Taylor Fladgate Pull Out all the Stops in Vancouver

By: Anthony Gismondi

Tuesday, March 8 2011

Taylor Fladgate Partnership CEO Adrian Bridge and award-winning winemaker David Guimaraens will conduct a vertical/horizontal tasting of their ports at the Playhouse.

Taylor Fladgate Pull Out all the Stops in Vancouver

The cost of wine shipped for the event is $30,000.00. Consumer value total pours is $425. If you were to conduct your own tasting and bought a bottle of each the cost would be $2600.00. All guests receive a custom-made (for this event), hardcover 44-page booklet complete with winery history, maps, wine info, wine availability (price and specific stores) and place to take notes. Oh and here are the wines you will taste.

Taylor's

1977 - 98 points Wine Spectator

1985 - 95 points WS

1994 - 100 points WS

2007 - 96 points WS

Fonseca

1977 - 100 points WS

1985 - 95 points WS

1994 - 100 points WS

2007 - 94 points WS

Croft

1991 - 94 points WS

2007 - 96 points WS

Plus LBVs and Croft Pink

All for $150 per person, only 15 seats left, Vancouver Convention Centre, Friday, April 1, 5:00pm - 6:45pm. http://playhousewinefest.com/?p2=/modules/playhousewinefest/eventdetails.jsp&id=336

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his YouTube Channel.