The wine originates from the Cave Spring Vineyard on a hillside of the Niagara Escarpment known as the Beamsville Bench. The grapes are grown at 410-510ft. The soil the grapes were grown in is composed primarily of limestone and dolostone mixed with sandstone, shale and traces of granite. Fermentation with indigenous yeast. Aged 14 months,Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Cave Spring 2023 Cabernet Franc”
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RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Lighthall Cabernet Franc from “The County”
Two or so hours by car from Toronto and you arrive in Prince Edward County affectionately known as “The County”. Bucolic for the most part with cottages for the rich and famous and a few upscale restaurants to fed them. Summer home for business tycoons, judges and lawyers akin to The Hamptons for Torontonians. AsContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Lighthall Cabernet Franc from “The County””
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Hare Cabernet Merlot from Niagara Ontario: This Hare Got Lost on the Racetrack and Was Beaten by the Snail
For my ex-Canada readers, the Niagara wine region is a couple of hours drive from Toronto God and traffic willing. Ok I admit the automobile trip from Toronto is shall we say diplomatically, less than inspiring but becomes much more interesting once you clear The Burlington Skyway Bridge and fumes of Hamilton and hit theContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Hare Cabernet Merlot from Niagara Ontario: This Hare Got Lost on the Racetrack and Was Beaten by the Snail”
RKS 2025 Film: “Greek Mother’s Never Die”: Authenticity and Stereotypes
Rachel Suissa, writer and director of “Greek Mother’s Never Die”, says the film is a personal journey based on her Greek mother and the happenings in her own life. It started as a one woman show, then a television show and now a movie. Twenty-five-year-old Ella (Abby Miner) was born in Greece to an AmericanContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Greek Mother’s Never Die”: Authenticity and Stereotypes”
RKS 2025 Wine: Chilean Wine Consistently Good and Affordable: Good-Bye to Made in America Kraft Dinner!
If you are a follower of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s (LCBO) bi-monthly Vintages Catalogue you must have noticed a steady increase in prices in the past two years with wines from Ontario no exception. Chilean prices seem less inclined follow the upward trajectory in price. We try a P/K/N/T Platinum 2020 from CasaContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Chilean Wine Consistently Good and Affordable: Good-Bye to Made in America Kraft Dinner!”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “The Spoils”: Morality Butts Heads with Legality and Political Games
Morality dictates the conclusion to be drawn from the “looting” of art by the Nazis in World War II is such art should be returned to the heirs of the owners the Nazis “stole” it from. Legality may dictate otherwise due to the civil law doctrine in Germany (and in common law jurisdictions) a purchaserContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “The Spoils”: Morality Butts Heads with Legality and Political Games”
RKS CANADIAN Spirits: Seventh Heaven Premium CANADIAN London Dry Gin
The geographic reference to “London” in London Dry Gin does not mean the gin is distilled in London but rather refers to a particular process how London Dry Gin is made. It requires a neutral base spirit to be distilled to at least 96% ABV. No synthetic botanicals can be used. Post distillation water canContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN Spirits: Seventh Heaven Premium CANADIAN London Dry Gin”
RKS Literature: Clean Fat and Skinny Sloppy (Wally Lamb)
“Fat slob this, fat slob that. You hear that all the time. You’re like me: a clean fat. I could tell that right off. Why do you think I let you stay here?….I see it all the time. The dirtiest, sloppiest girls are the skinny ones. Year after year, the same thing. You can tellContinue reading “RKS Literature: Clean Fat and Skinny Sloppy (Wally Lamb)”
American Border Communities Feeling the Momentum of Canadian Wounding by the Trump Administration
American tourist sites proximate to the Canadian border, whether it be Old Orchard Beach in Maine or northern New York State both of which are proximate to the Quebec-Canadian border, and heavily reliant on Canadian tourism, are feeling the decline both actual and potential in Canadian tourism and face severe challenges in the summer makeContinue reading “American Border Communities Feeling the Momentum of Canadian Wounding by the Trump Administration”
Man With “Men in Tights Syndrome” Subjected to The Nutcracker Protocol Therapy
I recently spoke with renowned psychiatrist Dr. Kainik Zlatco of Zagreb University currently heading an international consortium of behavioral psychiatrists preparing a major study of men suffering from “men in tights syndrome”. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness “men in tights syndrome” (MITS) is defined as follows: “An irrational fear ofContinue reading “Man With “Men in Tights Syndrome” Subjected to The Nutcracker Protocol Therapy”
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