WHAT’S NEW AT FROG’S PAD?
My latest Brublog is up! 
UPCOMING! Rhone wines talk and tasting at the Town of Rothesay, Thursday, February 11th. Limited spots available.
UPCOMING! Sideways Pinot and Merlot tasting at happinez wine bar, Monday, February 15, 2010. For more info go to the happinez site.
UPCOMING! I’m teaching, along with fellow Sommelier Terry Murphy, the Sensory Analysis/Wine Professionalism Course 2010, in Saint John at happinez wine bar. It starts Monday, March 22. Contact me for details.
RED CROSS WINE FAIR Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre, from 7-10 pm. I’m conducting a limited seating pre-event wine tasting, for only $15. To book your spot call 506 674-6195. The Facebook site is here.
ONGOING! Nova Scotia Icewine Festival, Feb 4-14, 2010. To see all the events go to the Wines of Nova Scotia site.
Drink’n'Music is my column of the month for January. This is my annual Top 10 Albums of the Year, paired with 10 favourite tipples. Read it here.
My end of the year column in The Telegraph Journal can be read here.
Be sure to listen to my weekly Shift Sommelier spot at 5:20 pm AST on CBC Shift, Paul Castle’s Radio 1 “drive home” show in New Brunswick, 91.3 FM Saint John, 99.5 FM Fredericton, 106.1 FM Moncton, and online via www.cbc.ca/shift
My 2009 Top 100 in the Telegraph Journal
My 2009 Top 100 Drink Picks supplement just came out in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal on Saturday, December 12th.
Email me and I’ll send you a pdf of the 12 page document.
NEW: My column of the month for December, about my pilgrimage to Burgundy
The famed Hill of Corton
The results of the 2009 Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards, at which I am a judge, are out in this month’s issue of Wine Access. Wineaccess.ca
New Brunswick CAPS Sommelier Courses I am hoping to help teach the Old World and Beer & Spirits modules starting in 2010 in Saint John or Fredericton, New Brunswick. Eligible students should contact me if you are planning to attend. Details will follow, but the plan is to teach weekly, Monday nights, in 4 hour blocks. The total course length is 80 hours. For more information on Sommelier activities in Atlantic Canada, go to the CAPSAC site.
FREE! WINE TASTING NOTES Get monthly tasting notes sent directly to your email with the Wine Access Buyer’s Guide+ enewsletter. These include my picks for wines available in Atlantic Canada. For more info or to subscribe, click here
THE FIRST Annual Atlantic Canada Wine Awards were held in June. Read my article in The Coast about it here.
2009 All Canadian Wine Championships results: I was honoured, once again, to be one of the judges, and am proud to say that Canadian wine is still great and is getting better all the time! For full results go to canadianwinetrail.com
TAPS Magazine, Canada’s beer magazine, is now available digitally online as a subscription. The latest issue is out now. Click the cover for subscription info.
Beer Writer for TAPS, Canada’s Beer Magazine, and Judge at the Canadian Brewing Awards, tapsmedia.ca, canadianbrewingawards.com
Weekly Wine Columnist for New Brunswick’s Provincial Newspaper, The Telegraph Journal, canadaeast.com
Wine Judge for the All Canadian Wine Championships, canadianwinetrail.com
Booze & Pop Culture Columnist CULTURE SCHLOCK and Restaurant Reviewer (Fork It Over)
Beverage Columnist for The Coast, Halifax’s weekly, thecoast.ca
