The Canadian Museum of Nature
I went in blind for our visit at the Canadian Museum of Nature. Figuratively, that is. I’d never been there and did zero research in...
The National Gallery of Canada
Had the chance to visit Ottawa a couple weeks back and finally got to the National Gallery of Canada. On display right now is “Canada and...
Raising a Glass with Justin Taylor (at the Proper Temperature)
As you may have noticed from my previous blog, I had the chance to sit down for an hour with Justin Taylor last month at...
Not All Wineries Believe in Corks
I’ve written on the cork-taint subject before—that contamination of wine (usually involving a musty, wet-newspaper sort of smell) that’s typically the result of the chemical...
IT’S LIKE NOTHING ELSE: Spain’s unique, increasingly popular Albariño
Want to make a wine representative from Spain’s Rías Baixas region suddenly go quiet? Ask them what other wine they’d compare to Albariño. Dead silence....
SAND CASTLES: Ian Baker-Finch offers an insider’s guide to the world’s greatest golf region
Twenty million years ago, give a day or two, the lower lying areas just south of modern-day Melbourne, Australia, were submerged beneath a few hundred...
It’s National Cocktail Day! (Not National Chicken Wings Day)
Today is National Cocktail Day—strategically placed to allow a full week’s recovery after St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not precisely sure whether National Cocktail Day is...
The Museum-Worthy Wines of Lungarotti
Wine is always better with a story—ideally directly from the source. While that’s obviously best done in person (a wine never seems to taste better...
Looking South for Sauv Blanc and a Robust Red
Do you love New Zealand sauvignon blanc? Well, you’ve been sorta screwed of late then. Increasing demand, supply chain issues and a 2021 harvest where...
Blinded by Bubbly (and one worth keeping an eye open for)
So my usual Champagne stopper has, well, stopped working. This can be a hazardous situation since it involves the potential loss of one’s eyesight—or worse....
