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LCBO Top Paid Employees
Here is the yearly release of the LCBO Sunshine list… ie: people making over $100K per year. You can sort on this list by clicking on each column; by default it is sorted by salary highest to lowest. THanks to … Continue reading
Oct 25 LCBO Release Highlights – Veneto, Ross Morrison
Oct 25 LCBO Release – Veneto – Ross Morrison Veneto is home to Amarone, Ripasso, Valpolicella, and Reciotto, and the ‘appassimento’ method of wine making. All of these wines (with the exception of Valpolicella) are made with the appassimento method … Continue reading
Sept 13 Vintages Release – Ontario, Ross Morrison’s Review
Ontario wine has been on the rise for some time now. Vines take several years of growing before they produce good wine. However, Niagara is still in a phase of exploration, exploring what works and what does not. The key … Continue reading
August 30 Vintages Release – Spain & Portugal, Ross Morrison’s Review
Spain is known as a good producer of economical red wines that have already been aged, and are ready to drink. Historically, Spanish producers have aged their wine until they feel it is ready to drink. It is not unusual … Continue reading
Que Syrah Shiraz – A tasting with friends, Ross Morrison
Que Syrah Shiraz, June 3 2007 With the increase in production of Syrah/Shiraz around the world, friends and I thought it would be good to get together and taste a few good examples of each along with some possible food … Continue reading
August 16 2008 Vintages Release – Ross Morrison’s Review
August 16 Vintages Release Chilean wines are spotlighted in this release. While many wax enthusiastically about Chile being the newest great producer of fine wines, I view it more as a source of good value wines but with few justifying … Continue reading
Wine around in Cabbagetown!
My street in Toronto had a ‘dine around’ last weekend. This includes visiting our neighbour’s homes where each house servered a wine and food pair from a given region. It was a fantastic night. Here is a list of the … Continue reading →