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Food & Drink
Coming Up Rosés: nine great bottles of the ultimate summer dinner party wine
I recently hosted a dinner devoted entirely to rosé. It was on a terrace in Crillon-le-Brave, a small town in Provence, and I was...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a rarely seen Nova Scotia sparkler
Benjamin Bridge Nova 7 $25 | Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia | Benjamin Bridge is a new Nova Scotia sparkling winery that’s been...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a stellar bottle of Ontario bubbly
Cave Spring Blanc de Blancs Brut $29.95 | Niagara Peninsula | Today, Ontario’s lieutenant-governor convenes various Queen's Park...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a Niagara chardonnay that punches above its weight
Ravine Vineyard 2010 Chardonnay $24.00 | Niagara Peninsula | This weekend, 55 wineries from around the world are gathering in...
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Nine vibrant, refreshing rieslings that make for perfect patio sippers
There’s nothing quite like the crack of a crisp riesling on a bright spring evening. That bolt of vibrant, citrusy...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a great Ontario summer red for under $15
Sandbanks 2011 Baco Noir $14.95 | Ontario | Baco Noir, with its occasional wild, gamey flavour, is not everyone’s cup of...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a crisp Chilean sauvignon blanc to fight this heat wave
Errazuriz 2011 Max Reserva Sauvignon Blanc $15.95 | Aconcagua Valley | For the past five years, Chile has been chasing New...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a Niagara red from the region’s best vintage to celebrate Canada Day
Trius 2010 Red $21.95 | Niagara Peninsula | If you want to celebrate Canada Day with a homegrown wine, this Ontario red is the...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a charming Australian shiraz
Hardy’s Bankside 2010 Shiraz $14.95 | Australia | This has been kicking around Vintages for several years, and I have not always...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a fantastic Niagara rosé
Malivoire Ladybug 2011 Rosé $15.95 | Niagara Peninsula | LCBO shelves are flush with pink wines at this time of year, and while...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a tart, refreshing Sancerre
Henri Bourgeois 2010 Les Baronnes Sancerre $24.95 | Loire Valley, France | Early summer is sauvignon blanc season. There are many...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a well-priced grenache from the French Mediterranean
Les Hauts de Montfort 2009 Les Mégalithes Minervois $13.95 | Languedoc, France | Mediterranean France keeps on unearthing bargain...
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Spirit of the West: David Lawrason picks nine bottles from California’s booming crop
Last year, for the first time in history, the United States consumed more wine than any other country (even out-tippling France...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a surprising Bordeaux-style red from Niagara
Hidden Bench 2008 Terroir Caché Meritage $35.20 | Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula | Every once in a while a wine comes along...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a refreshing rosé that’s perfect for the patio
Natura 2011 Rosé $13.95 | Rapel Valley, Chile | Devoted beer drinkers might call the Victoria Day long weekend “May 2-4,” but...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: an excellent pinot from New Zealand
Churton 2008 Pinot Noir $30.50 | Marlborough, New Zealand | Churton, a small family operation that’s currently converting an...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a classy Austrian white
Bründlmayer 2010 Kamptaler Terrassen Grüner Veltliner $19.95 | Kamptal, Austria | While The Donald was cutting the ribbon...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a nice, refined Malbec
Mapema 2009 Malbec $21.95 | Mendoza, Argentina | Tuesday was World Malbec Day (no, really), and there’s plenty of Argentina’s...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a racy new Australian red
Wolf Blass 2009 Grey Label Shiraz Cabernet $34.95 | Robe Mount Benson, Australia | This new shiraz-cabernet blend is a racier...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a kitschily branded pinot that’s actually good
The People’s 2010 Pinot Noir $16.95 | Central Otago, New Zealand | I’m often skeptical of the quality of kitschy...
