THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
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WHAT A BLASS
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I have to agree with Matt Lane when he tells me, “The Grey Label Cabernet is one of the most aromatic wines you’ll ever try.” This wine from Wolf Blass has a surprising chocolate-mint nose.
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CANADA DAY COCKTAILS
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Beer may be the unofficial drink that Canadians will reach for to celebrate the anniversary of our dominion on July 1 but if you're looking to mix things up or add a little class to your soiree, consider these cocktails.
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INTO THE DARK
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The makers of Rickard's Dark invited Jimmy Hogg to experience their product at a unique dining event. He joined other media types at a dining in the dark experience where he sampled mini-pulled pork sliders, cheddar-and-beer soup, beef tenderloin and, of course, plenty of Rickard's Dark.
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BUSTED: THE CHILLED GLASS
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Pouring a beer into a chilled glass will only make the drink taste worse. Drinks commentator Jimmy Hogg explains why beer glasses should always be at room temperature. He´s got a strong case, even science agrees.
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LA DOLCE VITA
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This is a drinks column, so let me get philosophical. What is life about? Seriously. C’mon, you can answer that. You’re an adult, more or less. So what then? Is it about the so-called big things – ecstatic visions, Nobel Prizes, space travel? No. It’s about the little things. The quiet blessings. If you’re lucky, a succession of them, passing by almost unnoticed.
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MAXIMIZE THE BUZZ
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Many a men have gotten regrettably smashed at a wedding. In this clip, TORO´s Jimmy Hogg gives these amateur tipplers a lesson on maximizing your buzz while maintaining your cool, for those times when someone else picks up the big nuptial tab. He´s got it down to an art form.
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BINGING IN THE U.K.
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I remember when I was a teenager kicking around the streets of Plymouth in Southwest England that all the pubs used to close between three and five in the afternoon; it was the law. Sunday’s were even more ridiculous, as pubs would open at noon, but serve only until two-thirty, then reopen at seven and close again a little after 10.
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SURVEY SAYS ... YOU'RE WASTED
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¨Of course, when looking for the definition of "binge drinking," it really depends on who you ask. In a recent study conducted in Ireland they found that what drinkers defined as binge drinking greatly differed from that of non-drinkers – big surprise there.
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COTTAGE TIME IS PARTY TIME
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I love Canada. I love living here. I particularly love the long hot summers that stretch on into September. But one thing I can’t abide after my seven years here is everyone’s obsession with going to the cottage and getting wasted all weekend in some kind of tacky "Girls Gone Wild" fashion, like they’re on spring break in Miami with Daddy’s credit card.
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BAGGED BOOZE
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Drink´s columnist Jimmy Hogg comments on the bagged booze, pornography, cigarettes, crack, anarchy, France and West Virginia this week in a whirlwind critique of society´s uptight liquor laws.
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