Wild Leek Week
Ramped Brisket Tacos and Sliders April 20, 2012 Leek week. All leeks, all the time. Every dish gets ramped up by the foot soldier, pugilist and grognard of the onion family. ”As long as I was in for...
View ArticleThe Wine Diaries. VINTAGES June 9, 2012: Whites and Rosés
Two Niagara wines top this list. Coyote’s Run Black Paw Vineyard is a legend in the making. Hinterbrook blows me away with a world-class Rosé. Nino Franco Faive Brut Sparkling Rosé 2010 (31567, $19.95)...
View ArticleThe Wine Diaries: Around the world in 20 whites
In sweltering times like these the refreshing vigor of white wine is irrefutable and necessary. I would steer you to just about any global example from this list. Standing tall above is a 20th choice,...
View ArticleNew white wine love for ‘The Savvy’
There’s this grape I want to tell you about. Sometimes there’s a grape. I won’t say a gambler but certainly an opportunist. I’m talking about “The Savvy,” that green-skinned grape variety from...
View ArticleA taste of New Zealand’s Villa Maria
Villa Maria Production Winemaker Josh Hammond had to be on the verge of exhaustion when he sat down with John Szabo and I at the WineAlign office last week. Hammond was a Montreal stop away from a near...
View ArticleOn a wine and a prayer
I’ve been too long without summer, In this winter home. We’re going to begin the last week of March with a quartet of white wines as a prayer for the hopes of warmer weather. A bottle full of fresh and...
View ArticleBubbly or Pinot Noir?
By Lois Abraham TORONTO — The holiday countdown is on and Canadians are scrambling for last-minute gifts for their hosts and loved ones. Wine and food seem like a natural option at this time of year,...
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