Matthew Sullivan lives in Toronto. Besides writing about wine, he is a lawyer practicing public law, which helps pay the bar tab. His weekly wine column for Precedent Magazine can be found at www.lawandstyle.ca/shortcellar.
I work in an office tower in downtown Toronto with a liquor store at the foot of the elevator. This…
The “etiquette” (or label) on a bottle of cognac is an arcane document. Even understanding how old your cognac is…
Every two weeks, the wine critics of Toronto gather at an old warehouse by the expressway. One by one they…
There is a legend in China about the origin of tea. It is said that Bodhidharma — the Indian missionary…
“Wine critics are not afraid to cry.” That’s what I told myself a few months ago at the Green Living…
If you were marooned on a desert island with only a corkscrew and one bottle of wine, what wine would…
The worst wine I’ve ever tasted was given to me by a Zen Master. He handed me a slim bottle…
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