Stepping and Schlepping
Whew! By the time this hits the street we’ll have endured a snappy “snap election”. I’m not a praying kind, but I am grateful all of the snappiness is over. Come on! I bet all y’all are feeling the same way. Am I right? You know I am. And I am hoping we have a […]
David and Goliath wine
Large scale wineries, at a scale large enough to feed the LCBO stores, do have some benefits. They are often connected to universities and training programs, providing research and funding to winemaking programs. In the last 20 to 40 years, understanding of wine at a microbiological level has increased more than in any other time […]
Space, Jelly Beans and other Delights
Well, it’s Jelly Bean Sunday! There would have been a lot more jelly beans in our house had there not been a very obvious jelly bean deficiency at local retailers. Thank goodness the LCBO was well stocked for the holiday weekend. Yeah, yeah, I bought wine. It’s part of how I celebrate. Most of what […]
Chablis and the County
Chablis is a region in the northern section of Burgundy, France. In order to legally label a wine as Chablis, chardonnay is the only grape that can be used in the making of the wine. The region is divided into four quality levels: Petite Chablis, Chablis, Premier Cru and Grand Cru. Here, soil and site […]
Crisis of confidence
Next Tuesday, I will table a motion of non-confidence in Mayor Steve Ferguson at a council meeting. The purpose of my motion is to send a message. Residents and businesses in Prince Edward County have lost confidence in the municipality as a force for good in their lives. They see massive infrastructure spending on behalf […]
A-tiskette, A-taskette
It’s Sunday and CBS Sunday Morning is on the telly while I write this column. This morning I’m watching a segment about “Bucket Lists”. I’ve been thinking about putting my own bucket list in writing, recently. You know, the list people make when they’re old. It’s not the same as a punch list when you’re […]
Organic gardening
The term organic gardening has been thrown around a lot over the last few years when it comes to gardening and growing food. Someone, somewhere decided that organic is healthier and therefore more expensive because it is harder to grow food without the use of synthetic fertilizers and sprays. The good new is that when […]
SNAP – 2025
Have you been doing your homework? If you’re old enough to vote then you’re old enough to know better as regards the upcoming Federal Election. You deserve to know better. You do a little bit of digging beyond the social media memes, the cartoons, the iffy “facts” and what your friend’s brother’s boss has to […]
Be prepared
My grandparents used to say “Don’t cast a cloot til May is oot”. Which simply meant “don’t go without a coat until May is over”, to be prepared. Or in our case, if the grandparents were around, it meant no matter how warm it was outside we were expected to wear a jacket or a […]
Comparing quality levels
While true that in comparing ourselves to others comparison is the thief of joy, in the world of wine, comparisons are essential. I recently facilitated a comparison wine tasting with a group of local winemakers. I poured three PEC grown wines and two international wines with price being the comparison point and quality being the […]