{"id":1156,"date":"2011-04-19T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T12:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2012-05-01T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T15:19:03","slug":"margaux-masterclass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"Margaux Masterclass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A great wine is like a great performance at the Symphony. One starts with excellent grapes, the other with a fine piece of music, but both need a masterful interpretor to become truly unforgettable. Very few wines in the world offer the quality or the cachet of Ch\u00e2teau Margaux and an opportunity to taste older vintages should always be embraced. Even more exceptional is the chance to be part of a masterclass tasting with Mme Corinne Mentzelopoulos, the proprietor of Ch\u00e2teau Margaux since 1980. She is coming to Toronto next week, for the first time in 20 years, and wine lovers will have the opportunity to meet her at two events organized by the Volunteer Committee of the Toronto Symphony. It\u2019s all in celebration of the 20th<\/sup> anniversary of the TSO Fine Wine Festival and all proceeds will support the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and its educational outreach programs. Here are the details.<\/p>\n

The main event, \u201cAn Evening with Ch\u00e2teau Margaux<\/em>,\u201d takes place at 6:00pm on April 26 at the Four Seasons Yorkville. Mme Mentzelopoulos will guide a masterclass tasting and discussion of nine Ch\u00e2teau Margaux wines she has selected, including the 1983 and the 1996 Ch\u00e2teau Margaux, followed by dinner. Tickets are available at $650, which represents a great value given the calibre of wines being served. While this price reflects the\u00a0actual cost of the evening\u00a0with no tax-receipt attached, patrons will have the opportunity to make a voluntary donation at their discretion. Such donations\u00a0will be acknowledged in the evening programme and receive a full tax receipt.<\/p>\n

The following evening, April 27, an even more exclusive reception in honour of Mme Mentzelopoulos and in the presence of the French Consul General is being held in the Rosedale home of Maureen and Wayne Squibb, major supporters of the TSO. Tickets for this reception are available at $1,000, and space is limited.\u00a0 A tax receipt will be issued for the maximum amount allowable for this reception event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chance to sample a wide variety of wines from this iconic ch\u00e2teau and engage with its visionary owner is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity,\u201d says Marianne Oundjian, Co-Chair of the TSO Ch\u00e2teau Margaux Committee. \u201cWhat a delight this promises to be for both wine and symphony lovers.\u201d I couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n

For more information or to purchase tickets for the event, please contact Linda McGeown, TSVC, at 416-593-7769 ext. 359, or lmcgeown@tso.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 A great wine is like a great performance at the Symphony. One starts with excellent grapes, the other with a fine piece of music, but both need a masterful interpretor to become truly unforgettable. Very few wines in the world offer the quality or the cachet of Ch\u00e2teau Margaux and an opportunity to taste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[108,91],"tags":[385,387,386],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2020,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions\/2020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}