I have been to Colchester Ridge Estate Winery (CREW) a few times. It was a rather rustic winery then but things have changed and perhaps it is time to revisit and catch up with progress. I have had a soft spot for CREW Riesling as I find it more Germanic in style than many ofContinue reading “CREW 2019 Riesling: A Unique Lake Erie North Shore Perspective”
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RKS Wine: Is There Such Thing as a Golfer’s Wine?
If you are a golfer you’ll recognize the name “Callaway” as a manufacturer of golf equipment and golf balls. I work at a golf course a couple of days a week as a Marshall and the golf cart lady does good business with beer but there is no wine in her cart. So with aContinue reading “RKS Wine: Is There Such Thing as a Golfer’s Wine?”
RKS Wine: A Low-Cost Bordeaux with the Highest Pedigree
Mention the name Mestreguilhem in Bordeaux ears will perk up as they have been in the wine trade for many years and own Château Pipeau a solid red wine producing excellent and highly ageable red wine. They also own Chateau Joinin which produces a red Château Joinin. Can their skills and reputation be reflected inContinue reading “RKS Wine: A Low-Cost Bordeaux with the Highest Pedigree”
Bargain Basement Bordeaux
The Bordeaux region of France produces some of the most expensive wines in the world but there are many “value priced” Bordeaux’s. And you just may find a gem. So let’s try a couple. The first is a $12.95 Château Les Sablonnets. In colour it is a very dark red almost purple. On the noseContinue reading “Bargain Basement Bordeaux”
RKS Wine: Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: A Very Special Dessert Brought to the Guests from The Douro in Portugal!
After the oysters the guests are to retire to listen to an hour concert put on by the Toronto Medieval Consort with wine glasses a fill. For those who have not nodded off a grand dessert awaits that I personally advised Celine Serpent would be unique and rarely ever tried in Canada. I have usedContinue reading “RKS Wine: Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: A Very Special Dessert Brought to the Guests from The Douro in Portugal!”
RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Last Course Before the Entertainment: What to Serve With Oysters?
Celine Serpent, PP’s fiancée, decides to end the meal, at least until dessert, with Malpeque oysters from Nova Scotia. It so happens these are my favourite oysters with a nice briny finish and with a dash of freshly squeezed lemon who needs Elon Musk’s rocket to go to the moon. They are being driven inContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Last Course Before the Entertainment: What to Serve With Oysters?”
RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Secondi (Vegetarian)
PP is a meat-eating guy who equates vegetarians as communists, socialists and hippies but he keeps his opinions to himself except for me as I am becoming a confidant of the man for better or worse. The vegetarian secondi will be mushroom ragout served over polenta. The sides will be a Greek Briam and EastContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Secondi (Vegetarian)”
RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Secondi (non-Vegetarian)
As you may recall the Penniless Pensioner is engaged to Celine Serpent. They have a small engagement party planned to take place in Niagara-on-the-Lake. I have a consulting contract with Serpent for wine selection for the engagement party and for the wedding. Since PP is footing the wine bill I am compelled to go asContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Secondi (non-Vegetarian)”
RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Wine Planning: Another Set-Back; The Canapés
PP has suffered a set-back. In addition to not being able to access his Panamanian bank accounts the publisher’s advance cheque for his upcoming book “Fall from Grace” bounced due to bankruptcy of the publisher. So here he is with a looming wine bill for the engagement party short on cash. But PP always surprisesContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Wine Planning: Another Set-Back; The Canapés”
RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Wine Planning: A Little Set-Back; The Opening Toast and THE BIG BLUFF?
As we recounted in an earlier story PP and Celine Serpent are engaged and I have a contract to select the wines for their engagement party. PP, seeing that Celine has paid my consulting fees, assumed she is paying for the wine but surprised him by saying the groom and groom to be should pick upContinue reading “RKS Wine: The Penniless Pensioner’s Engagement Party: Wine Planning: A Little Set-Back; The Opening Toast and THE BIG BLUFF?”
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