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My next happinez wine bar tasting will be about New Zealand. I just got back from there and had a wonderful trip. We’ll be tasting some great Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, and perhaps some other surprises, plus I will do a short presentation, with pictures from my trip.
You can see a recent article about my NZ trip here.
Check out my annual Drink’n'Music Column for 2011, featuring my top 10 albums of the year matched with drinks.
Here is an article I write recently about Glenora Single Malt Whisky from Cape Breton.
The results of the 2011 Atlantic Canada Wine Awards were very positive for New Brunswick. Read my story about it here.
Check out Palate Press for my recent article about Minnesota grapes being used successfully in New Brunswick.
NOTE: In order to read my weekly column every Friday in New Brunswick’s Provincial Newspaper, The Telegraph Journal, you now have to be a paid subscriber. This includes the online version, so I cannot paste links to my column here. Go to Telegraphjournal.com to subscribe. I’m proud to have been the provincial booze columnist for over 10 years now! From time to time I will paste my articles here on my site.
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 http://www.cbc.ca/shift/columnists/sommelier/
This past August in Halifax I judged the Wine Access 2011 Canadian Wine Awards. Full results are announced in the current issue of Wine Access here.
For an article on the experience, check this out!
I was also a judge at the 2011 International Value Wine Awards, brought to you by Wine Access. For results click here.
2011 All Canadian Wine Championships I was proud to judge again this year! Results can be found here: canadianwinetrail.com
CAPS SENSORY EVALUATION MODULE: The following class is hopefully going to be offered starting early 2012. The course curriculum is currently under revision to mesh with CAPS in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. There will definitely be a clas in Halifax. New Brunswick will depend on the interest level. Please contact me if you are interested in Wine Education in Saint John:
Soon I’ll be doing my 4th Annual Top 100 Good Drink Picks in the Telegraph Journal, for 2011. If you want a copy of the 2010 pdf file, please email me at Craig@wineaccess.ca
East Coast-It Notes is my online column at WineAccess.ca.
Here is an article about my pilgrimage to Burgundy
The famed Hill of Corton
New Brunswick CAPS Sommelier Courses We are hoping to teach the Old World and Beer & Spirits modules starting in 2012 in Saint John or Fredericton, New Brunswick. Eligible students should contact me if you are planning to attend. 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.
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.
I’m a Beer Writer for TAPS, Canada’s Beer Magazine, and I sometimes judge at the Canadian Brewing Awards, tapsmedia.ca, canadianbrewingawards.com
I am also a beverage columnist for The Coast, Halifax’s weekly, thecoast.ca