To say I have been busy recently would be a huge understatement – I’ve been so busy I haven’t posted here in months!
I’m currently on a hiatus from wine school classes. My most recent course, Food and Wine Matching, had its last class on Tuesday night. I’m also sad to report that I [...]
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food and wine matching: the class
Posted in musings, wine school on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
wine school updates
Posted in wine school, tagged grape varieties, pinot noir, vinification on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m overjoyed to have the Internet working today. For some reason the darn Internet hasn’t worked for me all week!
Wine School has been keeping me busy. In Vinification, we received our first test back. The highest mark in the class was 47/50 – which sounds high, but seeing as how the class [...]
wine terroirs
Posted in favourite wine sites, musings, wine school, tagged French wine, vinification, wine blogs, wine school on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m completely obsessed with a blog. It’s called Wine Terroirs and it’s by a man named Bertrand Celce who is a French photographer and writer. I can browse through it for hours.
He basically shares his travels around the French wine world. Tastings, wine bars, vineyards, wineries… you name it, he includes it. [...]
wine school starts again…
Posted in wine school, tagged Algonquin College Sommelier Program, grape varieties, vinification, wine school on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, wine school has started up again. Wednesday evening was “Grape Varieties” while today, Saturday, was a full day of “Vinification”. It should be noted that when I say full day I mean it – class started at 8:30am and went until 4:30pm. Our first wine was poured before 10am!
Grape Varieties
The point [...]
exams and laziness
Posted in wine school, tagged exams, wine school on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s amazing how little I have updated this blog recently! After my whirlwind escape to Toronto, I’ve been consistently busy with all sorts of work related challenges. The end of the year is always busy anyway, however, so I suppose I shouldn’t be overly surprised.
My wine tasting class had our exam in our [...]
toronto gourmet food & wine expo
Posted in other education, travels, wine school, tagged catena, toronto, wine, wine fair, wine tasting on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I escaped to Toronto this weekend. My basic plan was to get away, do some shopping, wander the neighbourhoods and be anonymous for a bit. I love Toronto… I probably should have looked for a job there when I was going into public accounting, but I wanted a smaller firm and more advancement [...]
