:Barberian Steak House at 7 Elm Street TorontoRed Wine Cellar
Just had boozy evening at gorgeous cellar under Barberians Steak House. The Cookbook store hosted celebrated British wine writer and critic Jancis Robinson at an intimate wine tasting for a select group of lucky imbibers. Aaron Barberian's cellar is stunning, Jancis proclaimed it to be one of the top restaurant cellars she'd ever been in. Being a good Kiwi girl I circulated through the crowd talking up New Zealand wines other than Sav Blanc which I'm not at all fond of...its time the rest of the world noticed our Rieslings and Pinot Gris and gorgeous Pinot Noir's.
Jancis gave us a run down on the vagaries of the weather during these
months and briefly commented on climate change and its effect on wines.. Germany, she said, is one area that has benefited from warmer sunnier summers. She touched on the emerging vineyards in Spain, gave us a quick insight into what was happening in China and even mentioned the word fake and wine in same breath. EEk. She didn't want to be drawn into a discussion regarding corks versus screw caps but suggested that somewhere a clever designer must come up something more inspiring. I think I detected a passion for things red and French. Earlier in the day Jancis lunched with an elite group including Alison Fryer of the Cookbook store and they opened a 
bottle of 1951 Chateau Palmer...Alison declared it to be even better than the 1951 Latour...Jancis commented on national radio just an hour after lunch that it was the last great wine she'd tasted.I on the other hand, not quite in that league... had a taste of a fab Bulgarian Tokay the day before at Barberians that will appear on the wine list soon. It was delish.
Julie Wood, Alison, Aaron, Jancis and Jennifer Grange of the Cookbook Store
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