Tag: wine

Alcohol on the brain

By Edward Willett in Columns, Science Columns
October 10, 2011
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[podcast]https://edwardwillett.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/10/Alcohol-on-the.mp3[/podcast] Human beings have been using and abusing alcohol for a very long time: roughly 10,000 years, give or take a long weekend. The effects of drinking too much of the stuff have been known for every one of those 10,000 years (although individuals somehow seem to forget them within a remarkably short time frame). …

The world’s oldest winery

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
January 12, 2011
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[podcast]https://edwardwillett.com/wp-content/upLoads//2011/01/The-Worlds-Oldest-Winery.mp3[/podcast] My wife and I are wine enthusiasts. We belong to all the local wine societies, have written about wine for local magazines, occasionally conduct wine tastings and we’ve even got our own wine-related website, The Willetts on Wine (www.willettsonwine.com). That being the case, I keep an eye on wine news: and this past week …

The Willetts on Wine: Madeleine Angevine and beyond: adventures in wine-tasting

By Edward Willett in Blog, Wine Column
December 3, 2010
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Adventure, discovery and exploring the unknown are all aspects of a great vacation—and a great wine-tasting. This summer we had both, when our trip to British Columbia brought us the Larch Hills Winery in the Salmon Arm area. Upon discovering at our hotel that the Okanagan’s northernmost vineyards were only a few minutes’ drive away, …

The Willetts on Wine: East is east, and west is west…but which has the best wine?

By Edward Willett in Blog, Wine Column
September 22, 2010
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Here’s the wine column my wife, Margaret Anne, and I wrote for the Summer issues of Fine Lifestyles Regina and Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon… *** It’s Canada Day as we write this, and we’re feeling patriotic. Today’s Rider game is even a classic East-versus-West match tailor-made to resonate with the Canadian psyche. This is a wine …

The Willetts on Wine: How do I rate thee? Let me count the ways…

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns
July 16, 2010
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One last bit of writing from the spring issues of Fine Lifestyles Regina and Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon, as the release of the summer issues approaches. Here’s “The Willetts on Wine,” the wine column I write with my wife, Margaret Anne… *** When you go into the liquor store, you’re faced with a bewildering selection of …

The Willetts on Wine: Wine – it’s what’s for dinner

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 9, 2010
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Continuing the run-up to the release of the spring issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina, here’s “The Willetts on Wine,” the wine column penned by my wife, Margaret Anne, and myself, from winter issue of FLR, in which it premiered. Eventually there’ll be a dedicated Willetts on Wine website to replace the old Blogger blog we …

It’s alive! It’s alive!

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 28, 2008
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The Willetts on Wine.

Wine’s not just good for your heart…

By Edward Willett in Blog
June 26, 2007
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…it may also (both red and white) combat tooth-decay and upper-respiratory-tract-infection bacteria.

Photo of the Day: Glasses at the Ready

By Edward Willett in Blog
June 17, 2007
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More photos here.

Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home…

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 26, 2007
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…you’re stinking up my wine: Ladybugs may look pretty but they also have a dark side. In some places, the polka-dotted insects have become a nuisance by invading homes and crops, including some vineyards. To make matters worse, the bugs produce a foul-smelling liquid that, besides irritating homeowners, can be inadvertently processed along with grapes …

Willetts on Wine active again

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 22, 2007
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I had the pleasure of attending the local launch of Lindeman’s new line of wines from South Africa this afternoon at the Willow on Wascana. You can read my impressions of the wines at our Willetts on Wine blog, now once more (after a serious hiatus) being regularly updated. If you’re interested in the opinions …

The truth about terroir

By Edward Willett in Blog
October 31, 2006
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If there was a theme to this year’s Wine and Food Festival at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, from which my wife and I just returned (feeling very well wined and dined indeed, thank you very much) it was terroir. Terroir is a French word which has no English equivalent (and the French like it …