On a nice October day - during the week Miroki was due to be wed - André forced her to drop all her plans to attend the grand cru culinary wine festival in support of UHN programs hosted by Halpern. 2024 was the 20th incarnation of this festival and raised 38 million in support of the new surgical tower at Toronto Western Hospital.

That being said - Grand Cru is also a great place to taste some wines that may be out of reach for some...

We had the chance to taste and chat with

David Butterfield of his eponymous winery

Taste through the line up of Caduceus Cellars wines

Discover whether or not California can rival the wines of Burgundy by tasting the wines of Racines next to the wines for Domaine de Montille

Have a very laid back conversation with Alexandre Leger of the iconic Domaine Ponsot

We fought the mob to taste the Champagne of Pol Roger - but instead discovered the bubbles of Pierre Paillard

Thank you to Mika from Halpern for allowing us early access to the event to get some interview.

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