Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2022

Quinta dos Termos 2017 Beira Interior DOC, $13.95: Portugal 94 Mayhem 2019 Cabernet Merlot, B.C. VQA, $21.74: British Columbia 94 Two Sisters 2015 Cabernet Franc, VQA Niagara River, $75.80: Ontario 94 Viña Chocolan Vitrium 2019 Red Blend, Vale del Maipo: $25.95: Chile 94 Alamos Seleccion 2018 Malbec, Mendoza: $16,95: Argentina 94 Viña Tarapacá Gran ReservaContinue reading “RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2022”

RKS Wines: A Greek Alternative to Ice Wine

In Ontario Riesling and Vidal icewines, particularly Riesling icewine, can cost a pretty penny but given the conditions harvested in and the very concentrated juice extracted from frozen grapes it is understandable that icewine is a luxury product. A cost effective and delicious alternative to icewine is Vin Doux from the Greek island of SamosContinue reading “RKS Wines: A Greek Alternative to Ice Wine”

RKS Wine: Two Sisters’ 2017 Riesling: A King’s Ransom!

No need to beat around the bush here. Almost all Ontario Riesling gives me a puckered up mouth and is akin to sucking on a grapefruit. Being schooled on German Rieslings years ago Ontario Rieslings were a shock and still are a shock. I will venture out on my thin ice and try one nowContinue reading “RKS Wine: Two Sisters’ 2017 Riesling: A King’s Ransom!”

RKS Film: The Best Documentaries of 2022

The Best Documentaries of 2022 President (96) Perfecting the Art of Longing (96) American Reckoning (95) Who Killed Vincent Chin(94) Lodo (93) Yanis Varoufakis: Eye of The Storm (93) Anonymous Club (93) Young Plato (93) Jon Bénet’s Tricycle (93) The Last Tourist (93) The Killing of a Journalist (92) The Quiet Epidemic (92) Silent BeautyContinue reading “RKS Film: The Best Documentaries of 2022”

RKS Spirits: J&B Rare Blended Scotch Whisky

I discovered that J&B Blended Scotch Whisky is a perfect match for shortbread cookies, pastries or cakes with a noticeable honey component such as baklava. It also is the perfect scotch to use in my Scotch Lentils recipe that called for a single malt scotch to be used however unlike J&B scotch whisky the singleContinue reading “RKS Spirits: J&B Rare Blended Scotch Whisky”

“The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 19: Escaping Quebec Nationalist Fervor in Montreal to Hogtown!

I graduated with two law degrees from the University of Cote St. Luc Law School in Montreal. Despite the fact I spoke very good French having learnt this noble language at the King’s School for Young Men in Bombay my French was tres Parisian and nowhere near the joual of the Montreal working class. IContinue reading ““The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” : Chapter 19: Escaping Quebec Nationalist Fervor in Montreal to Hogtown!”

“Travels to a Different Time” : 12September2022: Knee Fine but Ankle No! 9,000 German Deaths: Thessaloniki Greece

The pain in the knee has disappeared but overnight a pain in the ankle. What a pain in the ass! I am a Hop Along Cassidy and in excruciating pain. Nothing works not even the Dicoflex cream from the compounding pharmacy which I had to cease taking due to an adverse reaction being a rashContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 12September2022: Knee Fine but Ankle No! 9,000 German Deaths: Thessaloniki Greece”

RKS Poetry: Ex President Trump and Dementia

It is Rude to Mock Those with Dementia We must not mock those suffering from dementiaI caught a clip of some comedian hawking virtual cards about the orange toadHad a great laugh about the mocking of a twit specializing in bankruptcy and failed coupslike a kamikaze pilot taking out the enemythensomeone told me this wasContinue reading “RKS Poetry: Ex President Trump and Dementia”