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Introducing: Beer Academy, downtown’s new brewery, education centre and tasting room for hopheads
After Duggan’s shuttered its downtown brewpub last year, it felt as though the wind was knocked out of the sails of the...
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Bruce Wallner wins top prize at Ontario sommelier competition
Toronto master sommelier Bruce Wallner (Paese, Mideastro) took first place at the Best Ontario Sommelier Competition at The Fifth...
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Canada now has a female beer sommelier (yes, there are beer sommeliers)
You might react to the news that Canada has only one female beer sommelier with a question: there are beer sommeliers?...
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Chris Nuttall-Smith on the craft-brewing movement that’s taking over Toronto
In a dingy former office at the back of Great Lakes Brewery in Etobicoke, nine waist-high, 50-litre fermenters gently burble with...
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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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Q&A with Hemant Bhagwani: the Amaya co-owner on building his Indian restaurant empire
Although the recession is officially over, its effects—shuttered doors and restaurants offering humbler, more comfort-driven...
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The sipper club: meet the city’s competitive cabal of top sommeliers
Will Predhomme belongs to a competitive cabal of top sommeliers who sniff, sip and spit their way through hundreds of bottles a...
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New wine bottle eliminates need for decanting; lovers of fancy glassware unhappy
Many wine lovers see the act of decanting a bottle as part of a beautiful age-old ritual and an art form (yes, there’s even a...
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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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The Weekender: Equus, Voice-Box, Robyn and more on our to-do list
Editor's note: Robyn's concert has been cancelled due to an illness. 1. BRUCE MAU: 25 YEARS OF BIG THINKING An international...
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Should sommeliers sip wine before serving it? A debate is rekindled
Once upon a time, sommeliers would graciously pre-taste the wine of kings and queens in order to foil potential poisoning...
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Best New Restaurants 2010
This time last year, the future looked awfully grim. We braced for restaurant closures and recessionary menus, but 2009 was...
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Five 2010 trends to watch: we ask Jamie Kennedy, Anthony Walsh, David Lee and other chefs what to look for in the coming year
It’s no secret that 2009 was rough for restaurants—“It’s a year a lot of restaurateurs are happy to see go,” says C5...
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Myth-busting study reveals that western wine can actually taste good with Chinese food
Drinking wine with Chinese food has always been a bit like wearing Kanye West shutter shades : more about fashion than...
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Closing in on the sale of the Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar
The much-anticipated sale of the Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, which has been in the works for several weeks, is slated to close...
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Nova Scotia’s New Eden
Nova Scotia might soon be a remarkable source of high-quality, expensive sparkling wine—the Champagne of North America. I spent...
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1,000 Wines of the Week
I’ve tasted so many wines this past week that I can’t pick one to feature. Furthermore I don’t have tasting notes (yet) on...
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Top Tuscans
Wine of the WeekGualdo del Ray 2003 Frederico Primo ($41.95, 92 points, www.vinvino.ca , 416-636-3534), Val di Cornia Suvereto...
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Private Order Break Out
Wine of the Week Bodegas Terras Gauda 2006 O Rosel, Rias Baixas, Spain ($26, 91 points, www.thewinecoaches.com ) Gorgeous...
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Spirit of Hospitality
Last Monday, with the Leafs away and the Raptors resting, a more boisterous gathering took over the Air Canada Centre’s Platinum...
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The Real Beaujolais
Did you have your glass of Beaujolais Nouveau this weekend? I know, it’s about as much fun as a flu shot. I have been in four...
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Chile Showdown in Toronto
First they took Berlin, then Tokyo, then São Paolo. But Toronto proved no pushover. Earlier this month Eduardo Chadwick, the...
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Wine Fridges and Wine Schools
I spent part of my Labour Day weekend helping my dear friend Carol buy her first wine fridge. We shopped during Ernesto’s deluge...
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Top 12 Wines of August ‘06
Watch this space the last Monday of every month, where I'll be providing a selection of 12 memorable wines encountered over the...
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Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
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Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
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Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
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The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
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The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
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Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
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Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
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Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
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Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
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Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative