Like a hound dog they sniff out” reality” that is fed to them by the politico-medico elite run and run for vaccination jabs like the saviour of humanity mindless blobs anti-vaxxers ignored or contrarian views never given any time to contest given your advertising revenue depends on Big Pharma you filthy lowlife deceiver
The Fifth Estate is aligned with Big Pharma Oxi and fentanyl until it is time to run for cover Better story line for the front line heroes You are not on my side but prefer to protect the source of your advertisement revenue with the integrity of cow manure
Breaking Glass Pictures (BGP) in Philadelphia has an interesting portfolio of films they have sent my way over the past few years. Not all are great but some are gaspingly delightful and not to mention the LGBTQ film inventory they have.
And they don’t carry the Hollywood slop I have little interest in. In the days when I used to travel when COVID was not crushing our liberty and happiness I recall flying back to Toronto from the EU and what was everyone watching…”Black Panther”. No thank you to that film and the many Star Wars films or the modern James Bond film.
I like the “Indies” low budget and always a degree of rawness and a lack of special effects. This is most likely why I was sent to sit in the corner at school.
“The Long Way Back” is not one of those exceptional Indie films but true to the genre there is no expensive soundtrack repertoire nor are the actors shining examples of beauty and perfection. Yes there is a streak of realism here not as probing as the 1960 and 1970 French gangster films or even the 70’s American film “French Connection”.
The theme is a criminal who does his time in the penitentiary and that is Max Lyons (Denny Bess) who and is released and heads back to Lower Manhattan we call “downtown” to his old raunchy apartment managed by his friend Ziggy. Max is not a muscular hunk but slightly overweight and not exactly an Adonis.
Max falls for next door neighbour Sarah (Reyna Kehan) who is a design student who is no Nicole Kidman but exudes a genuine warmth. Yes you might say, “I like that woman”. She sets Max straight to kick his junkie habit.
But Max had ripped off Lucius (Mark Borkowski) of $20,000 before he went to the slammer. Lucius is a mean dude and dare cross him and you’ll be threatened with death. Lucius is out of synch with the cast of “normal characters”. His role is overdone unless we are into the original Batman series with Adam West where the criminals were always exaggerated.
So should you see this film? A yes if you like and wish to support Indie films. Many of our Canadian films are in fact Indie with small budgets and they overdeliver in acting and plot.
And many Indie films have endings that run contrary to our Hollywood brainwashed minds. As I review films in my downstairs office every once and awhile, I gasp “OH NO” to the consternation of my dear West Highland Terrier that sleeps on the couch behind me.
The conclusion of this film is not quite an “Oh No!” one but caught me off guard expecting conflict resolution. But an easy out not quite in the Hollywood script.
“The Long Way Back” will be released May 11 on VOD on ITunes, Amazon, XBOX, Vudu, FandangoNOW and some local cable and satellite providers.
Record sales certainly aren’t what they used to be. It is concert revenue and merchandising that bring in the revenue. In this case the Tragically Hip has lent their name to a brand of wines hoping to cash into their name. They may be great musicians but what do they know about wine? Marketing does not care about such things hoping for profit. Now the downside may be minimal to The Hip as fans are more interested in their music than in a wine named after them. Nonetheless if the result is swill that can’t be good.
Who are Hip fans? Many Canadians are but the core demographic fan just may be in their 50’s. You know the “old folks” at a revival show of a band hot in the seventies and eighties. The age indicative of those who have already received their first dose of COVID vaccine. Chances are Hip fans are not wine newbies so their discernment may be sharper than most younger music fans. The two Hip wines I picked up had a deep 30% discount on them usually decided by a manager of a Liquor Control Board of Ontario store to make way for new stock or because the wine is not selling well.
We try out a Tragically Hip Fully Completely 2018 Reserve Red and there is no indication on the label of the composition of the blend. On the nose cherry, raspberry and a tad of chocolate. It is sending off notes of Cabernet Franc which Ontario does so well. There must be Merlot as there is a note of plushness in the wine. This vintage is no longer listed on the Stoney Ridge Estate Winery where the Hip wine is made. But their website indicates the 2019 Red Grand Reserve is 40% Cabernet Franc, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Merlot.
