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RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2021

Quinta do Quetzal Guadalupe 2018, Vinho Regional Alentejano $16.95 (94) (Portugal) Chateau Jonin 2018 AC Bordeaux $14.95 (94) (France) Stag’s Hollow 2019 Pinot Noir Okanagan Falls, BC VQA $27 (94) (British Columbia, Canada) Stag’s Hollow 2019 Pinot Noir Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Valley BC VQA $27 (94) (British Columbia, Canada) Susana Balbo 2019 Signature Malbec, ValleContinue reading “RKS Wine: Best Red Wines of 2021”

RKS Wines: The Best Fortified and Dessert Wines of 2021

Quinta da Devesa 30-Year-Old Tawny Port $112.45 (94) (Portugal) Bacalhôa Moscatel de Setubal 2017 $14.95 (94) (Portugal) Grahams 2015 Late Bottled Vintage Port $16.25 (94) (Portugal) Warres Warrior Port Finest Reserve Port Symington Family $19.95 (94) (Portugal) Dows 2013 Late Bottled Vintage Port Symington Family Estate $24.95 (92) (Portugal) Quinta do Crasto Finest Reserve PortContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Best Fortified and Dessert Wines of 2021”

RKS Wines: To Canadians (and the world) There is More Than Icewine!

To many Canadians the ultimate “dessert wine” might be Icewine from Niagara. It is awfully good but correspondingly expensive. There are alternatives at a more friendly price point that are not “copies” of Icewine but similar on the “sweet scale” and cheaper. For example, there are the legendary sweet white wines from the Northern AegeanContinue reading “RKS Wines: To Canadians (and the world) There is More Than Icewine!”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back and Living with Nicole Kidman

On our flight to Darwin, Australia we saw 6 Nicole Kidman movies and that lady can act. Bob says she has won an Academy Award. My favourite is “Eyes Wide Shut” I think it is called. She is good looker too! And I am going to be living with her for 4 months in Darwin!Continue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back and Living with Nicole Kidman“

RKS Wines: The Flow of Inexpensive Bordeaux Keeps on Coming: One Good and One a Clunker!

The flow of $20 and under Bordeaux keeps on coming into the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. And you can score some winners. Given supply chain problems and the rising cost of just about everything in these inflationary times one wonders what 2022 will bring? One would think supply chain issues for wine will notContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Flow of Inexpensive Bordeaux Keeps on Coming: One Good and One a Clunker!”

RKS Wines: Opening the Malivoire Treasure Trove

Yes, we try two Malivoire wines that are sold out. Is this a winery owner’s dream? Is it a wine writer’s despair his readers can’t try what he is writing about? Well “sold out” is “sold out” and neither I or you can do anything about that! But if you like what you read thereContinue reading “RKS Wines: Opening the Malivoire Treasure Trove”

RKS Wine: Pinotage Can Be a Risky Choice

One hears often that Pinot Noir is a “heartbreak grape” due to its thin skin making it more susceptible to rot and frost. Canada’s Baco Noir in my experience might deserve the moniker of a heartbreak grape because much of it is of poor quality. Pinotage from South Africa can also be dicey. I haveContinue reading “RKS Wine: Pinotage Can Be a Risky Choice”

Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back :My First Vacation!

I have travelled the world helping to promote the Disney film “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”, receiving a Nobel Peace Prize and meeting the Pope and all sorts of politicos. I think Dylan the Westie and I have peed and pooped all over the world. But at times it is a blur and it isContinue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back :My First Vacation!”

RKS Wines: Wines from Washington You Say?

There are countless states in the United States that produce wine but what we are flooded with here in Ontario is mostly Californian. Pity. The Washington I am discussing is not the home of the January 6th coup attempt. That was Washington in the District of Columbia. This is Washington State south of British ColumbiaContinue reading “RKS Wines: Wines from Washington You Say?”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Hightails It Out of the Ukraine!

I am awakened at 4 in the morning by the Penniless Pensioner phoning from Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris and clearly he was a bit shaken up. He complained very loudly at a dinner that his beloved Tatiana was nowhere in sight and that he was upset with the Russian organizers. After dinner twoContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Hightails It Out of the Ukraine!”