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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 1000 (!): Hester Creek’s New Release; Singing Before Supper
For more than 20 years (since September 20, 2004), I have been writing this weekly wine diary, and for more than 20 years my friend and technical director, James Harbeck, has been editing and posting it. So I’m dedicating this … Continue reading
A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 999: More Singing Than Wine
Sunday, November 30th: Our A Cappella Niagara Chorus presented the annual Christmas show at the United Church in Font Hill, all wearing ugly Christmas sweaters. Tuesday, December 2nd: Dinner at oddBird. Deborah and I had a dozen oysters between us … Continue reading
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 998: Township 7 and The Foreign Affair
Monday, November 24th: Tasted the following Township 7 wines from BC: Township 7 Cabernet Merlot 2022 (Provenance Series; Okanagan Valley) Deep ruby in colour; cedary, spicy, vanilla and black fruits on the nose; medium to full-bodied, dry, savoury blackcurrant and … Continue reading
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 997: Budapest or Bust… the Final Leg
Monday, October 20th: Our first night aboard the Amabella on an eight-day trip on the Danube from Giurgiu, Romania, to Budapest, Hungary. Our first evening our group had a dinner in a private dining room – a beer versus wine … Continue reading
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A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 996: Bucharest, “the Paris of the East”
Thursday, October 16th: Flew from Toronto Pearson Airport to Heathrow and then on to Bucharest for the start of our two-week Danube River cruise on Ama Waterway’s ship, Amabella. Booked into the Grand Hotel Continental (56 Calea Victorei) and explored … Continue reading
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