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 [...]
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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 »
ottawa food & wine show
Posted in other education, tagged black prince winery, catena, French wine, lcbo, ontario wine, prince edward county, wine, wine fair on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend was the Ottawa Food & Wine Show, which is generally considered to be Ottawa’s premiere wine event. It was held at Lansdowne Park, in the civic centre, which was a nicely disguised hockey arena. Basically this event is known, on Friday evenings and Saturday, to be an excellent excuse for [...]
wine certifications
Posted in other education, wine school, tagged master sommelier, masters of wine, wine on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I actually think that I’m starting to feel a bit overwhelmed with the wine world. I have this problem where I want to know everything – and I want to know it now. The learning curve just seems so massive. Especially when I read up on the wine professional certifications that are kicking around out [...]
