Dollar-an-Ounce Wines and Blind Tasting Event at Eight Wine Bar

On November 27 at 7 p.m. charismatic sommelier Zoltan Szabo (pictured) and Executive Chef Derek Kennedy present The French Connection, a ten-course dinner with wines from Bordeaux as well as Bordeaux-styles wines from the Niagara Peninsula and the Okanagan Valley – to be tasted blind – at Eight Wine Bar in the Cosmopolitan Hotel (8 Colborne Street, 416-350-8188). The cost is $100 per person plus tax and tip. To reserve a seat, call 647-381-WINE (9463) or email Chris Cargill.

For those of more modest means, Eight also runs regular Dollar-an-Ounce Fridays, with more than 20 of their under-$50 wines available for $1 per ounce (or $3 for three, $5 for five, and so on) from 4 to 9 p.m. According to the menu most recently posted, that would embrace an interesting selection of wines from France, Italy, Spain and Greece as well as Canada, the US, Chile, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.

The list includes enticing possibilities: reds from the Pays d'Oc region of France, a Greek Moschofilero, a Washington State Chardonnay and an Italian Prosecco – not to mention several Ontario VQA Chardonnays and Rieslings. To sweeten the deal, Chef Kennedy is offering $8 tapas plates to accompany the sipping sessions.