Jamie Drummond pens a little diatribe about his serious issues with the majority of champagne that we see in North America… a piece that certainly won’t be winning him any new friends in certain sparkling circles.
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Steven Campbell, the Grand Fromage at Lifford Agencies, has been in the wine and hospitality business for many a year now. He has been at the helm of what is now one of Canada’s most successful of wine agencies for 17 years, and in that time he has lost none of his (obvious) passion or (celebrated) sense of humour.
In this Good Food Fighter profile Steve waxes lyrically about how he got his start in the business, and a multitude of other “true lies”.
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Jamie Drummond has a fish-induced flashback as he enters Leslieville’s Hooked to chat with Fishmonger Dan Donovan. Dan speaks of the thinking behind the opening of Hooked, local lake fish, and the big “fresh or frozen” question.
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In recent years it has been a rare thing to see LCBO customers queuing for bottles in the manner they once did in days of yore. However, this weekend at both the Summerhill and Oakville stores, wine-hungry hordes stood patiently in line for a chance to grab a single bottle from the very limited allocations of both Jonata and The Paring. Matt Dees, the young, energetic Winemaker behind both of these labels was in town to quell the rabble and introduce his wines to the Ontario market, so GFR tracked him down with on Sunday afternoon and had a lovely chat about his wines.
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This week we sit down with the charismatic Michel Marcoux from Quebec’s La Barberie brewery for a natter about how he ended up making beer at La Barberie and gives his answer to the eternal question “which is better to match with food, beer or wine?” You can most probably guess which side of the fence Michel sits on!
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