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””
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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 Wine: Moving Beyond The Great American Pull to Develop the Canadian Wine Industry
One result of Trumpian aggression towards Canada has been The Great American Pull removing American alcohol products from Canadian liquor stores. A quasi Nouveau Prohibition. Patriotic Canadians can clap, cheer and make a “sacrifice” foregoing Californian wine foistered upon them by profit driven liquor control boards luxuriating in easy profits from customers they have historicallyContinue reading “RKS Wine: Moving Beyond The Great American Pull to Develop the Canadian Wine Industry”
Canadian Province of British Columbia Yanks ALL AMERICAN ALCOHOL OFF THE SHELVES
British Columbia originally pulled all American Red State (Republican) American alcohol off liquor stores in British Columbia. On 10March2025 the pull now applies to all American alcohol. Premier David Eby of British Columbia made the following statement, “Today, we are ordering the removal of all American beer, wine, spirits and refreshment beverages from the shelves atContinue reading “Canadian Province of British Columbia Yanks ALL AMERICAN ALCOHOL OFF THE SHELVES”
Spoof News Services: Ebola Virus Ground Zero in Dunedin, Florida: Toronto Blue Jay Fans Arrested as Health Terrorists: Tirana, Albania:10February2025
The Ministry of Health of Albania reported an outbreak of Ebola in Dunedin, Florida. Albanian authorities advised the White House immediately after its findings were made. As the National Institute of Health and the Centre for Disease Control were disbanded by Muskcuts after his unilateral determination there was complete rot, fraud and corruption at theseContinue reading “Spoof News Services: Ebola Virus Ground Zero in Dunedin, Florida: Toronto Blue Jay Fans Arrested as Health Terrorists: Tirana, Albania:10February2025”
The Return of the Penniless Pensioner: Can I Save Canada? Chapter Three: I Am Not the Man I Used To Be
If you have read my book “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” you might be tempted to say I morphed in light speed from a spoiled Indo-Welsh brat into a man of intrigue. Am I happy? How can you ask that after my sweet Calabrian plum Ginevra and our unborn child were killed inContinue reading “The Return of the Penniless Pensioner: Can I Save Canada? Chapter Three: I Am Not the Man I Used To Be”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Gewurtz From East Dell
Both Ontario and British Columbia produce good quality and occasional superb Gewürztraminer. The best I have ever imbibed has been from Meyer Family Vineyards in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Can Ontario rise to the challenge? Let’s see how East Dell can do! Aroma: Unmistakably Gewürztraminer! Absolutely tropical! Mango, pineapple, Orri tangerine and NiagaraContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Gewurtz From East Dell”
RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “The Chef and the Daruma”: The Mind of a Great Chef of Original Japanese Cuisine
In this Canadian documentary we follow the life of Vancouver chef Hidekazu Tojo from his humble and poor beginning in Kagoshima, Japan to his rise to prominence as owner chef of one of Vancouver’s premier Japanese restaurants TOJO’s frequented by the monied classes of the world. A celebrity chef followed like a rock star byContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “The Chef and the Daruma”: The Mind of a Great Chef of Original Japanese Cuisine”
RKS 2025 Wine: An $8.99 USD Pinot Noir in Palm Springs, California
At one end of Palm Springs at 350 South Palm Canyon Drive there lies a Grocery Outlet a discount grocery store with an interior about as warm as the minus 22 temperatures I left Toronto in. This section of Palm Springs boasts a Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Centre and an Eisenhower MedicalContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: An $8.99 USD Pinot Noir in Palm Springs, California”
RKS 2025 Wine: Beyond the Moon to Jupiter! An Animal Farm Red
Côtes du Rhône is known for its robust red wines occasionally exhibiting a tad too much acidity. We try a Halos de Jupiter and query will it take us beyond the moon to Jupiter? 75% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah. Aroma: Blackberry, cassis, black plum and black Vermont licorice. Palate: Yep, noticeable acidity cutsContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Beyond the Moon to Jupiter! An Animal Farm Red”
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