I LOVE planning vacations. I'm sure I was a travel agent in a past life because spending hours on my computer researching places, hotels, restaurants and adventures, is one of my guilty pleasures. Planning a vacation and then realizing your choices were spot on is like winning the lottery for me...well almost. That's what I…
Smooth Sailing from Burgundy to Provence
Women and Sparkling Wine
"Don't think about making women fit the world - make the world fit women" *Gloria Steinem Why is it important to celebrate International Women’s Day? For more than a century this day marks the continuous campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, and end discrimination in any form. No matter how a woman decides to…
March Madness and Our Year of Covid
I apologize that this post is not about wine or Beamsville and just a bit on travel. And if you thought I was going to write about basketball.....well I'll leave that up to my son! YES BASKETBALL..... That's usually what March Madness is all about. It's the time when my husband Steve migrates to the…
Luck of the Irish
For St Patrick's Day I though I'd change things up and talk about Dublin, Ireland. I have to say this is one of my favourite layovers. There is so much to see and do and I'm by no means an expert but hope to give you a few ideas because when all is open for…
Cracklin’ Rosé
Ok, It’s March, it’s almost spring and I’m ready to drink some rosé. I’m not sure why I stop drinking rosé in September. It’s almost like not wearing white shoes after Labour Day but like that fashion faux pas, I’m thinking pink wine should be a year-round trend. And for you guys that have issues…
Where There’s A Wine There’s A Way
Hey, sip happens. You got stuck in your house for a year, gained 20+ lbs, binge watched almost every show on Netflix and happy hour kept getting earlier as each month slowly passed you by. Sound familiar? Ok I may be exaggerating a bit here because I was luckily not laid off from Air Canada…
Say you’ll be Wine…Valentines Day with Shawn Mendes In London!
Spoiler Alert My blog title is a bit misleading but true so read on...... Life sucks when we're all living in our bubble so I've decided to think about last year- before the world as we know it shut down. I had a 2 day layover with my gal pal Norma. Not exactly sure why,…
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Let’s Get Fizz-ical and Sip Sparkling Wine
Can We Talk? Why do we only drink Champagne and other sparkling wines when we are celebrating??? Well I'm here to say if we have to find a reason, maybe we just start celebrating life cuz this shit show of a pandemic is not going to get us down. Ok? REALLY, I want to understand…
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There Once Was A Baby Duck….
CAN WE TALK? If you thought I was going to talk about all the farms here in Beamsville you weren't drinking wine in the 70's. This iconic Ontario wine was hands down the drink of choice for underage drinkers in the decade of disco. Surprisingly also those of legal drinking age enjoyed this fizzy concoction…
On a hillside just outside Oliver BC
Saturday Morning..... I'm living in a cabin on top of a mountain with three guys. Never thought this would be part of my story. Most people do this when they're young and just out of school. I decided to retire, go back to school and then go on an adventure! This is my view. I…
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
How yeast influences your wine I was a bit slow on the sour dough trend during our covid lockdown. My daughter Taylor's then-girlfriend was living here last spring and her effort failed. Not sure what happened but she killed those little suckers that were suppose to spontaneously grow in her blob of flour and water.…
Copy Cat
Can Ontario wines rise to the top or do we continue to not be recognized in an industry full of copy cats