To all my Montreal readers (and maybe even some of you who live elsewhere but might think of visiting Montreal soon): Here's a serious wine bar recommendation for you. Pullman . I wrote a restaurant review for Pullman today. It appears on Midnight Poutine , a local blog on Montreal ...

Who wrote "Top 3 restos" on that ardoise (that's French for blackboard) propped up over there? The establishments I'm about to profile are indeed at the top of my list -- and should be on yours -- but there are so many great bring your own wine restaurants in Montreal that I'll hold back from calling them the Top 3 or the best in the city. In these Jan Wong'ed times, a contention like...

I don't know quite what to think now. When I heard about wine anarchists cellaring wine at the bottom of a frozen lake, I first imagined the move as state-of-the-art, then as a fanciful prank. In the end, I think it was a sincere gesture made by wine lovers who ...

The following crib notes are gathered from around the Internet and beyond for my imminently approaching birthday dinner. Vineland Estates Dry Riesling 1994 L'entrée The most memorable property along the Niagara wine route is none other than Vineland Estates Winery. Some say it’s because of its location—on the bench of ...

René-Noël Legrand makes a Cabernet in the Loire Valley called Les Terrages . If you can find it, especially the 2001 or 2002 vintages, don't hesitate to purchase as many bottle as you can. If you like to eat when you drink wine you are guaranteed to fall in love ...

I encountered an interesting tasting note while hitting my usual stops online. It is a very accurate description of something I've drunk a lot over the past year. So I am quite pleased that the guy who wrote this really nailed it like he did. Can you identify what he's ...

In a nod to De Long Wine Moment 's recent roster of nominees for the Worst Wine Ever, the following Top 10 is an equal-opportunity listing celebrating both extremes of my trip last week. Can you separate the best from the worst? The wheat from the chaff? The Château d'Yquem ...

What do you do when you are in a fancy restaurant and your waiter opens your Crémant de Bourgogne all over your table, sending spurts of fizzy wine up and around you like a champion Daytona 500 racecar driver? Question his professionalism perhaps. And then ask the sommelier about how ...

I finally got around to seeing the latest film by Michel Gondry , who is one of my favourite directors. He did Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and a pile of music videos. Really good music videos. Anyway the movie is not about wine in any way, nor is ...

And meals at three worthwhile corkage-free restaurants in New York help prove it!! Around this time last year, I picked an excellent wine and called it my favourite of the year. Now that the first week of 2007 has already gone by, this post seems a little late. (Almost all ...