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March grape madness
Choosing wines from a wall of brace and girder filled options presents as much a degree of difficulty as picking winners from an NCAA March Madness bracket. When it comes to teenage basketball, do you...
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On a wine and a prayer
I’ve been too long without summer, In this winter home. We’re going to begin the last week of March with a quartet of white wines as a prayer for the hopes of warmer weather. A bottle full of fresh and...
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The death of wine scores?
Not so fast. As time goes by, I am hearing less comments like, “well that one got a 95,” and “that one is better value because it got a 90.” Wine ratings may increasingly becoming maligned and less...
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Three Rieslings to believe
There are many reasons to believe in Riesling, that versatile and brutally honest grape. Riesling holds no punches, speaks its mind, tells it like it is. Grown worldwide and vinified in so many varying...
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New year. Try new wines
More wine predictions have been paraded out in the first week of 2014 than disgraced senators, mayors and potential Olympic men’s hockey team selections. What do they all mean? Will any of them really...
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Feeling under the weather? Drink wine
A year ago today the lead to my January 15th, 2013 column spoke succinctly to the mantra. “A glass or two of wine might just be the thing to help ward off the common cold and the flu.” In that rant...
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Deep freeze: Controversies, polar vortex and icewine
The physiological and emotional roller coaster heaped upon grapes and growers these past 55 days has been nothing short of exhilarating, frightening and exhausting. First this monster climatic Dementor...
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Gripping wines from Spain and Italy
Winemakers in the most famous regions of Spain and Italy have gone pro in the practicum of wine that speaks loud and clear. If there is a downside it is the blurring of lines and overlapping of...
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Pop Forecast for Nov. 7: Arrival, The Beaverton and more
Chris Lackner “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop-culture offerings is just what we need....
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Sometimes to win is to lose
Donald Trump once had his own board game. “It’s not whether you win or lose,” promised the ad, which ran in 1989. “It’s whether you win.” It seems the U.S. presidential candidates have taken this...
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Cruising through Myanmar and Southeast Asia aboard Silversea’s Silver Shadow
AT SEA – I’m currently cruising the Strait of Malacca aboard Silversea’s luxurious, 382-guest Silver Shadow, on a spectacular 12-day cruise through Southeast Asia. We departed from the vibrant,...
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Canada’s Smartest Person set for Season 3
Math, schmath. Canada’s Smartest Person isn’t determined by algebra skills — and IQ score doesn’t count for much, either. The coveted title, rather, is given to someone whose smarts fall into the...
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Which Bachelorette Canada wine is your perfect partner?
And then there were two. Jasmine Lorimer has spent a whole season on The Bachelorette Canada winnowing down a field of 20 men desperate for her affections to just two. Our thoughts go out to her in...
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Universities dismantle ivory towers
It’s the most macabre field trip we’ve heard of. In the fall of 2015, 22 participants in a McMaster University program hiked to a cemetery in Hamilton, Ont., to view the graves of city residents who...
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Sarah Brightman set to christen Seabourn Encore
Luxury line Seabourn’s brand-new Seabourn Encore is inching steadily closer to her maiden voyage. The 600-guest ship, which departed on her sea trials on November 4, will be christened in a lavish...
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4 questions about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, answered
What kind of beasts are we talking about, and why are they so fantastic? They’re magical creatures as examined in magizoology, a field of study in the Harry Potter cannon. You know, your standard...
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Princess has yen for Japan
When people talk about taking a cruise around Asia, they typically mean something that starts in some of the big-name Asian ports of call, like Hong Kong or Singapore. But Princess Cruises has, for...
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Viral sensations launch CBC web series Coming In
If Kyle Humphrey had a fictional kindred spirit, chances are it would be Roseanne Conner — that working-class and often crass mom from the hit sitcom Roseanne. To wit, the Canadian co-creator of the...
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Disney Cruise Line lights up the Holidays
A cruise with Mickey Mouse and the gang may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Holidays, but Disney Cruise Line is pulling out all the stops on its Christmas and New Year’s...
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Pop Forecast for Nov. 21: Allied, Gilmore Girls and more
Chris Lackner “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop-culture offerings is just what we need....
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