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| - A group of us traveled to Gallucci on a winery bus tour of the Toronto area. They weren't ready for us when we arrived, so we had to stand outside in the burning sun for almost 30 minutes.Then, the winery tour involved looking at their storage room, some kind of shed that they "might turn into a gelato stand," and their walk-in refrigerator.
When we finally got to taste the wine, they poured the teeniest, tiniest little sips. I've never been to a wine tasting that was so chintzy. When one of my friends asked if she could have a slightly larger pour, the employee rolled her eyes and dripped a couple more drops into her glass. We weren't there to get loaded, but when you go to a wine tasting, you want to actually taste the wine. How do they expect to sell any bottles of wine when they won't let you take more than a little sip?
Even though they sell fine cheeses in their shop, the free cheese pairings they offered were literally just blocks of supermarket cheese. One of my friends got scolded for trying to taste a piece before they poured the wine.
It's a shame because the wines we tried were actually pretty good. But the experience was frustrating, to say the least.
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