This Cellar Salon took place a year ago. It was the last salon before COVID forced us to hit a hard pause—but as we crawl towards the finish line of this pandemic,…
Inside The Bottle
Inside The Bottle
To be fair, this Cellar Salon happened in February, one year ago. It was the second last before COVID forced us to hit a hard pause, but as we crawl towards the…
Because wine, choc & flowers are the building blocks of showing our significant others love on jolly old St. Valentine’s Day—we decided to go in a totally different direction. Instead, we asked…
“Women” are a total buzzword these days, right? We’re a popular theme, distinct from what we do or who we are. Yes, we still have to compete on an uneven playing field…
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?…
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…
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…
If you’ve spent five minutes with me you know how I feel about County Chard. Because we like to show our terroir rather than inhibit it, particularly when the grape reflects our…