Should we get our hands grubby and talk about the price of a bottle of wine and quality? Why not setting forth the golden rule that the quality of a wine is not always reflected in its price! I am sure many of us have examples to share. But pardon my grubbiness when I talkContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Okanagan Valley Pinot Noir”
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RKS 2023 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Chardonnay from British Columbia
Meyer Family Vineyards released a knockout 2022 Gewürztraminer recently. I think most wine drinkers recognize MFV for its Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays so let us try their “entry level” 2022 Okanagan Valley Chardonnay 80% of which was aged in stainless steel and 20% in neutral French oak barrels for 6 months. Due to that highContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Chardonnay from British Columbia”
RKS 2023 Wine: Mayhem 2021 Cabernet Merlot
The Okanagan in British Columbia can produce top notch red wines including Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Given that solid reputation is it then simply a question whether Mayhem winemaker Ajay Chavan has the skills to produce this blend that will invoke the wow factor? I should add the wine was in my passive cellar atContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Mayhem 2021 Cabernet Merlot”
RKS Literature: Third and Fourth Rate Intellectuals (Aldous Huxley)
“Do you know what third-and fourth-rate intellectuals are? They’re professors of philology and organic chemistry at the minor universities, they’re founders and honorary presidents of the Nuneaton Poetry Society and the Baron’s Court Debating Society; they’re the people that organize and sedulously attend all those Conferences for promoting international goodwill and the spread of cultureContinue reading “RKS Literature: Third and Fourth Rate Intellectuals (Aldous Huxley)”
RKS 2023 Wine: High Tension with Mayhem’s 2022’s Naramata Bench Sauvignon Blanc
Talk about wine tasting tension! I pointed the 2021 Mayhem Sauvignon Blanc from the Okanagan in British Columbia at 94. Being somewhat skittish about Sauvignon Blanc that 94 is impressive. How will the 2022 Mayhem Sauvignon Blanc fare? The 2022 tried here was fermented 100% in stainless steel but the 2021 was fermented in FrenchContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: High Tension with Mayhem’s 2022’s Naramata Bench Sauvignon Blanc”
RKS Literature: Italian Versus English Women
“What I like about the Italian women is that they don’t seem to matter to be rather ashamed of being women, like so many English girls are, because English girls seem to go about apologizing for their figures, as though they were punctured, the way they hold themselves-it’s really rather abject. But here they’re allContinue reading “RKS Literature: Italian Versus English Women”
RKS 2023 Literature: The Awkwardness of Nakedness
“The Awkwardness with which nakedness is usually accompanied depends on the awareness of our defenseless whiteness, which has since lost all connection with the colours of the surrounding world and for that reason finds itself in artificial disharmony with it. But the sun’s impact restores the deficiency, makes us equal in our naked rights withContinue reading “RKS 2023 Literature: The Awkwardness of Nakedness”
RKS 2023 Film: “Showing Up”: Will the Poor Pigeon Survive?
As the film commences the monotonous soundtrack is a harbinger of what is to come. Dowdy, frumpy artsy fartsies rule the screen with the personalities of caterpillars. Michelle Williams has the energy and vitality of a snail although if that the role she is supposed to play then her performance is brilliant. Wearing clogs andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Showing Up”: Will the Poor Pigeon Survive?”
RKS 2023 Wine: Okanagan’s Mayhem 2022 Rosé
The 100% Merlot grapes used in the wine were handpicked from Ryegrass Road Vineyard in Oliver British Columbia. The grapes were crushed and destemmed directly into the press. The final blend consists of 92% stainless steel tank and 8% neutral barrique. Aroma: This rosé verging on dark in colour is made from 100% Merlot. ItContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Okanagan’s Mayhem 2022 Rosé”
RKS 2023 Wines: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 McLean Creek Road Gewürztraminer: The French Toast of Gewürztraminer?
Finding wines from British Columbia in Ontario is about as easy as finding wine from Ontario in a Portuguese hypermarché. What a pity that our Liquor Control Board of Ontario releases more Portuguese wine than wines from British Columbia! So I had to hop on my private jet and fly 5 hours to Kelowna toContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wines: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 McLean Creek Road Gewürztraminer: The French Toast of Gewürztraminer?”
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