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Jamie Drummond on Food and Wine #44 Ruud Maasdam (Staete Landt) – The Toronto Redux

Jamie Drummond on Food and Wine #44 Ruud Maasdam (Staete Landt) – The Toronto Redux

Posted by | Sep 16, 2010 |

So this is actually a bit of a repeat performance for Winemaker Ruud Maasdam (of Staete Landt, New Zealand) here on Good Food Revolution. The last time we caught up with him was outside of an enormous Pinot Noir tasting in Wellington, New Zealand, and for a number of reasons our interview was cut off rather prematurely.

Ruud was just recently in Toronto for Lifford’s Fête de Pinot Noir and so we sat him down and hit him with all of the questions that we had been meaning to some six months previously!

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So You Think You Can Taste Wine…?

So You Think You Can Taste Wine…?

Posted by | Sep 10, 2010 |

This year Good Food Revolution’s Jamie Drummond was invited to be on the judging panel for the Intervin International Wine Awards. In his breakdown of the three days of tasting he explains why being a Wine Judge is no walk in the park… and why it is essential to bring some special toothpaste!

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Jamie Drummond on Food and Wine #42 Alexandrine Roy (Domaine Marc Roy)

Jamie Drummond on Food and Wine #42 Alexandrine Roy (Domaine Marc Roy)

Posted by | Sep 3, 2010 | ,

Last week we sat down with Burgundian Winemaker Alexandrine Roy of Domaine Marc Roy fame. Alexandrine’s wines have been garnering some quite serious praise/scores from the world’s wine press over the past few years, and after tasting through the range we can certainly understand why. Good Food Revolution arrived at the Toronto’s Albany Club and met up with the lady herself…

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Jamie Drummond on Food and Wine #41 Zane Caplansky (Caplansky’s)

Jamie Drummond on Food and Wine #41 Zane Caplansky (Caplansky’s)

Posted by | Aug 25, 2010 |

With some notable examples a little north of the downtown core, Toronto had never been serviced very well in the deli/smoked meat department. This was fact that did not go unnoticed by Zane Caplansky, which led him to opening Caplansky’s at the venerable Monarch Tavern on Clinton Street back in 2008. Since that date, and much gushing press coverage, Caplansky’s has relocated to College Street, just north of Kensington Market. Zane and his crew have now snugly settled into these digs and the spot now looks as if it has been a fixture on the strip for many a year…

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