Tom Firth
Tom Firth is a writer, wine consultant, judge and a member of the Wine Access National Tasting Panel. He loves to chat about all things wine and blogs for wineaccess.ca, tweets as @cowtownwine and is a general nuisance.
The 2011 Food Lover Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday gifts for foodies, gourmets and people who love to cook
Compiled by Allison McNeely
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This festive dishtowel features a modern print of birds, holiday berries and ornaments. It’s perfect for holiday cooking and entertaining. Suggested retail is $7.95. Go to crateandbarrel.ca for more information and call 1-888-657-4108 to order.
Photo courtesy of Crate and Barrel
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Cruising Café California
Near the end of a busy few weeks of wine shows across Canada, a brief respite from the chaos brings a great, consumer friendly wine and food tasting from California Wines and Far Niente in Toronto.
Before you think that all wine professionals do is just cruise around the globe drinking fine wine and eating sumptuous meals you should know that this is only a small part of what really happens. I spent most of the last 2 months going to wine shows and tasting events across Canada. A lot of time spent in airports and a lot of time working in hotel rooms. Wine Access has been at a number of excellent consumer shows this fall starting with the Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival in Calgary and just recently ending with the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo in Toronto.
