Joyce Halsey Gay
Chocolate Excellence: Valrhona
Valrhona makes the finest quality chocolate for professional chocolatiers, and their Cité du Chocolate shares it with the rest of us.
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Joyce Halsey Gay
Apr 242 min read
Timeless: The Wine Legacy of Abbaye de Fontfroide
This abbey in the Languedoc region of France provides history, beauty and wine in equal measures.
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Joyce Halsey Gay
Mar 252 min read
Unwrapping French Easter Chocolate Traditions: A Chocolate Lover’s Guide
As the spring season blooms, Easter brings with it a myriad of traditions, each unique to different cultures around the world. In France,...
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Brent McTavish
Jan 27, 20233 min read
Happy National Chocolate Cake Day
Each year, 27 January is observed as "National Chocolate Cake Day" in North America. It honours the approximately 250+ years this...
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Brent McTavish
Jan 19, 20222 min read
When spice and citrus mix in harmony with sweet and bitter
Bal Pagès, absolutely stunning label evoking images of vintage parties from the 1930s , has an equally stunning and unique taste.
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Brent McTavish
Jul 6, 20203 min read
Chocoholics of the World Rejoice! World Chocolate Day is here!
This special day dedicated to all things cocoa-based is certainly not a time to discriminate. Go on, indulge yourself!
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Brent McTavish
Jun 25, 20208 min read
A Rosé is a Rosé is a Rosé
In celebration of International Rosé Wine Day, I thought it apropos to focus this blog on the often maligned and misunderstood pink wine.
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Brent McTavish
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Happy Chocolate Ice Cream Day!
It it often said, that Ice cream’s birthplace reaches as far back as the Second Century B.C.
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Brent McTavish
Mar 8, 20203 min read
I a Gris
If you are one of the many people who still do not like Rose Wine, why not try a Vin Gris. You might just a Gris with me.
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Brent McTavish
Feb 9, 20203 min read
Keep an eye out for Moroccan Wines. You might be pleasantly surprised.
Traveling to distant lands offers so many fascinating opportunities for discovery. One of my favourite discoveries is tasting local wines.
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