Spring is here and we are back in the swing of wine trade tastings! Over the next few weeks expect updates on California, Burgundy, Argentina, Chianti and Austria — just to name a few. Today’s post is on Vinho Verde and a really interesting tasting and seminar we went to last week, hosted by our...
Have we told you the great news? We’ve now signed on to write the wine content for “Tip This” a cool restaurant app used by foodies and restauranteurs all over the world! Have we told you the better news? Today, Tip This goes free to mark World Water Day! According to WWD’s website, earth is...
Starting this month, we are featuring recipes from Toronto’s leading chefs, who have created dishes specifically for The Wine Sisters! We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Top Chef Canada’s Elizabeth Rivasplata create the inaugural recipe. Born in Lima, Peru, Elizabeth came to Canada eight years ago, and quickly shot up the ranks in the...
Casa Silva Riserva Carmenere, Colchugua Valley, Chile 2009 Vintages 24679 $15 This deep purple wine is filled with heady aromas of steak spice, game and blueberry. Mid-weight and spicy on the palate, ripe blackberries, cherries are uplifted by a rosemary/minty herbacious finish. Perfect with grilled NY strip. Hecht & Bannier Syrah/Granche/Carignan, Languedoc, France 2009 Vintages...
The title for this blog was laboured over for some time. Journalists are supposed to walk that objective line with superior and differential precision, and even though this is a blog, and not the hard hitting journalism that can be found on the front pages of humourless newspapers around the world, Erin’s former reporting career...
After way too long, The Wine Sisters, Erin & Courtney are back for the next session of the long awaited monthly wine tastings. Erin & Courtney get back into the sip of it with “Around the World in 8 Glasses” on Wednesday, April 18 from 7-9pm at The Chef Upstairs, 516 Mount Pleasant Rd., just...
Whoever thought of Sunday dinner was a genius. For years now, we’ve been getting together to break bread with family and friends — and we have to say, it’s our favourite day of the week. Every Sunday we meet in the afternoon to wander through vegetable stands, butchers’ shops, fromageries or farmers’ markets and see...
