At Home With the Vintner

Contrary to photographic perspective, Cal's customers actually look up to him.

It's my last night in Calgary and I'm doing a Limited Edition tasting event for Cal and Tom of The Vineyard, a Calgary wine supply shop with locations in the north and south. I've known the proprietors for at least 15 years, and this is my first event with them in three or four years. It's going to be great to see them and their customers again.

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Cap an Cork

Apostrophes and winemaking, two great tastes in one!

Another day in sunny and fine Edmonton, and I'm looking forward to seeing all the folks at the Cap an' Corks event at Delwood community hall. One small catch for me:

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Dust My Brumalia

Dionysisus, aka Bacchus. For a god normally characterised as 'womanly', this statue is

really macho . . . it is for a beer company, so maybe they know their audience

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Consumer Wine in the News

Is it am already? I'm late!

My friend David Foley sent me an interesting link the other day. It's a segment from the news program, Canada am, by reporter Pat Foran, on Wine On Premise. I'm normally pretty gun-shy about news reports on our industry. It's not that I'm unwilling to talk (ha ha ha, that's funny) or that I think we have anything to apologise for, but it's a lot easier and for producers to take the angle of 'look at the funny people making fake wine'--looking at someone else ironically is a kind of culture virus that doesn't really convey the right kind of message, for me, and I've seen dozens of news pieces that talked about consumer wine disparagingly.

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It's Winesensical!

Makes sense to me!

It was another great night at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg. We had just under 200 people in attendance for the lecture and tasting, and it seemed like everyone had a good time:

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In at the Victoria (Inn)

And if Vicky Hanover shows up, she'll be all set

Whew! We made it all the way to Brandon today, through icy conditions and freezing wind. My Starbucks chilled down to a frappuccino all by itself! Good to be back in the heart of the prairies, though.

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Remembrance Day

First things first: my event for Signature Wines in Comox was a huge success!


Would you make wine with these people? Of course you would!

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Comox, a Signature City

Hong Kong? Paris? Not important enough to rate their own clock.

Comox might not be the most beautiful place on earth, but it's in the running. I'm off there tomorrow to do a Limited Edition tasting for my pal Sigrid at Signature Wines. She runs a wonderful store, and has some great folks working for her, so I'm looking forward to dropping in on them. It's been a few years since I've seen them and that's too long!

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Wine in Sidney

Always yakking, while the poor folks wait patiently to taste wine.

We had a great night out in Sidney, with a Limited Edition tasting for customers of Peninsula U-Brew Winery. Stan and Marueen went all out, and the venue was great, the food was spectacular (they had a great caterer working with them) and the crowd was lively and asked some great questions. Good job, everybody!

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Wine and the Mind

Hiya Joe!

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It's Been A Long Time Updating


Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour? No!

Ah yes, this is the part where I insert the obligatory apology for not updating my blog on a more regular basis. Anyone remember the scene between John Belushi and Carrie Fisher in The Blues Brothers, where he 'apologises' for leaving her at the altar? "I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locust's. It wasn't my fault!! I swear to God!!"

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