On Saturday November 20th, some of the Fortessa team ventured to Ottawa to help host the Vineyard Vixen's, Schotts Zwiesel wine tasting event at the Restaurant International, part of Algonquin College. Of Course no wine tasting event would be complete without the hosting abilities of Michael Pinkus, aka The Grape Guy (ontariowinereview.com) and so between Michael's vast knowledge of wine, his dry sense of humour, copious amounts of Schott Zwiesel Crystal stemware and some fab wine and food, the event turned out to be quite a success!
The main focus of the afternoon was to test various wines in differing shaped glasses to determine whether the shape and size of a glass can alter the experince of a wine and to further try to personally discover what wines went best with particular shapes. Each attendee's plate setting included four Schott Zwiesel stems from the "Top Ten" collection and one Sensus glass. The wines, two red and two whites, were first poured into the Sensus glass and from there, poured into each of the other glasses. After looking at the wine, smelling it and of course tasting it in each glass a vote was then taken by Michael to see which glass rated the highest with that particular wine.
Lloyd Thistle, President of Fortessa Canada, Inc., also helped to host the event. He spoke about some of the unique qualities of the Tritan Technology found in Schott Zwiesel products and kept the audience on the edge of their seats through his glass demonstrations (whereupon he banged the glasses against tables, walls or any other nearby hard surface to demonstrate the durability and strength of the product (There were some worried people but not a single broken glass!)
Despite the blistering cold wind outside, the crowd was in excellent spirits and the wine and food kept everyone warm and cheery.
Here are some pics to check out:
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| Michael Pinkus Introducing the wine selection |
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Lloyd Thistle demonstrating the strength of Schott Zwiesel Glassware
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