On the palate it is moderately tannic with thin notes of black cherry but lacking complexity, finesse or depth. Happy to listen to the Hip but the wine neither accompanies their music or does justice to their talents as blenders. Their chance for gold would have been a straight Cabernet Franc. A lesson I remember as a teenager taking a bus to school in Montreal sitting behind two ladies having a conversation about a shampoo that the late Farah Fawcett was endorsing. One said with all seriousness, “If she says it is good it certainly must be.” Hey ladies follow the money.
Not a wash out wine but plenty of tickets left unsold. Best served with lamb or beef burgers or home made pizza.
Drink now.
The LCBO description stumbles badly on this saying it can be aged 5-7 years and that it suits grilled beef! And calls it impressive. The LCBO often trumpets wines like this when it can’t find any 90 points plus ratings. CREDIBILITY PROBLEM!
(The Tragically Hip Fully Completely 2018 Reserve Red, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Stoney Ridge Estate Winery, Vineland Ontario, $ 17.30 (before discount $24,95), Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 411595, 750 mL, 12.5%, Robert K. Stephen A Little Birdie Told Me So Rating 86/100).
Lets Hip hop over to an “Ahead by a Century 2019 The Tragically Hip Chardonnay”. Gold in colour. On the nose apple, pear, melon, honey with a bit of butterscotch. On the palate there is oak but pleasantly so. The caramel builds on the moderately long finish. There is a bit of creaminess on the palate but enough acid to keep the creaminess in check. Lots of apple, pear and some pineapple.
Drink now. Try with beer breaded haddock and home baked fries tossed in olive oil, salt, pepper and turmeric.
(Ahead by a Century The Tragically Hip 2019 Chardonnay, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Stoney Ridge Estate Winery, Vineland, Ontario, $15.20 (30% markdown from $21.95), Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 483875, 750 mL, 13%, Robert K. Stephen A Little Birdie Told Me So Rating 91/100).
This is my last Hot Docs Film to be reviewed and after seeing so many serious and less than cheerful documentaries I came across one from Down Under “I’m Wanita” that is a bit more relaxing than being enshrined in doom.
Wanita, a hard drinking and party animal and former sex trade worker is a well- known country music performer in Australia with a small-town Tamworth being the country music capital of Australia and her home. Wanita since early childhood has been addicted to country music and is well schooled in the classic and traditional country music school such as Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams and Charly Pride. Music from a different era but more from the heart and soul than the modern country music I hear. I’ll take Patsy Cline over the modern unrecognizable country music. Keith Urban? Give me a break.
Wanita has a dream of recording an album in Nashville and somehow she finds the money to do this even hiring a well known producer, Billy Yates, so off she goes first stopping off at Memphis and New Orleans. Wanita seems a bit overexcited and consumes too much alcohol to make a mark in these two cities but gets its together in Nashville and records her album which she thinks is a country music marvel and it indeed sounds good. However not good enough to propel this 46-year-old woman into international stardom but her dream has been reached!
We do learn about Wanita’s tumultuous personal life and her autism. Perhaps that is what made her somewhat obsessed by country music? Perhaps the alcohol is but an attempt to self-medicate. So get ready for a personal and musical adventure.
In closing from what I hear Wanita favours a more traditional country music and I couldn’t be happier with that choice. If only we had an opportunity to hear more of her music. You needn’t think you are a fuckwit Wanita! Love that session band in the New Orleans studio! Love what I heard in your Nashville album.
This is part of Toronto Hot Docs and you can watch up to May 9th and buy tickets here https://www.hotdocs.ca/
If you aren’t suffering from ‘Zoom fatigue’ by now then consider yourself lucky. The increased cognitive strain of looking at people while also trying to figure out what each is saying can be exhausting. This is doubly true for hoteliers who work in an industry notorious for its meetings upon meetings.
The sorry news is that Zoom, Google Meets and Microsoft Teams are here to stay. Yes, we crave to meet in-person, but the efficiencies of videoconferencing (that is, cost savings) make them too good to disregard. Acknowledging this, it’s time to reflect on how we can improve our communication skills via this medium so that team members remain as productive as possible.
As we are in the hotel industry, we should aim to inject a sense of traditional hospitality into videoconferencing. This will work to boost spirits while also reinforcing a proper sense of attentiveness necessary for when your teams will interact with guests onsite. As such, here are ten hotel-centric suggestions for getting the most out of videoconferencing.
