-
Recent Posts
- A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 1041: Le Vieux Pin and LaStella
- A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 1040: Interlude with Liebling and Some Great Big Head
- A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 1039: Hong Kong Dinner
- A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 1038: Crush Wines, “Streisand” Concert, and Lunch with an Old Friend
- A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 1037: Southbrook Estate Lunch, Chevalier Dinner
Follow Tony Aspler
Recent Comments
Derrick M on A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 101… PAT GRAY on A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 101… Vaughan Bowser on A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 952… Andras Borbely on A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 934… A Wine Lover’s Diary… on A Wine Lover’s Diary, part 882… Categories
Archives
Meta
Category Archives: Uncategorized
A Wine Lover’s Diary, Part 664: Moving Experiences
Monday, September 4th: Wrote up my wine reviews for 680 NEWS and spent some time in the wine cellar on the second level of the parking lot, boxing wines for the move. I’ve sold the cellar to a chef in the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine Lover's Diary
Leave a comment
A Wine Lover’s Diary, Part 663: Ode to the Order of Canada
Thursday, August 24th: Caught up with emails and correspondence after our Baltic cruise. Took my sore shoulder to Dr. Tim, my chiropractor, in the afternoon and then did some tasting: Wolfberger W3 2015 (Alsace – $15.95; a Riesling, Muscat, Pinot … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine Lover's Diary
Leave a comment
A Wine Lover’s Diary, Part 662: Baltic Cruise
Saturday, August 12th: Final preparations and packing (including four bottles of wine) to leave for the airport to fly to Munich. Grabbed a meal at Susur Lee’s restaurant at Pearson’s Terminal 1 (excellent). The Lufthansa plane is late arriving so … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine Lover's Diary
Leave a comment
A Wine Lover’s Diary, Part 661: Cambridge Awards
Monday, August 7th: Wrote up my 680 NEWS wine reviews, four weeks as Deborah and I are leaving on Saturday for a 20th wedding anniversary cruise to St. Petersburg and will be away until August 25th. Opened a bottle of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine Lover's Diary
Leave a comment
A Wine Lover’s Diary, Part 660: Tasting Tasting
Monday, July 31st: Got down to some tasting after inputting wine reviews from Friday’s tasting. CedarCreek Riesling 2016 (Okanagan – $15.99): very pale in colour with just a hint of lime; minerally, grapefruit nose; light to medium-bodied, off-dry, lime, golden … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine Lover's Diary
Leave a comment