I’ve been visiting my parents in rural Nova Scotia for Christmas. It definitely makes the pursuit of wine a bit more challenging! It also doesn’t help that my parents aren’t really wine people – nor are any other family members beyond an aunt and uncle who are fortunate enough to reside approximately five [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wine’
visiting home
Posted in nova scotia, wines, tagged nslc, wine, wine shopping on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
the battle for wine and love
Posted in wine books, tagged wine, wine books, alice feiring, the battle for wine and love, organic wine, biodynamic wine, robert parker jr. on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished reading this book, The Battle for Wine and Love: Or How I Saved the World from Parkerization by Alice Feiring. I’ve been reading a lot of books about wine and the wine industry – I plan to write about a few that I think worthy of a read occasionally.
Alice Feiring is a wine [...]
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 [...]
tour de france
Posted in wine school, wines, tagged French wine, Northern Rhône wines, syrah, wine, wine tasting on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I will gladly admit that I know very little about Old World wines, especially French ones. All those regions and grapes and villages. I did know, however, that Burgundy generally equalled Pinot Noir and Bordeaux meant blends.
I was also pleased to discover that most of the others in class felt that way. Paul was used [...]