Review your equipment and location. Many older laptops lack the RAM to handle or hold video from a camera while others may have driver conflicts. Those working from their cottages may find that there is insufficient internet bandwidth for videoconferencing. In all cases, audio-only communications may be better as lag or a low framerate can be jarring for recipients.
Know your software. All videoconferencing programs are slightly different. When dealing with staff, you have likely already subscribed to one application or another. But when it comes to guests, understand that the customer is always king and you must meet them on their turf. Besides understanding the basic differences of all these programs, one commonality is that it is difficult for multiple people to speak at once, so be especially patient and plan your approach accordingly.
Check your own image. Lighting and sound are important. Similar to meeting someone in person, what you wear will leave an impression, both for your team and for guests. While it’s fun to joke about meeting in your pajamas, the honeymoon phase of videoconferencing is over and perhaps it’s time for a dress code to be implemented. Remember too, you’re on camera all the time, so no odd facial expressions please. I attended a meeting where one of the invitees decided to floss her teeth.
Background check. Most of us are working at home, often from a desk in a room that might also be a bedroom. But that does not mean we should see an open clothes closet, kids watching TV or other personal effects. Conversely, the artificial background images available on many applications appear phony and often create odd grayscale bordering effects when you move in your seat. My advice is to treat your background as an extension of your personality where family portraits, shelves full of books and artwork can also deepen your rapport with other users.
Be punctual. If you’ve called a meeting for a specific time, be there a few minutes before to check out your audio, video and lighting. Don’t make attendees wait as this can quickly become a bad habit that others will imitate.
Stick to an agenda. If you need to, print out the agenda and have it handy for your reference during the meeting. Many people are finding that they have too many videoconferencing meetings already, meaning that boredom and frustration abound. Short and sweet ensures that your team’s concentration doesn’t wander, while perhaps you can also allocate some time at the end of weekly checkups for an open discussion or for others to bring up certain issues you haven’t covered.
Avoid wearing headgear. I know many headsets offer superior sound clarity but they make you look like a pilot or a taxi dispatcher. This is hospitality, not air travel. You already have the unconscious psychological barrier of video versus in-person to deal with and you don’t need another obstacle for effective personal communication.
Consider using the record button. This may be important if a complex point is being discussed that does not result in a direct and clear next step emerging at the end of the meeting. Proper etiquette also suggests that you take the time to advise participants accordingly so that they don’t feel hoodwinked afterwards.
Treat the meeting seriously. Issue a summary or recap of next steps, then send it out within 24 hours of the meeting. With so many younger team members who may not have the necessary self-discipline skills in place, this is critical to keep everyone on track with their objectives and to ensure that all staffers know their specific roles without having to nag.
Get used to it. While it is hard to imagine a hotel executive committee meeting held regularly this way, it is not out of question. Whatever you believe regarding the seriousness of a second wave, the fact remains that our society nowadays runs on fear and even an inkling of an outbreak may force you back into isolation. Videoconferencing is here to stay, so you must learn to integrate it as part of the regular workweek.
Predictably Squid had not been invited to speak with any of the “well known and respectable charities” for fear he would attack their wealthy patrons or corporations who continually harassed employees into contributing to the charity of the day favoured by their senior management teams. His views on American imperialism would not be appreciated due to the American origins of so many of these charities such as The Disunited Way. The boards of directors of these charitable corporations had no desire to threaten “international” relationships. The last thing they wanted was attacks by Squid on their patronizing attitudes towards the “handicapped” or “impoverished”. These old boys were donating their valuable time and effort to helping these “poor buggers” and how dare anyone dare criticize them. Not only that blemishes on their record might prevent them for being nominated to enter The Canadian Businessman of The Year competition.
The established media virtually blacklisted all reporting of mutant rallies using the excuse the mutants were communists led by the revolutionary Squid. Whereas the media would occasionally report the antics of Marinated Brains as head of the Canadian Communist Party. They did however publish many anti-mutant letters to the editor. For example the Montreal Afar paper published a letter from Mrs. Dora Birdbrain who lived in the Montreal suburb Pointe Afar;
Deport Trouble Causers!
