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2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:14September2026: Pythagorio, Samos: Embarrassing Reluctance Being a Tourist: Get Those Cruise Ship Daytrippers Outta Here!
Tourism is enormously important for Greece generating approximately a third of its GDP. Given the swelling mass of tourists I have encountered in this visit Greece faces a potential overtourism problem that must be managed to avoid a negative boomerang. Given the inability of Athens Eleftherios Airport to manage passenger flow, one enters and leaves…
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RKS Spanish Wine: A Monastrell from Jumilla
A joint effort between Familia Bastida and Bodegas Alceño. Aroma: Primary notes of blackberry with secondary notes of cassis and violets. Suggestive of creaminess and generous oak, predominately American. Taste: Gentle mounting acidity in this mid bodied wine certainly diminishes the aromatic hints of creaminess to come as the nose suggests! Cuts the fruitiness “down…
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RKS Ontario Wine: Big Head Red #14
Having scored 91 for Big Head Red #8 and 94 for Big Head Red # 11 I have high expectations for Big Head Red # 14. There are enough grapes in this blend to encourage dizziness; 49% 2024 Cabernet Franc 21% 2024 Cabernet Franc (appassimento) 10% 2024 Syrah (appassimento) 10% 2024 &2025 Dornfelder (appassimento) 5%…
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RKS CANADIAN WINE: PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY CHEATERS?
Approximately 220 kilometres from Toronto and 370 kilometres from Montreal lies Prince Edward County or “the County” as it is affectionately known as. It has its own geographical designation as some of it wines are “VQA Prince Edward County” but many of the wines bottled in the County are made from grapes trucked in from…
