Archive for November, 2006



This is just sick

http://www.winostuff.com/WinoBabes.htm

Jump for Jura

Ah, nothing like the apple-aldehydic bliss of a Cotes du Jura (Berthet-Bondet). The wine wins for “most unusual” and “lip-smacking delicious.” Crisp, indeed.

Happy Beaujolais Nouveau

Let us celebrate the harvest:

And today’s Province article, Migrate to winter warmers.

Tumbler wines to quaff

In case you didn’t know, we write a weekly wine column for The Province newspaper. It’s published every Thursday, somewhere between the enterntainment section and the sports pages. This week we took a look at tumbler wine, and you can have a gander HERE

Micro-ox detox

Fumbling through past photos I found this one of us kicking it with the venerable Michel Rolland. Before we could bring up the topic of terroir, “I want to be the first to make wine on the moon,” he said.

Kid Koala not the latest animal label

Kid Koala’s “Skid vs The Sommelier” for XLR8TR magazine’s November issue. It appears the sommelier wins the girl who is clearly hypnotized by all that mundane talk about nose and body. Or is it the analog nature of wine appreciation which she falls for?