Dear Editor:
I think it is high time we clean up the streets of Montreal. There are too many dirty long haired welfare bums and draft dodgers prowling our streets like wolves corrupting our youth and our wholesome Canadian way of life. It is high time some level of government stands up to these vagrants with a firm hand They deserve the Bulgarian treatment where the Bulgarian government forces long hairs to shave their long hair off and have a both before entering their country. Send in the police force and army under some emergency order to wipe out their dens of subversion or take them to re-education camps. Better yet send them back to the USSR as they are no better than communist scum.
Talking about scum this Squid fellow is a lunatic claiming to have seen the founder of Montreal Jacques Cartaway kidnap Indian chiefs hundreds of years ago. This man is a dangerous nut whose brain has been steeped with LSD and communist ideology. I hear he gave our closest allies, the United States, severe trouble in Columbia and Nicaragua. Obviously he shows a lack of respect for democracy. At this moment the Americans are waging a valiant war against Vietnamese Communists yet dirty commies and draft dodgers are on our streets burning American flags. They are whipping up problems against President Johnson. Our neighbours need strong moral support from Canadians. The last thing our ally needs is to be stabbed in the back by Canadian rebels and red sympathizers.
This Squid Marxist claims he is fighting for the rights of mutants. Does he think he is defending the rights of freaks in a circus? We Canadians have a wonderful record of dealing with mentally and physically handicapped peoples and our native Indians and Eskimos will be thanking us for generations sending their children to residential schools to take their savagery away from them. I saw Chief Sellemout of the Quebec Cree Association express his gratitude to the residential schools of Quebec for giving young Crees the language and skills needed to excel in our world. No matter Indian, Eskimo, psychiatric patients and the handicapped are well taken care of in Quebec. I give donations to many institutions so yes we normal people top up the generous support the Quebec government offers to the disadvantaged. Without governmental and citizenry donations these people would be living in slime pits. If these people are tricked by Squid to joining his mutant movement they’ll be back in the Middle Ages
It is our Christian duty to help these people. It isn’t our fault these people are incompetent and incapable of taking care of themselves. It really burns me up when I hear about Squid’s attacks on how we treat our Indians and Eskimos. He even has a fancy name for them “indigenous”. They have the safety of wonderful reservations. Isn’t that what their elders fairly bargained treaties for? Of course there is a bit of poverty but not strange as they like to drink so that is why we have rescued their children and placed them in residential schools. Their betterment may take time as after all Rome was not built overnight.
We give cripples and the gimp jobs weaving baskets and making pottery and they are overjoyed to have the opportunity to do something. In fact I purchased a lovely vase at our church bazaar last week made by one of those unfortunates. Isn’t amazing what those people can do! But Squid rabble roused and gives the false illusion to these people they can do better. Surely these people realize their incompetency prevents them doing more serious work.
I work as a volunteer at the Mugless Mental Hospital and the inmates live like they would in a hotel. Even the CIA is conducting make better therapy with LSD. Innovative and exciting and totally focused on patient care. A large staff exists so that mental illness can be cured yet Squid has some insane idea to abolish mental hospitals. How could they function in the real world? If we opened the gates we would face anarchy which no doubt Squid wants. His idea of street centres for mental cases! These people associating with other mental cases all day long! They need strong minded people to tell them how to properly lead their lives. What they need is institutionalized care so at best they can be re-integrated into society. Why at the Mugless Mental Hospital we take them out for a picnic twice a year! What more could they ask for. What would our children think about being exposed to a bunch of wild lunatics running through the streets? Think of the impact on their tender minds. What are social workers for! They visit patients and explain to them how they can properly function in the real world. Why should these poor dears be exposed to the reality of life. It would destroy the work of so many wonderful doctors. We all know the benefits of lobotomies and electro-shock therapy but oh no Squid is against these practices.
If there is anything that convinces me that Squid is a Red is the strong anti-American terms he bandies about. We all feel pity for the suffering masses in the poor countries of the world but they get so much sun and heat it is no wonder they are so lazy. The Americans invest in these countries to ensure democracy takes a strong foothold and the citizens can develop a strong work ethic. Those people need education and not a revolution. Does this Squid person know how gold mines in Brazil have brought out never before seen tribes of primitive savages who they have resettled for their own benefit.
