Today was a day filled with the Chateau Frontenac! It began with lunch and of course a wonderful glass of Champange. All the wine media on the trip today had a fantastic lunch at the restaurant here at the chateau restaurant called La Cafe De La Terrasse with the General Manager of the hotel. The sun was shining, the snow was glistening and it was a great way to start off a Friday in Quebec.With a great Quebec chicken burger - layered with Oka Cheese in my stomach, we were off to attend the Quebec City Salon Wine Festival. (Above is a wonderful picture of the Chateau Frontenac)
This is the first year of the festival and it was a great size. The event was sponsored by the SAQ - which is the LCBO equivalent here in Ontario. It as simliar to a Wine & Cheese Show or the
Gourmet Food and Wine Show but on a much smaller scale. Tony and I hung out at the Wayne Gretzky booth with Craig and other WG peeps. But we also tried a lot of wine. We were able to try some Amarone, Arrogant Frog, some delicious Champagne, great Bordeaux's and much much more! The show was great and we will be returning on another day this weekend to take some great pictures!To the left is a picture of me standing right beside the Chateau looking down at the beautiful landscape - there are two landscape photos below
Today was a fairly relaxing day, with lunch and the some time spent at the Wine Salon, and for dinner we ordered a fantastic pizza delivery to our wicked suite at the chateau and watched a movie - it was a great friday night spent staying in!
Saturday is going to be a great day of touring around Old Quebec as we are on a city tour so stay tuned for some great pics of the city tomorrow!
Cheers,
Ange
Ange
This is a great shot of across from the Chateau at all the great homes directly beside the St. Lawrence River
This is the view from the outside of the Chateau on the Pier by the St. Lawrence
This is a picture of one of the coolest inventions ever. The EnoRound. This wine despenser can keep wine for 20-50 days and you can have access to about 20 different wines whenever you want a glass of each. It retails for about 25G's, but man, it will certainly be on my wish list!
Reds Wine Bar in Toronto has a similar one to this, but I believe it fits about 8 bottles and has some great vintage wine available by the once to taste!
The Chateau from afar...
This is a picture of one of the coolest inventions ever. The EnoRound. This wine despenser can keep wine for 20-50 days and you can have access to about 20 different wines whenever you want a glass of each. It retails for about 25G's, but man, it will certainly be on my wish list!Reds Wine Bar in Toronto has a similar one to this, but I believe it fits about 8 bottles and has some great vintage wine available by the once to taste!
The Chateau from afar...