MEALS ON WHEELS—THE MICHELIN STAR ORIGIN STORY
What began as a clever marketing stunt by a French tire company evolved into the world’s most coveted restaurant rating. Such is the origin story...
Lunch with Queen Susana Balbo
Legendary Argentinian winemaker Susana Balbo at Canoe restaurant in Toronto. Winemaking isn’t exactly nuclear science—it’s tougher than that. At least it may have seemed that...
Top 40 Wines Under $25 (2025)
It seems everything is more expensive these days. But wine, in most cases, has hung tight. In fact, this year’s edition of the Top 40...
13 NEAR MISSES — The Final Cuts to the Top 40 Best-Value Wines at the LCBO
Well, tomorrow’s the big day—the 2025 edition of the TOP 40 Best-Value Wines at the LCBO. But culling the herd is always difficult—this year in...
Best Value Wines (Near Misses—Edition 1)
Full confession—I’ve been drinking a little more than normal lately. I blame most of that on multiple Toronto Blue Jays playoff games—either at friends’ homes...
A Chef, a Winemaker and a Bottle of Marsanne
The dynamic duo of Rhône winemaking star Michel Chapoutier and three-star Michelin chef Yannick Alléno. When a world-famous chef and one of the Rhône Valley’s...
What is Cannonau, and Why is it the Grape of the Gods?
Picture Sardinia, Italy: an island strewn with craggy peaks, wild myrtle and sheep with attitude. Now spray some sea mist, throw in a chorus of...
QUEEN OF BAROLO: It may be “the wine of kings,” but it was a Frenchwoman who fixed Nebbiolo
More than 200 years ago, Juliette Colbert laid the foundation for one of the great wines of the world. There’s nothing quite like a centuries-old...
Celebrating International Rose Day with Wine, Pizza and Questionable History
Happy International Rosé Day, everyone—the one day a year where it’s socially acceptable to pretend you know the difference between a Grenache and a Pinot...
THE ART OF THE BLEND – Wakefield Jaraman 2022
A step up from its Estate level of wines, Wakefield’s “Jaraman” name is derived from an Indigenous term meaning “seahorse”—a nod to the discovery of...