Squid is the one who should be made a guest at a mental institution where a cure for his fuddled head can hopefully be found. Soon our world’s fair Montreal Expo will be opening up so everyone who is concerned about the reputation of this country should write letters to their elected representatives to start a campaign to clear the streets of undesirables. If visitors to Montreal were to see such communist vagrants terrorizing the values of good law-abiding citizens what would they think?
Mrs. Dora Birdbrain (Chair of the Women’s Revival Movement for Temperance)
We have the wrong Trudeau as Prime Minister. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms enshrined our right of free expression as a foundational law of the land. Section 2(b) states that “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed Bill C-10 will wipe that away. The Bill would give Ottawa China-like censorship powers. That is not our Canada. This Prime Minister Trudeau should be ashamed.
This Bill started out last November to expand the powers of the CRTC under the Broadcasting Act to regulate digital streaming platforms like Netflix and You Tube on the same basis as radio and television. Suddenly, several weeks ago, the Liberals added an amendment that would give the CRTC power to regulate all “user-generated posts” anywhere on social media — streaming or not — and indeed throughout the Internet. The CRTC would have effective power to remove or block anything it considers offensive or improper without any prior notice or process of appeal. This was a total about face from the Trudeau government’s months long assertions that the Bill would not be used against individual expressions on either the net or social media. The censorship powers this would give this government would be on a par with China’s as when that government takes down images of the Tiananmen Square Uprising that many Chinese individuals post on the anniversary of that attempt at freedom.
For the first time, federal law would give the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission the power to judge the content of every post, every user video, every podcast,and every website to determine whether it is free of any information it doesn’t like and full enough of Canadian content. The power to regulate websites would also, indirectly, give Ottawa the power to control the content of newspapers for the first time. All this is being cloaked in the virtue-signalling of political correctness that Canada does not want to offend the sensibilities of any groups that make up our “diversity.” As always, vote pandering trumps long-entrenched individual civil liberties. No other western democracy has attempted such far-reaching powers.
Short of overt incitement to violence, freedom of expression must be indivisible. That’s why Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau put the protection in the Charter. It’s easy to say that this is being done to prevent the spread of hate and misinformation, but the standards on what constitutes those — other than overt incitement to violence — are all subjective. That’s why expression has been such a completely protected right in all modern,western civilizations. Nobody trusts state bureaucrats to decide what constitutes hate and truth. Nobody has that kind of Solomonic wisdom. But there is plenty of political opportunism to stifle liberty for expediency.
Freedom of expression is meant to protect the free battleground of ideas. There is no place for censorship of diverse views on racism, Indigenous issues, crime, Western civilization, religion, abortion and a whole host of other issues. Imposition of orthodoxy of thought is anathema to the fundamental principles of a free society. This Bill would ingrain a star-chamber process forcing conformity on all Canadians.
In February, Liberal MP Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, said the goal of Internet and social media regulation should be to prevent the “chipping away at the credibility of our institutions, at the fundamental trust in Canada’s public service and the institutions that support the very important work that is being done in our country.” Chipping away? What this Bill would do would be to destroy the fundamental right of every Canadian to criticize our institutions and public service which is a foundational keystone of our citizenship. It is the right that is the very “spine of our democracy” as Lorne Gunter has so eloquently written.
Free expression, like democracy itself, is messy as Churchill said. But messy is a small price to pay for freedom from government control. China employs some two million people to monitor what its citizens post. That’s the door that C-10 is opening. And to those who would say that “we’re not as bad as China,” we would say that is hardly a standard worthy of comparison.
Sadly, the Bloc and the NDP have indicated they will support the Bill and the amendment.Only the Conservatives have come out against this Bill. It’s up to all of us. Bombard your MPs with emails and letters and yes, posts. Let them know you don’t need the state to make up your minds for you. That’s the privilege of every citizen of a free society.
Two hours from Toronto lies the town of Markdale. Jesse McCracken takes us there to film his father and grandfather and Markdale. After all this is where he grew up and drifted away from this town of 1,500 in the Grey Highlands Municipality.
There is no doubt the town was on the verge of total obscurity as business after business closed and the only factory left is Chapman’s Ice Cream. Even the school has closed as well as the town’s medical facility.
