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A Liquid Career
“It’s a sad fact that Canadian whisky doesn’t get its due. I am committed to changing that, using a ‘kill-rumours-with-facts’ approach, and believe me, there are plenty of myths and misunderstandings about Canadian whisky out there.” Davin de Kergommeaux from www.canadianwhisky.org/about Thanks in large part to the accessibility of the Internet, the world is now awash [READ MORE]
Artisan
He is a tall, strapping man, all of 27 years old, and looks more like the star quarterback than a man who tinkers with high-octane booze all day long. But that’s the path master distiller Geoff Dillon, with degrees in biochemistry and economics, has taken in the heart of Niagara wine country. Dillon is on [READ MORE]
Grape X
It’s not always the wine that excites me, it’s the journey it takes to get in my glass — from vine, to bud, to flower, to grape, to harvest, to crusher, to fermentation, to barrel, to bottle and finally to my mouth. We take the journey lightly, letting Mother Nature, viticulturists and winemakers do all [READ MORE]
Fresh and Local
The Egg Farmers of Canada recently conducted a survey that asked Canadians what freshness means to them. The reveal? Canadians overwhelmingly demand that the farm products they buy be fresh, with 90 percent saying that farms within their province deliver that freshness. Distance from farm to grocery store is seen as the key to freshness. [READ MORE]

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Poetry in the Glass
The next generation of wine drinkers — that is, those currently under age 30 — have more knowledge available to them than any other generation in history. The Internet, by globalizing information, has done a great disservice to people like me: it has rendered wine books obsolete. Consumers all over the world now have immediate [READ MORE]
The $10 Challenge
Can you really get a decent bottle of wine for that price? While wine snobs with raised pinkies are buying, swirling and sniffing hard-to-find wines that cost two arms and a leg, the rest of Canada is just drinking wine. Inexpensive bottles. But is all cheap wine vile swill? It’s hard to tell, when a [READ MORE]
Wine Pet Peeves
I’m not a picky wine drinker (okay, I am), but my pet peeves stem from a desire to drink good quality and be able to enjoy it. Wineries, wine importers, retailers and restaurants should all endeavour to enhance the consumer’s enjoyment of the grape, not detract from it. Those who love and enjoy wine may [READ MORE]

Exploding Cherry
pour it all into an ice-cream pail and add more vodka if you wish.
Sloe Gin Collins
Shake sloe gin and juice of lemon with ice and strain into a collins glass. Add several ice cubes, fill with carbonated water, and stir. Add slices of lemon and orange, top with the cherry, and serve with a straw.

Scallops Caprese
In truth, squid and anchovies are a more common menu item in Capri, but scallops are much easier to find in our supermarkets. When mussels are in season, steam a dozen in white wine and add to the platter. If you like it hot, add more red pepper flakes. For dessert, Limoncello di Capri with [READ MORE]
Cinco de Mayo
For a long time I thought Mexican restaurants didn’t rinse their dishes properly. There seemed to be an odd soapy flavour to the food. When I started cooking Mexican food in my own kitchen, I realized the Palmolive aftertaste was cilantro. There is some evidence that hypersensitivity to cilantro’s soapy essence is genetic. In short, [READ MORE]
A Love Story
On a sunny spring day many years ago when I was just 14 years old, I walked up the street to the library and checked out a book about dreams. On my way home, with the book in my arms, I met a boy named Ron. He was lean and lanky and by the look [READ MORE]
Hot, Hot, Hot!
Don’t you love this time of year? We buy our très chic resort wear at an upscale department store, pack our Louis Vuitton suitcase and book a flight to a land where the sun always shines. Leaving behind our pesky neighbour whose galoshes are knee-deep in snow as he grumpily shovels the driveway, we wave [READ MORE]