Bernard Stramwasser from ‘Certified Good Fighter’ Le Sommelier, a premium wine agency, provides tasting notes on two wines under $20 from Australia’s Barossa Valley: The 2006 Loan Wines Semillon and the 2008 Boxhead Shiraz.
Read More
I meet the enigmatic owners, Marie Frye and Pat Hacker, outside on a lawn sprinkled with bright Muskoka chairs and a couple picnic tables. After receiving warm welcomes and firm handshakes, I take a spot with them in the sun to discuss their labour of love. Throughout our conversation, a constant stream of families flows through the shop, locals stop to say hello and a farmer on a tractor drives by, shouting out a good review to the gathered crowd of tourists. “We pay him to do that” Marie jokes.
Read More
Michele Genest explained to me the three components that make the Yukon food scene unique and special: 1) the proliferation of market gardens, 2) an ingrained culture of berry picking and 3) the abundance of game. There you have it: hunting, gathering and small scale agriculture all wrapped together.
Read More
In the third of his cabin-fever-fuelled excursions onto the internet this week, Jamie Drummond explains why he’ll leave the beer reviewing to the experts as he enjoys his Creemore Springs Kellerbier and doesn’t think about things TOO seriously.
Read More
Godello (white) and Mencia (red) are a couple of lesser-known ancient grape varietals hailing from the Galician interior of northwestern Spain, most notably in Valdeorras and Bierzo respectively. Recent unanimous acceptance of it being perhaps one of Spain’s very finest grapes has meant that plantings, production, and exports of Mencia have been steadily increasing over the last two decades. Two weeks ago we looked at the glory that is Godello. In this issue Drummond gets all Sommjizzy and rants about his beloved Mencia…
Read More