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...
by Nicole MacKay | Nov 29, 2020 | Wine, Sponsored Post
Are you someone that preps for the holiday season weeks in advance? Or do you a fly by the seat of your pants and hope to have an ounce of sanity left by December 24th? I’m somewhere in between the two. Although this year more than ever, I feel the need to get my...