March 2003

Malivoire 2002

by alec on March 30, 2003

A while back I ordered a couple of cases of Malivoire’s latest releases.  Malivoire is a Beamsville Bench winery in Niagara, which is most famous for it’s reserve chardonnay, which was chosen by our Governor General for the Rideau Hall wine cellar.

Ladybug ($15, only from the winery) is a full bodied rosé.  It has a great nose — lots of fruit, especially strawberry, to it.  The wine is relatively uncomplicated with a round, full bodied (for rosé) flavour with little acidity.  We had it with teryaki BBQ’d marlin, which was a fine accompaniment. It needs delicately flavored food.  For an hors d’oeuvre we ate wheat crackers with gorgonzola cheese, and the gorgonzola was really too much for this wine.

Five more bottles downstairs.  This will be a great summertime sipper for the hot sun and light food.

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by alec on March 29, 2003

Pro-USA Rallies

Pro-war Canadians march in Ottawa, Red Deer.  4,500 people — 4,000 in Ottawa, and 500 in Red Deer Alberta. 

  

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March 27, 2003

Celluci Part 3 More from this morning’s papers, and the web.  First, courtesy of the US Embassy: Celluci’s speech. Yes, it’s inflammatory.  But Mr. Celluci goes to great pains in the first half of the speech to acknowledge Canadian contributions.  It’s a measured rebuke, as opposed to throwing down a gauntlet.  Three stories from this morning’s [...]

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March 26, 2003

NY Times on Canadian Anti-Americanism. Canadians of Two Minds Over Neighbor to the South.   A rational voice.   

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March 25, 2003

Pointless and Petty The NY Stock Exchange has taken away Al Jazeera reporter Ammar Al-Sankari’s press privileges.  “A factor in our consideration was Al-Jazeera’s carrying of images of captured or downed allied troops,”   

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March 20, 2003

A couple days back I received this short report from Venture Communications on “Synchronized Marketing”.  The notion of Synchronized Marketing is to extend Integrated Marketing to the whole organization — what the academics have been telling us for years, which is that the market needs to drive the organization.  A bit of a wake-up call [...]

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March 19, 2003

Pro-USA Rallies Pro-war Canadians march in Ottawa, Red Deer.  4,500 people — 4,000 in Ottawa, and 500 in Red Deer Alberta.    

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March 18, 2003

Radio Silence I’m heading for a couple of weeks of holiday with my kids.  No blogs, no email during that time.  Just relaxation, fun and sun.  When I get back, the world may be a different place.  The imminent war we’ve all been following for months may have started, and who knows what might be [...]

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March 12, 2003

A couple days back I received this short report from Venture Communications on “Synchronized Marketing”.  The notion of Synchronized Marketing is to extend Integrated Marketing to the whole organization — what the academics have been telling us for years, which is that the market needs to drive the organization.  A bit of a wake-up call [...]

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Malivoire Shipment Arrives

March 10, 2003

My order from Malivoire arrived yesterday.  I was forced to pick it up on the way to work, which, of course, meant that we had to sample a couple there. Malivoire’s 2001 Pinot Noir is light, and easy to drink with a powerful nose.  The wine has scents of wood — oak, maybe even cedar, [...]

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