Through McCraken’s father, one of the initial members of a motorcycle club called “The Redneck Riders” we hear about the gold old days when Markdale was bustling to its point of near demise. Grandfather is a real character loving his tattoos, cigarettes and beer and beer. The stories are sometimes sad but reflective of two generations in the family. The town is mostly full of old white people. The Rotary Club members are for the most part old men in the sunset of their lives. The church service is attended by a scant few.
Quite frankly the town is on its knees with no reason for anyone to remain and who will come with young children to a town that does not have a school!
I know comparisons are odious but this documentary reminds me of a film from Brazil I saw last night called the “Last Forest” where the indigenous Yamomami people of Brazil and Venezuela are faced with extinction as rampant hordes of gold prospectors cut down and destroy the forest home of the Yamomami. The change of time has a way of upending life.
However a new housing development starts attracting a multi-cultural migration from Toronto with its unaffordable real estate prices. Chapman’s buys the school. The new Rotary Club president is the youngest ever. Markdale is saved by the high real estate prices in Toronto and can the existing residents adapt to the change?
Jesse is reconciled with his father and seems to have found hope that Markdale can be saved if the locals can handle the change of the guard to youth and multiculturalism.
A gentle and calming documentary that brings its viewers hope of a renaissance of Markdale.
You scold us you politico hypocrites for gathering as humans then you threaten to fine us we don’t follow your undemocratic orders under the guise of emergency orders for the public interest the interest you fucked up knowing full well the warning of SARS and recommendations made no surprise as you also ignored countless warnings about the morass of long term care perhaps your edicts have wisdom but why edicts in the first place because you had your chance politicians to avoid all this suspension of liberties and we have to pay the price for your historical incompetence and listen to the sickening toady media urging 24/7 about untested vaccinations as the saviour of the world The Fifth Estate with the integrity of a turd supposedly informing us as a herd
Ruminating this on a walk on a public trail I confess it’s time to piss but you’ve locked all washrooms for public safety so where do I go?
The first one is a Terra Lenta Premium 2018 from the Alentejano region in Portugal. It is a blend of Trincanderia, Aragonez and one of my favourite blenders Alicante Bouschet.
On the nose concentrated black cherry with some blackberry and blueberry. There is a bit of red plum and the tiniest bit of cinnamon. Not a great amount of tannin in this wine and a long slow burn of a finish. Dare I say peppery? Mostly black cherry, licorice and a hint of chocolate.
As with most Portuguese reds this is best with food and I am thinking of a traditional Douro duck casserole although this would pair well with roasted pork, those incredible Portuguese roast potatoes and shredded cooked cabbage. Not having been invited to a media tour of the Alentejano which means lots of food with wine I am not sure what local dishes would suit the wine. That is part of a good wine media tour and that’s local food on the Quinta where the grapes are grown and food offered is usually prepared by a group of local ladies that are feeding both you and the field workers. Save the fancy restaurants for the evening in town unless of course you are visiting a commercialized winery with its own restaurant. I fear the local ladies may disappear one day like manual foot crushing of wine. Progress?
I would say no benefit in ageing although it will happily sit in the bottle for a couple more years.
A good wine and for the price it shows Portugal can produce quality wines for Canadian pensioners.
(Terra Lenta Premium Alentejo 2018 DOC, Carmim, Reguengos, Portugal, $13.95, Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 646083, 750 mL, 14.5%, Robert K. Stephen A Little Birdie Told Me So Rating, 89/100).
Again we turn to Alentejano for an Album Reserva Red 2018. This is a blend which includes for the first time I have seen in a Portuguese wine some Petit Verdot. There is also some Syrah, Alicante Bouschet and Aragonez.
On the nose black cherry, blueberry, blackberry and fig jam. On the palate moderate tannins with blackberry jam, blueberry pie, cooked rhubarb with a long finish. Give me some rare ox filet in Portugal or a rib steak or prime rib. Great with food but also by the glass without any food or with some nibbles like mushroom paté. The wine was aged in French oak but skillfully so and certainly not new oak. The price point is eminently reasonable.
(Album Reserva Red 2018, Vinho Regional Alentejano, Lua Cheia, Portugal, $19.95, Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 477711, 750 mL, 14%, Robert K. Stephen A little Birdie Told Me So Rating 92/100).
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