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On Friday May 11th2016 I had the distant pleasure of attending a port tasting lead by Rupert Symington. The premise of the event was to taste the their line up of 2016 Ports which was a general declared vintage, the last time there was a general vintage was 2011.Before I continue with my tasting notes I would like to point out that Rupert Symington told our group they usually hold back 25% of the vintage for re-release. However, 2016 was 25% less in volume than 2011 and 2011 was 35% less …

I get a lot of people asking me why does this Bordeaux or that Burgundy cost so much more, while I can get a similar wine from someplace else?The answer is easy, there are a lot of very good to great wines from other regions but when you are talking the best in any given category here is what I tell my clients.You can go buy a 2500+ square foot house in Beverly Hills or Shaughnessy and it will cost a certain amount of money, a lot of money. You can go buy the same size house in the suburbs …

I have always liked the underdog and I never knew why until let year. It is funny how a seeming less least to my unobservant eyes, moment in time shapes your very being.For those of you who know me I am big hockey fan, played it coached even went to the provincial finals, lost though. I love what the game has given me, lifelong passion, friends and a sport I am pretty decent at.Not so long ago a really good friend of mine asked me why I liked the Montreal Canadiens - dumb question to ask a …