Dry Mouth – A Somm’s Guide to Enjoying More While Drinking Less
What a carry on Dry January is. I’ve been in the business of wine for almost a decade at this...
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Tag: Canadian Sommelier
GFR Challops: Hybrid Theory: The Big Buyers vs the Future of Hybrid Winemaking aka Part 3
Challop (noun) – plural : challopsPronounced “chah-lop’ 1: Abbreviation for challenging...
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Hybrid Theory: A Moment for Hybrid Wines and Climate Change Part One
If you’ve been in North America (most recently, the Eastern side), you’ve no doubt...
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Young Blood Sommelier: Carolyn Balogh
A few weeks ago we put Pizza Libretto/Enoteca Sociale Sommelier Lesa LaPointe through the wringer in one of our most popular articles thus far. We followed this with an interview with the Owner/Wine Geek of Parkdale’s Café Taste, Mr. Jeremy Day, then with Zinta Steprans, Sommelier at Toronto restaurants L’Unita and Malena. Today we look at a Sommelier who chose a different path altogether, Carolyn Balogh of Abcon International Wines… and she’s the only Sommelier I know of who has been on a stamp!
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