CityBites
May-June 2007

Hot for Wine

The (incomplete) City Bites list of Toronto’s Wine Vips

This is not a contest! This is an attempt to recognize the unsung heroes of wine, the ones who make it, who get it to us, and who direct us to the good stuff.

YANNICK BIGOURDAN & CARLO CATALLO
SPLENDIDO
Perhaps the closest thing we have to a Michelin-star quality restaurant (so says Jake Richler), guided by the deft hand of co-owner Yannick Bigourdan. The Wine program under sommelier/manager Carlo Catallo is ambitious and inspired, not the least for the presence of Ontario’s finest wines. Watch for the Exotica Canadiana experience throughout July and August.