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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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