I attended a Christmas Special presented by the Opera Revue at the Granite Tied House and Brewery in Toronto on 20December2023.Take away from this performance is that they are somewhat akin to Maoist rebels in the Peruvian jungle. Can you imagine these upstarts attacking traditional opera? I can as I saw them. In fact canContinue reading “RKS 2024 Entertainment: Maoist Guerilla Opera!”
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RKS Literature: Love and The Imagination: Charles Dickens
“Love, however, is very materially assisted by a warm and active imagination, which has a long memory, and will survive for a considerable amount of time on very slight and sparing food. Thus, it is, that it often attains its most luxuriant growth in separation and under circumstances of the utmost difficulty; and thus itContinue reading “RKS Literature: Love and The Imagination: Charles Dickens”
RKS 2024 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir “B” Field Blend Okanagan Valley 2022
The 2022” B” Field Blend Pinot Noir from Meyer Family Vineyards in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is from three Dijon clones (115/667/777) and a cutting taken from Old Block on McLean Creek Road. The four clones were picked on the same day and co-fermented. As common with Meyer Family Vineyards the Pinot Noir was agedContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir “B” Field Blend Okanagan Valley 2022”
RKS 2024 Film: “Fallen Leaves”: Awkwardness, Alienation and Depression Perfected
Ansa (Alma Pöysti) and Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) are two lonely souls portrayed in a gloomy, stark and industrialized Helsinki. Ansa meets Holappa at a karaoke bar full of strange “out of the ordinary” people. In fact the film is full of distracted out of place people in equally stark and bizarre settings. The music throughoutContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Fallen Leaves”: Awkwardness, Alienation and Depression Perfected”
RKS 2024 Wine: Plenty of Red Bordeaux at Affordable Prices
One example of the plenty of moderately priced red Bordeaux’s is a $16.00 2020 Chateau Hyot. 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. No oak ageing or fermentation. Aroma: One senses a young and fresh wine attempting to decide how it will mature. Lazy black cherry with no attitude. Blackberry, blueberry and someContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Plenty of Red Bordeaux at Affordable Prices”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Yalumba GSM
Can I go so far as to say I have never met a Yalumba I didn’t enjoy? We try a Yalumba 2019 Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro blend. Aroma: Big fat almost overripe local strawberries, black cherry, blueberry and plum. Palate: Creeping tannins with very fine acids. Cactus pear, pomegranate with some preserved sour cherry. ShortContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Yalumba GSM”
RKS 2024 Film: “Fireworks”: Hunting Rabbits and Homosexuals
“Fireworks” is set in a small Sicilian town in 1982. The film has a rabbit hunting scene at its beginning and near its end and at its end the last hunt is left to your imagination. Teenager Gianni (Samuele Segreto) is a shy fellow working as a mechanic for his stepfather. Gianni has had someContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Fireworks”: Hunting Rabbits and Homosexuals”
RKS 2024 Wine: The Great Lambrusco Fright: The Bad Boy of Italian Wine?
I can’t see any customer lining up to purchase the latest release of Lambrusco. I suppose there is a very high percentage of wine drinkers who might think Lambrusco is the current Prime Minister of Italy. At times the stark purpleness of Lambrusco could send a wine drinker into the horror zone. On the otherContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: The Great Lambrusco Fright: The Bad Boy of Italian Wine?”
RKS Literature: The Three Stages of Intoxication (Dickens)
“Most public characters have their failing; and the truth is that Mr. Snevellicci was a little bit addicted to drinking; or, if the whole truth must be told, that he was scarcely ever sober. He knew in his cups three distinct stages of intoxication-the dignified-the quarrelsome-the amorous. When professionally engaged he never got beyond theContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Three Stages of Intoxication (Dickens)”
RKS 2024 Red Wine: A Bordeaux from a Co-Op: “Bois Royal”
Looks like there are co-operatives in Bordeaux and a “Bois Royal” emanates from one of them. At $15 it is not going to break the bank. Aroma: Lots of cherry. Some blackberry, black cherry and chocolate wafer cookies. Hints at immediate approachability. Palate: On the light side not necessarily a strike against it. Should allContinue reading “RKS 2024 Red Wine: A Bordeaux from a Co-Op: “Bois Royal””
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