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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a crowd-pleasing syrah from South Africa
Porcupine Ridge 2009 Syrah $14.95 | South Africa | Syrah is my favorite red variety from South Africa, especially when the fruit...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: an Argentine red that’s not just another malbec
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Weddings 2012: an affordable red, white and sparkling that will pair perfectly with hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dessert
Scores: A rating of 95 to 100 is outstanding; 90 to 94 excellent; 85 to 89 very good; 80 to 84 good.
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a Chilean red with heritage
Cousiño-Macul 2009 Antiguas Reservas Cabernet Sauvignon"...
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David Lawrason picks nine French bottles from 2009, the vintage of the century
In France , where the weather is relatively cool and fluctuates drastically from year to year, vintage is a huge factor in...
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Eight blessedly cheap wines you can bring to any dinner party with confidence (and change in your pocket)
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David Lawrason reveals his holiday wine buying strategy, along with nine of his favourite festive bottles
What are the best holiday dinner wines? This is a question I get every year, usually at the 11th hour when the asker is dashing...
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David Lawrason picks nine new Tuscan reds to splurge on this fall
Tuscany is Italy’s most famous wine region. At its centre, enveloping Florence and Siena, is Chianti, the hilly, vineyard-lined...
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David Lawrason picks nine great, affordable pinot noirs from around the world
Pinot noir is my desert island wine. It’s light and refreshing, and it pairs with just about any food. I adore it. For...
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David Lawrason rounds up some of the best Ontario wines from off the beaten track
New Ontario vintners are planting vines in unlikely places and making wine that will warm your indie-loving locavore heart. In the...
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Why Greek wines are about to become the next big thing
Greek wines are as intriguing as their popular French and Italian counterparts, and they’re half the price Pine-scented retsina...
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David Lawrason offers nine reasons why garnacha makes for great barbecue wine
Backyard sommeliers bored with the usual summer reds (merlot, shiraz, zinfandel) should try fruity garnacha. It is more commonly...
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Nine West Coast wines that are flying off the shelves
California wine has always had a certain easygoing appeal, and the region’s big-ticket bottles have been a staple in...
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Return to Oz: the LCBO is introducing 30 new Australian wines. Here, David Lawrason picks the top nine
Faced with tanking sales, Australia’s winemakers are discovering smaller is better Just three years ago, Australian wines were...
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Reinvention tour: Ontario vintners are showing off their chardonnays and changing minds about the infamous ’80s grape
The consumer revolt against chardonnay, known as the ABC (anything but chardonnay) movement, hasn’t stopped Ontario winemakers...
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Just Desserts: sophisticated sweet wines worth the splurge
Sweet wines generally get a bad rap. Even avid wine lovers tend to dismiss them as overly expensive, cloying or lacking in...
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All that sparkles: nine outstanding bottles of bubbly without the elitism
French champagne is still the standard-bearer for the world’s sparkling wines. But New World winemakers are tinkering with its...
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Of Great Import: The best wines from British Columbia
Finally, more of British Columbia’s premium bottles are available in Ontario. Here, the best of the west It’s boom time in...
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When in Rhône: David Lawrason picks the best wines from southern France
Robust, charming and fun, the recent releases from southern France are worth ordering by the case Southern Rhône, the dry, rugged...
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Tiny bubbles: top picks from Prince Edward County’s first sparkling wines
Prince Edward County’s first sparklers are incredible: you’d swear you were drinking champagne The first three sparkling wines...
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Bio Picks: 10 top eco-wines
Eco-wines that taste so good your guests will never know they’re saving the planet I’m all for protecting the environment, but...
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Kiwi Magic: 29 standout New Zealand wines
New Zealand is famous for its sauvignon blancs. Now it’s wowing the world with pinot noirs You can’t help but admire New...
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Mixed marriages: nine excellent blended wines
White blends are red hot Before buying a bottle , we all want some idea of what it holds in store, and we often look to the grape...
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Safety in numbers: Are the world’s highest-scoring wines really that good?
A taste test of critics’ picks It has been three decades since a group of American critics introduced the 100-point scoring...
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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
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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
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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
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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