Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS 2024 Porthead Alert: Croft Reserve Tawny Port:

Not to augment my authenticity but I am a knight in Portugal without a castle. Yes I am in the army of the Port Brotherhood. That is a very long story. It started with coverage on Portuguese television in 2014. Psychedelic berries, precipitous cliffs, poetry at 02:00 at Quinta Vargellas, 250 Ports in 6 days,Continue reading “RKS 2024 Porthead Alert: Croft Reserve Tawny Port:”

RKS 2024 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint

In these days the corporate and governmental fantasy of Global Inclusion runs amok and in real terms necessitates Global Exclusion of others. So I had a bad experience a few months ago with a New Zealand North Canterbury Pinot Noir by the name of Nor’wester. A disaster but I do not need the Global InclusionContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint”

RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel

As far as official classifications and the textbooks read the 10 Beaujolais Cru’s rank over Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages. The Nicolas Potel 2022 Fleurie Cru du Beaujolais then should be put to test about how it justifies the textbooks! Aroma: A lively melange of raspberry, cherry, milk chocolate and vanilla. Palate: Crafted in a subtleContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel”

RKS 2023 Wine: Best Whites of 2023

Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Okanagan Valley Gewürztraminer (Canada) 94 Cline 2021 North Coast Viognier (United States) 94 Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate 2020 Grand Reserve Chardonnay (Canada) 93 Malivoire Estate Grown Chardonnay 2019 (Canada) 91 Dough California 2020 North Coast Chardonnay (United States) 91 Casa Dea 2021 Melon de Bourgogne (Canada) 91 Stag’s Hollow 2022 Tragically VidalContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Best Whites of 2023”

RKS 2023 Film: Best Documentaries of 2023

Seven Winters in Tehran (Germany and France) 95 Haulout (Great Britain) 94 Before the Sun (Canada) 94 Theatre of Violence (Germany and Denmark) 93 The Eternal Memory (Chile) 93 Pay or Die (USA) 93 Food and Country (USA) 92 Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law (USA) 92

RKS 2023 Film: Best Feature Films in 2023

Metronom (Romania) 96 Holy Emy (Greece) 96 Woman Meets Girl (Canada/Short) 96 Subtraction (Iran) 96 Scarpedicemente (Canada) 96 The Marines That Never Returned (Korea 1963) 96 Rose (Denmark) 96 Godland (Denmark) 95 Bloom (Canada/short) 95 Iman (Cyprus) 95 Sisu (Finland) 94 Eight Mountains (Italy) 93 Jules (USA) 93 Blackstone (Greece) 93 The Beasts (France) 93Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Best Feature Films in 2023”

RKS 2023 Wine: The Clarity of Organic Wine: Southbrook Triomphe Gamay from Niagara

If there is a constant impression I receive from organic wines it is they have a pureness and clarity to them. They are sharp and lively. It is not a question of omnipresent superiority. Many non-organic wines taste like they are dead and terribly blunt and dull. Constant soil abuse through spraying and use ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: The Clarity of Organic Wine: Southbrook Triomphe Gamay from Niagara”

RKS 2023 Wine: A Toast to the Disappearing Middle Class of North America and EU: To the Liquor Control Board of Ontario Please Note We Weren’t Born Yesterday!

Artificial Intelligence has a bit of a double-edged sword. AI will decimate the middle class if it has its way. What a profit seeking corporation needs is rock bottom low labour costs. Eliminate costs, increase profitability and pump-up bonuses to the “senior management team” and throw a few extra pesos to shareholders. Worth celebrating forContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: A Toast to the Disappearing Middle Class of North America and EU: To the Liquor Control Board of Ontario Please Note We Weren’t Born Yesterday!”

RKS 2023 Film: “ROJEK”: Behind the ISIS Killing Machine

“ROJEK” is Canada’s official selection for Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature Film at the upcoming 96th Academy Awards. “ROJEK” is available on all major VOD platforms in North America and will be launched on CRAVE on 8December2023, Canada’s prestige entertainment streaming platform. “ROJEX” was directed by Canadian director Zaynê Akyol who wasContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “ROJEK”: Behind the ISIS Killing Machine”

RKS 2023 Wine: We Aren’t Impressed by That Gold Medal Seal and a 92 jamessuckling.com or are We?

Hopefully wine drinkers are not swayed by a “Gold Medal” seal and a 92 James Suckling seal on the bottle of the Knappstein Clare Valley 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon. There is nothing inscribed on the “Gold Medal” seal to indicate who issued it. Could it be from some children’s colouring book? As for a jamessuckling.com 92Continue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: We Aren’t Impressed by That Gold Medal Seal and a 92 jamessuckling.com or are We?”