This past Saturday afternoon I visited the City Market Downtown (my first visit of the year, if you can believe it). While I enjoy farmer’s markets purely for their own offerings of local food and other goodies, I admit to … Continue reading
It’s pretty clichéd to say it out loud, but Gray Monk is a pioneer of the BC wine industry. For realz. The first vineyards were planted in 1972 by George and Trudy Heiss, an Austrian-German couple who emigrated to Canada … Continue reading
Aging wine in a cellar is common practice, but what about aging a cocktail? Mixologist Tony Conigliaro, owner of the unnamed bar at 69 Colebroke Road in London, England, did just that – he mixed up several cocktails, bottled them … Continue reading
I recently raged against Argentinean Malbecs and their increasing homogeneity, overly fruity-oaked character and general boring nature. I even coined the phrase “Shiraz Effect” to describe how these wines are being subjected to the same forces that shaped Aussie Shiraz … Continue reading
I recently joined Beer and Butter Tarts, a blog aggregator of Canadian food and drink blogs. I definitely recommend subscribing to this feed if you are all all interested in Canadian food and booze – just think, they are doing … Continue reading
Well, they don’t really sparkle. Actually, they are rather dull, and they look way more like granules of sugar than diamonds, but I suppose “wine sugar granules” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as “wine diamonds.” Potassium tartrate … Continue reading
In this week’s edition of products banned in Ontario (seriously, it sucks to be you guys): this beer is named after Santa, which means it’s promoting underage drinking – so we have to ban it. Or something. Awww, but I … Continue reading