I grew up in a suburb outside of Toronto, and have lived in the city proper for the bulk of my adult life. My decade of Torontonianism has been broken by stints in bigger, cooler, more glamorous cities; in the months I spent looking forward to those moves, I would spit all over Toronto in my head: “It’s second-rate,” I thought, “It’s drab. We have no culture here. I am bored of … [Read more...] about The Sprudge Wine Guide To Toronto
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Where To Drink Natural Wine In Montreal’s Vast Food Scene
Waves of white ham roll beneath curls of cheese and drizzled butter at Le Vin Papillon, making an indulgently perfect snack to accompany a glass of pét-nat, a draw for diners familiar with the food of the resto's world-famous sibling spot Joe Beef. As they wash down sea urchin in white gazpacho with a funky orange or pair a meaty mozzarella with an earthy red, the decadent, … [Read more...] about Where To Drink Natural Wine In Montreal’s Vast Food Scene
RAW Meets Canada: The Very Best Of RAW Wine Montreal 2018
Montreal is Canada’s buzziest food and wine city, the country's French capital and undisputed natural wine mecca. On Thursday, November 1st the city played host to Canada's first-ever RAW WINE fair event, a prelude of sorts to the massive RAW events happening across North America in the month of November. The culture of RAW, celebrating unadulterated, evocative wines, was … [Read more...] about RAW Meets Canada: The Very Best Of RAW Wine Montreal 2018
Grape Witches: Toronto’s Wine-Loving Art Party Culture Coven
Sometimes it takes a witch to make wine more fun. Part consultancy, part event designers, part mobile party service, part Dionysian coven, Nicole Campbell and Krysta Oben are the Grape Witches, a Toronto-based many-headed hydra of natural wine appreciation and art-party fun. Featured extensively in publications like Vice, Bartender Atlas, and the new Pipette Magazine, Grape … [Read more...] about Grape Witches: Toronto’s Wine-Loving Art Party Culture Coven
The RAW WINE Fair Is Coming To Montréal
The headline's true! This coming fall, on November 1st the groundbreaking international RAW WINE Fair festival will host their first-ever event in Canada, bringing a one-day only exhibition of global natural winemakers to the food-obsessed, thoroughly Francophone city of Montréal. This all takes place on November 1st 2018, which means it will be only starting to get cold in … [Read more...] about The RAW WINE Fair Is Coming To Montréal