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Are you able to purchase it in Ontario? I have not found it here and bring it in from elsewhere.

Montreal has a pretty great food and wine scene. One of the neat aspects is that there are a number of excellent wines that I haven't seen in the US but do see in France: Karim Vionnet's Beaujolais and Cyril Fahl's Ctes Catalanes (Clos du Rouge Gorge), for example. Check out Pullman wine bar...

Does anyone know if this is also the case with the Frapatto? The SP68 that arrived in Montreal in August/September is L0109 and the Frapatto that arrived at the same time is LF0109.

As one of the newbies in question, I'll just point out that I was disagreeing with fillay and not Joe Dressner. Mea culpa about the humor. I'll try to tell someone to fuck off next time I post.

Just to second what Putnam said: I spent a LOT of time in the Lutz in the mid 90s and heard the Dennis Hopper line from Blue Velvet more than a few times. David Lynch was big, especially among the Reed students, and PBR was cheap. That said, it's hard to believe the Lutz was really as important...

Fillay: That makes sense that NAFTA would prevent duties on US wines that dont apply to Canadian wines, but Im pretty sure the LCBO still prices Ontario wines more aggressively. Maybe theres just less of a retail markup on the Canadian/Ontario wines? Claude: thats what I guessed. Thanks for...

Without wading into the question of subsidies, I'll just point out that Canadian and especially Ontario wines receive preferential pricing (lower taxes) from the state-owned alcohol monopoly in Ontario and I believe in a number of other provinces as well. Is this the case in the US? Do...

I'm not too far from "the County" and go tasting there at least once a year. I've never been to Redtail, but can comment a bit on the area. "The County" is a pretty hot culinary region in general, with a number of well-known Toronto chefs moving there. There are probably fifteen different...