Damn Goat Soap! Having run out of the usual body washusing goat soap instead and suddenly a burgeoning rashthe chest is itchy and on fireI am perplexed and full of ireI have perhaps eaten to many mussels and oysters in the past few days?could be some flesh eating bacteria that will cut me down inContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Damn Goat Soap!””
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RKS Wines: The Inexpensive Greek: Nemea 2016 Reserve; My Brush With Celebrities!
Most of my time in Greece has been spent on the Aegean Island of Samos south of Lesvos and just off the Turkish coast. Samos produces absolutely world class sweet Muscat wines some of which are fortified. Over the past few years the United Winemaking Agricultural Cooperative of Samos has tried to create a brandContinue reading “RKS Wines: The Inexpensive Greek: Nemea 2016 Reserve; My Brush With Celebrities!”
RKS Film: The Assassination of the American President: Insanity? Brilliance? Time Traveller? “Who is Amos Otis? “
Assume Trump actually successfully stole the election resulting in democracy’s continued erosion, race riots, bounties for journalists, scientists concerned about climate change and all enemies of the demagogue snuffed out with the world heading into a crisis. Then imagine Trump was assassinated with crowds dancing in the streets clashing with “patriots”. Well you have theContinue reading “RKS Film: The Assassination of the American President: Insanity? Brilliance? Time Traveller? “Who is Amos Otis? “”
RKS Wines: Quadrus Red 2015 from the Douro
You have some of your usual suspects in the Douro grape department. 55% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz and 15% Sousão. The colour of the wine verges on purple which may be the result of the dark juiced Sousão. As for aromas there is an overall creaminess to the nose which is brimming with livelyContinue reading “RKS Wines: Quadrus Red 2015 from the Douro”
RKS Wine: Dão Delights
130 kilometres southwest of Porto you’ll find yourself in Dão’s capital Viseu which is a quaint city and very much lower key than Porto probably as it is a landlocked area and there are none of the culture killing cruise ships with their ruinous trail of destruction. The Dão landscape is in some parts likeContinue reading “RKS Wine: Dão Delights”
RKS Wines: Wines from the Outer Limits: Portugal’s Tejo
We get more wines from Hungary in the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s Vintage releases than we do from the Tejo region which runs behind and parallel to the Lisboa wine region. One has arrived like a spaceship in Ontario and it’s a Quinta da Escusa. It is a white blend of the dry ArintoContinue reading “RKS Wines: Wines from the Outer Limits: Portugal’s Tejo”
Go Go! Clap Clap!
Go Go! Clap Clap! Of course get your vaccine if you wish!but you may not have a choiceI think that is called coercion but the apologists for despotism may call it fulfilling the social contract?but do you recall the initial trumpeting of 96% effectiveness of the Vnot quite hearing that now in the media asContinue reading “Go Go! Clap Clap!”
RKS Wines: Some Portuguese Wines to Finish Off the Year: Part 1: Vinho do Bispado
After just about finishing off an intensive virtual tasting of Ports from the Douro it might be time to come back to earth and finish off the year with some Portuguese table wines. While there is no real competition to Port there is plenty of competition raging against Portuguese table wines. The Douro produces someContinue reading “RKS Wines: Some Portuguese Wines to Finish Off the Year: Part 1: Vinho do Bispado”
RKS Wines: Quinta Da Devesa 30-Year-Old Tawny Port: This Will Take you to where Musk and Branson Were for a Lot Less!
If you have been reading my reviews of Tawny Ports we started with a 10 year old, then a twenty and now a 30 year old Tawny. This 30-year old’s colour has moved from an orange to a brownish red. On the nose there has been an evolution from a rather flippant 10-year-old to aContinue reading “RKS Wines: Quinta Da Devesa 30-Year-Old Tawny Port: This Will Take you to where Musk and Branson Were for a Lot Less!”
RKS Films: “Intimate Enemy”: Who Controls the System?
This Slovakian film was part of the 2021 European Union Canadian Film Festival but I am sure it will be circulating around the globe as it asks an important question and that is who controls the computer system? The next time you look at a security camera spying on you well this film might comeContinue reading “RKS Films: “Intimate Enemy”: Who Controls the System?”
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