“This place is dead”, I hear constantly. It’s the refrain from both locals and visitors who just aren’t paying attention to the awesomeness that is Prince Edward County in the deep, dark…
“It was only supposed to be open for three years.” Enid told me when we first discussed her plans to close the café. And true to form, on December 22nd—exactly three years…
If you don’t live in the County, I guess it would seem that basically all of our wineries seem like they’re off the beaten path. When you live here, however, (and frequent…
I’d invited a sommelier friend to the Cellar Salon last Tuesday and mentioned that the week’s theme would be “Fireside Wines”. He texted back: Fireside Wines. You know I’m a professional, right?…
It’s coming—New Year’s Eve in Prince Edward County. Last year we agonized about which party to choose and finally decided to head to Midtown Brewery, which was serious stuff and crazy awesome—though…
The first time I was in Prince Edward County, I was chatting to a guy behind the upstairs bar at Norman Hardie Winery. His name was Duarte and officially, he was in…
It was pouring cats and dogs outside—but the five of us were cozied up together at the kitchen table in the Babylon House, a modern-rustic white cedar log cabin that’s one of…
Something about the esoteric, the inaccessible, the fleeting things in life, just make our hearts beat a little faster. And when you apply those qualities to wine, we start to really lose…
After we hosted this salon at MH, but before writing this piece, I attended the very cool blind wine tasting competition, The Judgement of Kingston. In its fourth year, the competition pits…
We’re just out of harvest and the winemakers are elbow deep in the dirt. They aren’t even picking up messages, never mind returning calls. In-between winemakers and with a charismatic owner, Keint-he…