Wine tasting October This relatively large release signals the arrival of cool weather, and features red wines mostly from Tuscany and Spain. The whites are mostly fine, but not exceptional save a few Meursault from Cote de Beaune in Burgundy. One wine from Loire presented as a standard white qualifies […]
Recently, many hotel and restaurant managers started using the technique called empowerment to increase guest-satisfaction levels. Many believe that empowering front-of-the-house staff can achieve their goals. Before employees can be empowered, however, would-be empowers must clearly understand and define the term “empowerment”. At the moment, there is no globally accepted […]
Canada is blessed with terroir to grow apples. From coast to coast, almost all provinces grow apples, especially Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, followed by Nova Scotia and a few others. While cider can be from any fruit, (peach, berries, pears (perry in the United Kingdom), elderflower), cider is generally […]
To say that Ontario’s craft beer scene is on fire is an understatement. New breweries, brands, festivals and brewpubs come on stream weekly. Craft beer is in to the chagrin of multinationals that continue to churn out insipid suds! On September 15, Drink Inc. organized the first event of the […]
Ontario is the feature of this release. There are two cranberry wines, one sweet Quebec cider, one sparkling Ontario wine, two icewines, though only one was offered for tasting, two British Columbia whites, and eight Ontario whites. For red wines planners decided to feature two British Columbia, and 10 Ontario […]
Wine Tasting September 3 Vintages buyers selected value wines for this large (more than 110 wines, and spirits) release. Chile and Burgundy are well represented. A number of Chilean sauvignon blanc and chardonnay wines represent good value. The reds are fine, but less well chosen with the possible exception of […]
Ron Brown loves to discover less publicized but well-worth sites in an effort to meet his objective, he laterally travelled to every corner of Ontario, took pictures of sites he saw, and recorded all the details he could ascertain. Millions visit Ontario every year, yet, for the overwhelming majority, the […]
