26, 2007
Hugh Johnson, the
World’s Most Widely Read Wine Author Stops Off in Toronto
to Promote New 6th Edition of the World Wine Atlas and his
Royal Tokaji Wines.
On an overcast,
rainy Toronto Saturday morning recently, a bright light shone through
cyberspace with the presence of the world’s most widely read wine author,
Hugh Johnson. In town for short visit, to launch the 6th edition
of The World Atlas of Wine, co-authored with Jancis Robinson, Hugh dropped
by for a podcast with Jamie Drummond, Sommelier for Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar.
Check out
Jamie Kennedy Kitchens to listen to the
interview. Hugh talks about his writing over the years, observations about
the ever-changing world of wine, and his role in co-founding the
Royal Tokaji Wine Company in Hungary
immediately after the fall of Communism. At a special event tasting and book
and bottle signing at the LCBO Summerhill store, Hugh was present as we
poured two Royal Tokaji wines being released by
LCBO Vintages. Have a look at the photos below.
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Alison Fryer, of
the
Cookbook Store, holds a copy of the
latest edition of the World Atlas of Wine.
In the background Harry Drung, Bruce McDougall, Hugh Johnson, and
Lucy Waverman,
editor LCBO Food & Drink Magazine,
get “captured” by our photographer. |
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Phil Sabatino (left), proprietor of
Via Allegro Restaurant in Etobicoke, with Giacomo Fagnola,
sommelier, and Wendy Votto, General Manager and Head Sommelier, give
Hugh Johnson a tour of their Wine Spectator Grand Award winning,
temperature-controlled cellar, which holds
over 5000 selections of wines from around the world. |
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Hugh Johnson is flanked by Nathan
Pryor (left) and Tom Atkinson (right) of H.H.D. Imports,
who had the pleasant task of sampling wines with customers at the LCBO
Summerhill store in Toronto. |
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Jamie Drummond,
sommelier at Jamie Kennedy
Wine Bar, conducts a podcast interview
with Hugh Johnson.
At the bottom left is an unidentified alien that dropped in from outer
space to catch the interview (actually, it’s the recording device). |
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Fire Engine Red Tasting October 13, 2007
On Saturday,
October 13th, LCBO Vintages released a new vintage of the Fire Engine Red
Details for this unique
product can be viewed at
www.Coleraine.co.za.
We booked a
special event spot with the Bayview Village LCBO location for a launch and
in-store tasting. The North York Fire Department sent representatives, and
a charity donation of $518.27 was made towards their cause, York Region’s
Breast Cancer Friends Charity. To go along with the wine tasting, we
thought it would be perfect to serve Pizza Pizza’s “Five Alarm” Hot Hot
Chicken Wings to tie in with the Fire Engine Theme.
Fire
Engine Red Merlot Shiraz 2005
LCBO #663237 is a marriage of Merlot and
Shiraz which brings out the best of both cultivars. Densely fruited, peppery
smoky Shiraz with the Merlots savoury mulberry notes. All in all together a
full ripe balanced wine. This wine honours "Dennis", a Rolls Royce B. 80
Mark X powered fire fighting machine, pictured here, built in 1946 in the
UK. It was dedicated in November 3, 1949 at the Paarl Town Hall. Now
decommissioned and fully restored, it has taken its rightful place of honour
in the Paarl Regional Museum.
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The ‘Taste of Guelph’ Gala September 16, 2007
On
September 16th, H.H.D. Imports participated in the annual ‘Taste
of Guelph’ culinary fundraiser for the Foundation of Guelph General
Hospital, and St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation. More information on
the annual event can be found here:
www.TasteOfGuelph.com
We
poured three different wines that day for the guests
∙ Relax Riesling
(LCBO #621888)
∙ Servus Red
Blaufränkisch Zweigelt
(LCBO #439372)
∙ Baden Gewürztraminer
(LCBO #336735)
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