I sell wine for a winery in Ontario and it along with many others in the province sell wines direct from the winery which are not available at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. This is very useful to restaurants who can then mark up the wines anywhere from 100% to 200% or more as their house wines.

I want to throw this in as a topic. What was the most informative tasting that you have attended? My nomination for that honor was a tasting of a single vintage of Schloss Johannisberg from Qba through to Beerenauslese. The only variable was the sweetness. It was fascinating to see the differences and similarities between these wines.

One dream tasting that I have is the following. Kabinett, Spatlese and Auslese of the following wines from the same vintage; J. J. Prum's Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Wegeler-Deinhard's Bernkasteler Doctor and Scharzhofberger from Egon Muller.