One pound per acre is not a harvest quantity but the original cost of the vineyard when the Seppelt family purchased 158 acres of land in Tanunda, South Australia, in 1851.
One Pound Per Acre Chardonnay 2023 (LCBO #32828, $9.95)
Straw colour; toasty, apple nose; medium-bodied, dry, apple and pear flavours. (88)
One Pound Per Acre Shiraz 2022 (LCBO #32829, $9.95)
Deep purple-crimson colour; cedary, blackberry nose with oak spice; full-bodied, dry, savoury, black olive and black plum flavours with lively acidity and supple tannins. Great value. (89)
Thursday, October 24th: Took the GO Train to Exhibition to attend the Halpern Portfolio Tasting, a charitable fund-raiser for the University Health Network. Halpern has the best portfolio of any Ontario importer and their annual tasting is one of the highlights of the wine calendar. There were 160 producers showing their products at the Enercare Centre. The Halpern family has raised over $132 million for the hospital group (UHN). In addition, there were also silent auction items, like Romanée-Conti wines and gold bars, art, and a Rolls-Royce in the live auction.
Halpern tasting: the first wines I tried
Tony from Opus Restaurant and his Quadrus wines from the Douro
Paolo de Marchi
Art at auction
Fancy a Rolls?
Artist Lauren Halpern
Also tasted this week: Stratus White 2016, Little Engine Pinot Noir 2020, Le Clos Jordanne Claystone Terrace Chardonnay 2021.
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