by Nicole MacKay | Dec 26, 2020 | Wine, Sponsored Post
Opening a bottle of sparkling wine can seem like quite a commitment, especially in 2020. This year, most celebrations are relegated to less than a handful of people. If you pop a cork, you’ve pretty much pledged to finish that bottle. I have a couple of...
by Nicole MacKay | Dec 20, 2020 | Wine, Sponsored Post
For reasons beyond our control, Canadians are being forced to throw their holiday entertaining schedule out the window. An evening with girlfriends, a neighbourhood open house, an office Christmas party – it’s all cancelled! Some may sigh in relief while...
by Nicole MacKay | Dec 14, 2020 | Wine, Sponsored Post
Wine is paradoxically one of the easiest and most difficult things to give as a gift. It can be a thoughtless, grab-and-go, hand-it-over absentmindedly in a wine bag kind of present. Or it can be an impactful buying decision, with meaning and significance. The...
by Nicole MacKay | Dec 9, 2020 | Sponsored Post, Wine
If you went into a wine shop today, could you confidently pick out a bottle of Champagne to buy? I ask whether it’s with confidence because for the amount of money a single bottle costs, shouldn’t you know what grapes are in it? Or how it even got its...
by Nicole MacKay | Dec 7, 2020 | Wine, Sponsored Post
It’s hard to buy anything of a certain quality these days for less than $25, let alone a wine that makes its way from another part of the world. Depending on where you live, a bottle travels through several hands before it lands on store shelves. And those hands...
