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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a rich Ontario baco noir from an especially fulsome vintage
Henry Of Pelham 2010 Reserve Baco Noir $24.95 | Ontario | For the next two weeks, the LCBO and Vintages are rolling out an Ontario...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: an Okanagan merlot that’ll make you reconsider Sideways
Quails’ Gate 2009 Merlot $25.94 | Okanagan Valley, B.C. | Merlot has become the great forgotten red grape since being...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: the perfect late-summer pinot
Domaine Parent 2010 Pinot Noir Bourgogne $19.95 | Burgundy, France | With one foot in autumn and the other still in summer, meal...
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Best of the City 2012: the top 10 places to go and things to do for a good time in Toronto
Pinball Café 1662 Queen St. W., 416-402-7932 In an era where almost every amusement has been shrunk to fit on a smart phone, this...
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Gamay Days: David Lawrason picks nine of his favourite gamays, from France to Niagara
Gamay is often known as the grape that makes lowly beaujolais nouveau, the gassy juice that’s sold only weeks after the grapes...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: an excellent yet affordable Tuscan red
Antinori 2010 Santa Cristina $12.10 | Tuscany | Recently, many basic chiantis have “morphed” into IGT Tuscan reds, in order to...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a classy, complex French Chablis
Drouhin Vaudon 2010 Chablis $19.95 | Burgundy, France | I am delighted to see this classy wine fill out the thin ranks of French...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a great gamay noir for less than $20
Jean-Paul Brun 2010 Terres Dorées Côte De Brouilly $18.95 | Beaujolais, France | Lately, it’s been a gamay summer, partially...
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Top Chef Canada’s Ryan Gallagher to helm a revamped Reds
News of big changes at Reds Bistro and Wine Bar, SIR Corp’s signature Bay Street power restaurant: Michael Steh, who left a...
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Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for August 6 to 12
Monday, August 6 Tuesday, August 7 Wednesday, August 8 Thursday, August 9 Friday, August 10 Saturday, August 11 Sunday, August 12...
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Casing Prince Edward County: five fabulous, under-the-radar wines
(Illustration of Lawrason: Jack Dylan)
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Prince Edward Bounty: a hedonist’s guide to eating and drinking in Ontario wine country
In Prince Edward County, $1.3 million buys a lot of real of estate—an entire 19th-century inn, to be precise. That’s how much...
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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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Introducing: Glas Wine Bar, Leslieville’s latest spot for a drink and a local, seasonal bite
After two and a half years, Leslieville’s Frankly Eatery, known for its Indo-Canadian fusion brunches, threw in the...
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Queen’s Park shoots down corner store booze proposal
Well, that was fast. Despite corralling 113,000 signatures, a request from the Ontario Convenience Stores Association to bring...
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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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Should Ontario convenience stores sell booze? 112,500 people think so
Ontarians’ long-standing gripes with the province’s rigid liquor-buying laws are starting to boil over. Members of the Ontario...
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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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Gift Wines: 10 sure-fire picks that are suitable for any special occasion
Choosing the right bottle for the right event can lead to hours of indecision. Here, we save you the angst
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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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Eight Ontario wines that are worth ordering straight from the winery
Some of the province’s most exciting bottles aren’t always available at the LCBO
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Deep Dives
Charm Offensive: The cottage country mortgage broker who lost $101 million of his clients’ money
Sandy Sussman spent decades wooing the upper echelons of Toronto society, becoming their go-to investment guy. He took their money and made a huge bet on cottage country. When the market tanked, he lost it all. Then he did everything in his power to cover it up
Deep Dives
The Monster Cottages vs. the Resistance: Inside the ruthless battle for the future of Muskoka
From Gravenhurst to Port Cockburn, the uber rich and powerful are buying up shoreline for private island compounds and sprawling mega-resorts, radically changing the face of Muskoka and infuriating environmentalists, locals and long-time cottagers
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
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As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living