In terms of the volume of Portuguese wines coming into Canada the Douro, leads the pack. The Douro produces top quality wines but since the grapes used in their winemaking are largely indigenous one might say their excellence is predictable. On the other hand the region in second place, Alentejano, produces excellent wines as wellContinue reading “RKS Wines: Should Portugal’s Douro Be Looking Over Its Shoulder to the Surging Alentejano?”
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RKS Wine: Crasto A Classic Douro Red
I will admit I have a soft spot for Quinta do Crasto perched above the Douro River in Portugal. Going out in the fields and trying grapes on the vine and then trying to trace them in the wine. Eating lunch with the field workers which you often do as a journalist visiting a quintaContinue reading “RKS Wine: Crasto A Classic Douro Red”
Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog Is Back: “We Rescue Dogs Are All Hurting”
You have been reading about my adventures and thank you for so doing. These adventures are perhaps the most amazing that ever have been experienced by any dog let alone a rescue dog. Winning a Nobel Prize for literature, hanging out with Drake, Mr. Gordon Lightfoot, President Biden and his wife, being on national televisionContinue reading “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog Is Back: “We Rescue Dogs Are All Hurting””
“Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 109: Protests Against the 76 Montreal Summer Olympics
Jiber had been whisked off to Zortixia by Frizzy The Smicket Boy to face a trial for crimes against inhabitants of the galaxy so with him many problems disappeared. But deal with one struggle and defeat it another one appears. The United Mutations were fighting against the sinful expenditures Montreal was becoming heavily indebted forContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 109: Protests Against the 76 Montreal Summer Olympics”
RKS Wine: 2020 Meyer Family Vineyards McLean Creek Road Vineyard Chardonnay
In terms of Canadian wine from where I sit Ontario is touted as a wonderful “Cold Climate” Chardonnay producer. While I would not call the Okanagan in British Columbia “cold climate” I would say guys muscle into any claims that Ontario makes a superior Chardonnay. The Okanagan Chards I have tasted can kick butt toContinue reading “RKS Wine: 2020 Meyer Family Vineyards McLean Creek Road Vineyard Chardonnay”
RKS Wine: Can Meyer Family Vineyard’s 2020 Pinot Noir Cure My Golf Myopia?
November golf in Toronto can be very trying. Frozen fingers and runny noses. Shivers and a sense of quiet desperation to end the year in a blaze of glory like the fall leaves. I think I am up to 35 games starting in frigid April, through a sweltering July and August and now back inContinue reading “RKS Wine: Can Meyer Family Vineyard’s 2020 Pinot Noir Cure My Golf Myopia?”
“Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 108 Dr. Zodiac Remembers His Encounters at the River Styx
The lightbulb flashed in Zodiac’s head something akin the attack of the mutant killer ants happening below his window in the streets of Montreal. He recalled many years ago being on the banks of the River Styx where he was weaponless in the face of a killer insect beast and the only object nearby wasContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 108 Dr. Zodiac Remembers His Encounters at the River Styx”
RKS Wine: Can We Be Friends with the Okanagan’s Frind?
As far as Okanagan, British Columbia wineries go they seem to be able to do no wrong. But the day will come one day! Until then all of us should enjoy the wines produced from these stellar wineries. Yes we have covered Crescent Hill, Oak Bay, St. Hubertis, Stag’s Hollow, Meyer Family Vineyards and MayhemContinue reading “RKS Wine: Can We Be Friends with the Okanagan’s Frind?”
Passage of the Day from the Late Rebecca Wasserman-Hone Credited With Putting Burgundy Wines on the Map in America
“A wine is not to be discussed, it is to be drunk and give happiness and joy and a nice feeling to people. Sounds of appreciation are weightier than words. We grade by ‘oohs’ and ‘mmms’, six being the ultimate accolade.”
The Importance of Wine Tourism
BKWine Brief 218, October 2021The Importance of Wine Tourism The importance of wine tourism is not that it can be a tool for producers to sell more wines. Although you sometimes get that impression when wine tourism is discussed. It is often talked about in the framework of “how can the producers sell more wineContinue reading “The Importance of Wine Tourism”
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