The uses of icewine
[caption id="attachment_1717" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sue-Ann Staff unexpectedly attacked by a wine barrel"][/caption] To Sopra for a lunchtime tasting...
Category Archives: Wine
Easton’s charcuterie + Lillet Rouge = *
[caption id="attachment_1694" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Easton's - a meaty new star in the Market"][/caption] A new store opened in...
Parties for wine lovers
Everyone knows how good Prince Edward County bubbly is getting. It’s a style that suits the terroir perfectly...
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Time is a whirligig, says Feste in Twelfth Night. I think it’s a bit more complicated than that....
Champagne Charlie Burger
Charlie Burger has crossed the line. I don’t know if you saw a story I wrote in the...
A light lunch with Dom Pérignon
[caption id="attachment_1350" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A very rare treat - the Oenotheque 1996"][/caption] How well I remember my long-ago...
Massey College Wine Grazing straddles Andes
[caption id="attachment_951" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Remains of the Malbec station"][/caption] How might Dickens have described it: the snowflakes floating...
Compliments of the Season
Buying presents for people we care about at this time of the year – or buying a few...
Laura Catena’s wines
[caption id="attachment_744" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Laura Catena in one of her vineyards"][/caption] Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting...
Hello godello
[caption id="attachment_242" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fanny bay oysters and pimentos de padron"][/caption] It doesn’t seem all that long ago...