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Move Over, Malbec: David Lawrason picks nine lesser-known Argentine wines
Argentine malbec, with its huge flavour, lush texture and low price, was the official soother of the recession. At $8, Fuzion’s...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: an Italian red with a sour-cherry finish
Allegrini Corte Giara 2009 Valpolicella Ripasso $16.95 | Veneto, Italy | The warm, ripe 2009 vintage and the fruit-enriching...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a cava that’s perfect for this early-onset summer
Adar de Elviwines Brut $15.95 | Spain | This newly arrived Spanish bubbly is ideal for toasting to our sudden onset of summer. And...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a refined take on New Zealand’s signature white grape
Villa Maria 2011 Sauvignon Blanc $15.95 | Marlborough | One the great buys at the LCBO seems to get better every year, striking a...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Fall 2024
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Deep Dives
Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
For 148 years, the country’s oldest tennis club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then chaos erupted
Deep Dives
The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Here’s what it takes (and costs) to foster the ideal body and mind
Deep Dives
Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse
The $680-a-head uptown restaurant everyone’s talking about has three giant egos in the kitchen and one very rich benefactor calling the shots. If they don’t self-destruct, they may well produce something spectacular
Deep Dives
Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners
Boisterous, barky, humpy, mean: they’re everywhere and no one’s happy. Dispatches from the canine wars
Deep Dives
The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood
Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the overdose crisis rages on
Deep Dives
Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD
Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it’s all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower
Deep Dives
Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries
From Olivia Chow to Galen Weston Jr. to Drake, here’s everything we could find on what the city’s biggest names are bringing home
Deep Dives
How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart
Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers: a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. Then his dark secret was revealed
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024
This year’s winners include a tiny perfect snack bar, a Japanese listening lounge and a high-flying steakhouse. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence
Deep Dives
How Carley Fortune is reinventing the romance novel
In just two years, she’s published two runaway bestsellers, sold film rights to Prince Harry and Meghan, finished a third book—which hits shelves this month—and is well into her fourth. Here, she talks anti-romance snobbery, what makes a good sex scene and how sudden fame has changed her life
Deep Dives
The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million
Before he died, William Waters transferred his fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle
Deep Dives
The perilous lives of Canada’s international students
They come here for the promise of a good education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs
Deep Dives
My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about
After the birth of my first child, I split with reality. I had terrifying hallucinations, received messages from the spirit world and spent so much on New Age paraphernalia that I had to sell my house. A memoir on finding my way back to reality
Deep Dives
The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception
Karima Manji wanted it all for her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya. And she found a way to help them get it: financial aid earmarked for Indigenous kids. The fact that they weren’t remotely Indigenous wasn’t going to stop her
Cost of Living
City
This actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I’ve spent almost $5,000 on my dog this year”
City
This Wychwood couple makes $123,800 a year. How do they spend it?
“Ontario was too expensive, so we’re having our wedding in Mexico”
City
This Distillery District couple makes $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
“I like fancy brunch and he likes dives—but all of it is expensive”
City
This registered dietitian makes $106,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I spent more than $4,000 on my cats last year”
House of the Week
Real Estate
House of the Week: This East York property nearly tripled its asking price in two years
The 2,700-square-foot home comes with a wine rack suspended in mid-air, 20-foot vaulted ceilings and a basement with nanny-suite potential
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.3 million for a quirky detached near Yonge and Eglinton that was won in a lottery
The 4,000-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two laundry rooms, a three-tier backyard and four bedrooms
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.1 million for an Edwardian duplex in Little Portugal sitting on a massive commercial lot
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with Moroccan tiles, a meditation room, a backyard workshop and a tire swing
Real Estate
House of the Week: $3.7 million for a whimsical custom-built home backing onto an Etobicoke ravine
The 3,800-square-foot property comes with a sauna, a hot tub, cave-like walls and nature all over
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.2 million for a new build by the Humber with a fireplace in a closet
The 3,900-square-foot property also comes with an elevator, a powder room with a swoosh sink and a playful blue laundry room