Category Archives: Wine

RKS Wine: Equilibrio 4 and the Penniless Pensioner Tries to Regain His Equilibrium

PP has had it rough. The good life with gorgeous women, fancy cars, a luxurious penthouse condominium, exotic travel and very costly wines. Then that costly association with Bernie Madoff that resulted in criminal charges which were later dropped but PP spent his fortune on a crack legal team to defend him. He called meContinue reading “RKS Wine: Equilibrio 4 and the Penniless Pensioner Tries to Regain His Equilibrium”

A Couple of Aglianicos From Campania: Stuck in the Tyranny of 89 Point Wines

Aglianico might well be one of Campania’s signature red grapes. Ontario receives very little Campanian wine. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario prefers other Italian wine regions particularly Tuscany. Aglianico was brought from Greece to Italy by the Phoenicians. In fact Aglianico is the corruption of the Italian word for Hellenic “Ellenico”. Our first AglianicoContinue reading “A Couple of Aglianicos From Campania: Stuck in the Tyranny of 89 Point Wines”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Falls for the Rating Game and the Label

PP wanted me to try, on my own nickel may I add, a Réserve de La Roncière Cuvée Traditionelle Côtes du Rhône. PP is excited as he saw a little seal on the bottle saying the esteemed James Suckling rated this $15.95 wine a robust 90 points. I pointed out to PP Suckling is aContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Falls for the Rating Game and the Label”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Wants a Portuguese Pinkie!

PP often waxes about the great wines of Portugal which for him means trophy table wines and Port from the Douro region. At one point, before his cellar was sold off to pay for his criminal trial defence in New York for being a co-conspirator with Bernie Madoff, he had over two hundred bottles ofContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Wants a Portuguese Pinkie!”

Stag’s Hollow From Beautiful British Columbia; A Yappy Wine Writer Yaps Away!

I miss those fabulous Stag’s Hollow Reds! Not communists but red wine! British Columbia the land of Social Democrats, NDP’ers and Greens all escaping a Vancouver radio host Pat Burns past who greeted female callers with was it “Hello Doll!” And Ben Gitner’s Tartan Brewing in Prince George sticking his finger up at the bigContinue reading “Stag’s Hollow From Beautiful British Columbia; A Yappy Wine Writer Yaps Away!”

RKS WINE: The Penniless Pensioner Wants to Relive His Croatian Memories

In his younger days as a student when he had lots of hair he visited Croatia which then was part of Yugoslavia before it became an independent country. Boy he loved the islands off its coast and Dubrovnik was a quaint old town. But he returned a few years ago for a vacation and wasContinue reading “RKS WINE: The Penniless Pensioner Wants to Relive His Croatian Memories”

RKS Wine: Ontario’s Malivoire Winery

Ontario does extremely well with Cabernet Franc and recently I am coming to the same opinion for Gamay which appeared with great popularity 5 or so years ago but seemed to fade from the public view. 3 times more Cabernet Franc is grown in Ontario than Gamay and even the treacherous Baco Noir is producedContinue reading “RKS Wine: Ontario’s Malivoire Winery”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Accepts His Lot in Life; Some South African Sauvignon Blanc

The Penniless Pensioner could be an angry and bitter man about his fate. Although he claims to be a handy scapegoat for Elvis Mixer a very nasty New York Sate prosecutor looking for cannon fodder and a seat in the New York State Assembly for a crusader against Madoff madness he admits it was hisContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Accepts His Lot in Life; Some South African Sauvignon Blanc”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner, Bernie Madoff and Organic Wine.

You know the Penniless Pensioner had an ultra modern wine cellar in his plush “Lonsdale” penthouse condo in Toronto but he had to sell his condo and wine collection to pay his legal bills. Not only did Bernie Madoff swindle him but he also acted as counsel to Madoff and got his ankles wrapped upContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner, Bernie Madoff and Organic Wine.”

RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Goes to Côtes du Roussillon

Many of you ask who the Penniless Pensioner is. Well, he was a very successful corporate lawyer working in New York and Toronto making boatloads of money. He was seen at the right restaurants, clubs and with models and young women offering to curate him on social media. Well then Bernie Madoff came along andContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner Goes to Côtes du Roussillon”