Puente Austral Reserva Privada Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile. Private Reserve must mean it is very special! I love those monikers! Don’t you? With that designation it must be extra special! On the nose a nice measure of blueberry a standard of many Cabernet Sauvignons. There is also some Santa Rosa Plum and black cherry. OnContinue reading “RKS Wine: Fancy Name but Fancy Quality?”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS Film: “The Last Tourist”: I’ve Seen the Damage the Cruise Ship Has Done
“The Last Tourist” can be seen as the exposure of a dirty industry called mass tourism that destroys what the tourist goes to see or perhaps goes to take a wonderful Instagram photo for those with a three second attention span. Yes according to a recent survey 29.5% of Millennials travel for the sole purposeContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Last Tourist”: I’ve Seen the Damage the Cruise Ship Has Done”
“Travels to a Different Time” : 14August1974: Dusseldorf West Germany: All the Way to Dusseldorf with a Sore Ass: A Ride with the Most Beautiful Woman in Europe: Who are the Most Beautiful Women in Europe?
Up at 08:00 to complete the morning ablutions. Paid my 32 schillings ($2.10) for the night. I headed out to a grocery store and bought my breakfast including a litre of milk. My first good milk in two months! I had my breakfast sitting on a park bench. The autobahn was about a kilometre walkContinue reading ““Travels to a Different Time” : 14August1974: Dusseldorf West Germany: All the Way to Dusseldorf with a Sore Ass: A Ride with the Most Beautiful Woman in Europe: Who are the Most Beautiful Women in Europe?”
RKS Film: “Visionary Gardeners”: “Beauty and Delight”
The Canadian television series “Visionary Gardeners” is a five-part series premiering March 7, at 9 p.m. ET on Vision TV and it runs for 5 weeks in half hour segments. It features avid Canadian gardeners with their own vision of what a garden is. You may think the series is about them and their gardensContinue reading “RKS Film: “Visionary Gardeners”: “Beauty and Delight””
RKS Wine: A Chilean Chardonnay and Viognier Blend Disappoints
It is the first time I have seen a Chardonnay Viognier blend. The less oak that touches the Viognier the better. In this case the blend is 85% Chardonnay and 15% Viognier. Part of the Chardonnay was fermented in oak and the rest in stainless steel while all the Viognier was fermented in stainless steel.Continue reading “RKS Wine: A Chilean Chardonnay and Viognier Blend Disappoints”
RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival: “Rules of War”: Kudos for Trying: Results Unknown
With the Russian attack on Ukraine we have been hearing some high-volume chatter about Russian war crimes. According to the Red Cross Rules of War prepared in 1863 and signed by 193 countries the most important principle is that no civilians should be coming to harm. We see what a farce that is in theContinue reading “RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival: “Rules of War”: Kudos for Trying: Results Unknown”
“Andrij the Orphaned Ukrainian Rescue Dog ” : Chapter 21: Ukrainian Orthodox Priest Called to Andrij’s Bed
It is Dylan the Westie here with an update on Bob and Andrij The Orphaned Ukrainian Rescue Dog. Bob remains in critical condition at Sunnybrook Hospital after this surgery. I am sorry to have to tell you a Ukrainian Orthodox priest is rushing to Andrij’s bedside to deliver last rites. A world-renowned veterinarian neurosurgeon fromContinue reading ““Andrij the Orphaned Ukrainian Rescue Dog ” : Chapter 21: Ukrainian Orthodox Priest Called to Andrij’s Bed”
RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival; “The Eclipse”
I have visited Yugoslavia (as it then was) three times in the 1970’s having been from its toes to its head spending most of my time in the republics of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. As a political science student I studied the rise of Marshall Tito from Partisan leader to President until his death inContinue reading “RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival; “The Eclipse””
RKS Wine: Brookwalter’s 2018 Columbia Valley Red Blend from Washington State
The wines of Washington State are a bit like the wines of Lake Erie North Share in Ontario that play second fiddle to the wines of Niagara. Washington State wines play second fiddle to the wines of California. It is not a question of quality but consumer confidence or as our Liquor Control Board ofContinue reading “RKS Wine: Brookwalter’s 2018 Columbia Valley Red Blend from Washington State”
“Andrij the Orphaned Ukrainian Rescue Dog” : Chapter 20: April Fools Assassination: Andrij in Critical Condition
Hello. It is Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog with Dylan the Westie at my side this evening. While on our evening walk on April 1st with myself and Dylan I say with deep regret an assassination attempt was made on Andrij The Orphaned Ukrainian Rescue Dog in the Bridle Path area of Toronto. Two armedContinue reading ““Andrij the Orphaned Ukrainian Rescue Dog” : Chapter 20: April Fools Assassination: Andrij in Critical Condition”
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