Wine Picks

Please try and have these wines in the recommended context. Wine pleasure is about a match of wine and mood.

Tetra Paks

by

ALL BOXED UP The LCBO is determined to give us a ton of wine in boxes, whether we want it or not. It fulfills…

France Changes its Rules

by

France has given winemakers (those in VDP regions ““ mainly in the South) approval to make New World-style wine. Wood chips (for vanilla flavour)…

Red Wine in a Can

by

The newest alternative packaging for wine is lightweight aluminum bottles. They look slimmer than glass bottles and they’re screwcap of course. Wineries are touting…

What is Bistro?

by

BISTRO: ‘A place that is informal, animated and friendly. Where hearty helpings of unfussy good with big flavours are served on heavy white china…

Exploring Other Whites

by

Let me tell you something that’s not well known. There is more variety in white wine than in red because winemakers are more willing…

Clark Smith

by

THIS CLARK SMITH GUY Clark Smith is a baffling paradox. A Californian winemaker who is part scientist, part math major, part environmentalist, part rocker,…

When in Stratford

by

There’s no shortage of great places to eat and drink in Stratford, Ontario. Sputnik’s espresso shop offers the edgy, sexy styling you’d expect in…