Spice is nice…but the right wine pairing helps!
Chicken Shami Kabob with 80x Wines’ When Pigs Fly Rosé. I enjoy trying to pair almost any dish with the right wine—but not everybody does....
You Say You Love El Dorado Rum? Here’s Why!
You know how a lot of companies like to say they are steeped in history? Well, in the case of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and...
TUSCAN DUO…and DUOMO — Drinking in Central Italian Culture
Florence’s stunning Duomo cathedral from Michelangelo Hill. We have a friend touring through Italy, who just posted photos from Florence, the capital of Tuscany in...
SMALL WONDERS — Scottsdale’s Best Par 3s
That’s me at the raucous par-3 16th at TPC Scottsdale during the 2012 WM Phoenix Open—probably half the size it is today! One of my...
What are You Drinking for Potato Chip Day?
There seems to be a special day for everything, and the humble potato chip is no different. And no, it’s not Super Bowl Sunday, which...
A Case for Decanting
Every now and then I have to adjust an initial rating after revisiting that same wine the following day. Sometimes one’s palate is a little...
AFTER THE STORM — An Aged Rioja and Young Chardonnay
The freezing rain, snow and resulting backbreaking shovelling in Ontario is now behind us and the sun is shining. So as the weekend dawns, many...
Turn Up the Heat With These Two Reds
As the saying goes, “It’s 5 p.m. somewhere.” The grapes for Morandé’s Gran Reserva Carménère are grown on the vaunted San Bernardo estate above the...
HOLD YOUR HATS! 36 A Day is Shifting into Pro Shop Sales
I ran into newly minted Golf Journalists Association of Canada president Mike Johnny at the Toronto Golf & Travel Show Friday. Johnny and associates were...
Golf Tourism has Taken Off
When the world began to lock down during the onset on the pandemic, disposable income—among the higher income brackets anyway—piled up. So when the door...
