The Vintages division of the L C B O also operates two other departments – Classics and Essentials. The Classics catalogue offers six times a year, rare and outstanding wines and spirits that are only available to those who call in, or fax their orders, pay in advance, specify the […]
Cold weather beers The best way to enjoy winter is to embrace it. Warm parkas, comfort foods, snowy Sunday afternoons – there is a lot to like about winter. Beer is the most versatile of all alcoholic beverages. Over centuries, brewers have come up with hundreds of styles. Some redesigned […]
An administrator of the East India Dutch Company planted South Africa’s first vineyards in 1652. Ever since , the country has been producing wine, and significant quantities of brandy. Today, South Africa has approximately 100 000 hectares of vineyards that supply 600 wineries. As the per capita wine consumption is […]
Ontario wines are the feature of this release. Several white wines from Closson Chase, Creekside and 2027 Cellars stand out. The sparkling wine from 2027 Cellars can compete with the best from anywhere. The wines featured from south-western Ontario lack acidity. The sherry manzanilla pasada tastes better than most manzanillas […]
Noah Richler’s What We Talk About When We Talk About War is an important and provocative book that contains ideas that require serious debate at the highest political levels of the country. When the conservative government of the day decided to send the army to Afghanistan, it effectively transformed Canada […]
Apron Strings (Navigating food and family in France, Italy and China) Jan Wong Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, New Brunswick 380 pages, $ 24.95 Jan Wong, an accomplished newspaper journalist, and now professor at Sang Thomas University, has written a remarkable book on French, Italian, and Chinese bourgeoisie cuisines. […]
Descorchados, edited by Patricia Tapia, is a publication dedicated to present the wineries and wines of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. The writers taste wines submitted by wineries and score all. Selecting those they deem superior in quality and value out of 100. In 2017 Descorchados scored wines’. Winery managements […]
North Americans sweet-oriented palates came with European (mainly British) adventurers and fortune seekers. When European settlers first came to the continent, natives lived healthy lives. They did not know sugar and diabetes was never heard of, but soon things changed. Sugar from the Caribbean was introduced, as was alcohol. “Bland” […]
