….disturbing news leaves a bad taste in our mouths
Last week my husband and I took a wonderful trip to Prince Edward County. One of the things that my husband wanted to do was experience the pizza at one of the more famous wineries in the area. On the first day we discovered that the pizza oven was not prepped for baking and we would have to come back the next day. No problem. We would return the next day. In the meantime we sampled some of their excellent wines.
The next day we were so busy that we didn’t make it back and instead had pizza at another winery. It was okay but we’d had better elsewhere. At the end of that day we were talking to one of the locals and they highly recommended the pizza from the winery that we originally wanted to try.
On the day we were leaving my husband decided that we should go back to the first winery before we headed back to Toronto and have lunch there. We weren’t disappointed and enjoyed some of the best pizza we’ve ever eaten. The staff was very friendly and the atmosphere was very welcoming and comforting. We had no idea that there was anything wrong.
A couple of days ago we heard on the news that the owner of the winery has been accused of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct. He admitted that many of the accusations were true but says some weren’t. I feel sad about the situation, not for the owner, but for the victims and the all the wonderful staff and employees at the winery and restaurant. You know that their jobs will be affected by the news. People will stay away and Quebec and the LCBO are withdrawing his wines from their shelves and will not reorder.
Thank you to the staff for giving us a wonderful dining experience. If you are directly affected by the unwanted behaviour of your boss we thank you for your bravery for speaking up and hope that the healing has begun.
Carol and Kevin Cormier
Mama Cormier 
Tough subject to deal with. Pizzas look wonderful. Hope you can bypass the news.
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We will always have fond memories and nothing can take away the enjoyment we had eating that pizza. I can’t help but wonder if any of our servers were affected.
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I too had heard that news story. As you mentioned, the repercussions of these stories always goes far beyond the accused and the victims. In this case, all the employees whether personally involved or not will ultimately be negatively affected. A very sad state all around.
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Thanks for your input Joanne. I was with friends yesterday and one of them thought that the whole area would be affected but I doubt that. There are too many other wonderful wineries and destinations points to keep people away.
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The food looks incredible, glad you stopped back before leaving.
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Despite the sad news this week we were glad as well.
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When I was in Italy back in 1977, I once enjoyed “polpo” (octopus) as a pizza topping. Now I make pizza with shrimp or nuts. Tho I have no qualms about unorthodox toppings, I was amazed to see what look like blueberries on that last pizza. Were they blueberries?
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No they were black olives with pesto and lavender.
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But what about the *last* pizza? The one with something brown (sausage crumbles?) and something bright red. The blue things on that one don’t look any olives I have seen.
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This pizza has sausage, tomatoes, cheese and the ‘blue’ is actually black where the crust puffed up and became slightly charred. These pizzas are made in a very hot wood fired oven and they bake very quickly.
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The White Balance Gremlin strikes again.
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