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Joie Farm 2013 Pinot Blanc
Pale gold appearance. Unique sharp aroma of candied apple and citrus. Dry but ripe fruit and heat (14% abv); strong acidity, light-to-medium body. Grapefruit, ripe fruit, mineral. Very good length with...
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Meyer 2013 Riesling
I visited Meyer August 9, 2014 and picked up two bottles of this Riesling along with a couple of their great Pinot Noir releases. It’s well worth visiting their tasting room. This Riesling is their...
View ArticleRobin Williams
He’s been remembered in recent days for the obvious stuff: Mork; Good Will Hunting; Doubtfire; and so on. All great. But for me, and I think my daughter Karina, it’s his reading of “The Fool and the...
View ArticleBrian Francis Loch Ryan, 1931-2014
Note: I planned on submitting this to papers in Vancouver and Queensland, but the quoted costs made me laugh out loud (e.g. $1700 for the Brisbane Courier Mail). Posting it here will probably make it...
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2011 8th Generation Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
Very pale silver appearance. Strong nose of citrus and ripe apple, along with a vegetal quality. Dry, strong acidity, medium body. Strong lemon along with grapefruit and pear. This is a really decent...
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Nk’Mip 2013 Dreamcatcher
This is a blend of Riesling (73.3%) and Chenin Blanc. Pale gold, medium-whiff citrus and sage. Off-dry, high acidity, intense lemon and apricot, distinct from the aroma. Full body. Good length. Very...
View ArticleThree Tracks: 2013
I had this in mind a year ago, but never got around to posting it (see Three Tracks: 2014). Three tracks that defined my year: Jon Hopkins, “Open Eye Signal” The track is a journey, a revelation (and...
View ArticleThree Tracks: 2014
Three tracks that defined my year: Sun Kil Moon, “Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes” Chilling, intense. One of the best-ever songs about death of all sorts. “And I remember just where I...
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Church & State 2011 Coyote Bowl Series Syrah
Decanted about forty-five minutes. Deep ruby appearance. Medium intensity aroma of wood, berry, and pepper. Light-to-medium body, nice level of tannins. Oak-smoke, vanilla-clove, cherry and blueberry....
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Ride to Conquer Cancer 2015
Last weekend, I cycled from Vancouver to Seattle—well, actually Surrey to Redmond, with a bit of a gap in the middle—in support of the BC Cancer Foundation. It was my first year doing the Ride to...
View ArticleThree Tracks: 2015
Better late that even later. Three tracks that defined my year in 2015: Beach House, “Space Song” It was a year of transition. At the tail end of summer, walking and biking Cannon Beach in Oregon, I...
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2016 Fraser Valley GranFondo
I cycled my first Gran Fondo, the Prospera Fraser Valley, on July 24. I rode the Ride to Conquer Cancer last year, but the first day of that ride was cut short by weather, and the second, while 133km,...
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My First Crash
It was inevitable. I knew that, but I had put it out of my mind and only fully realized it later. On August 6 I was out with Paul Moffat‘s Velosophy crew and we had just had a nice run from Vancouver...
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My Year in Cycling: 2016
In 2015 I joined a cycling group (OvCare) and did the Ride to Conquer Cancer, Vancouver to Seattle (see my post on that trip). It was a good year, and a decent introduction to more serious road...
View ArticleA request for 2017
There has been much discussion about how 2016 was rough: mostly because we saw Donald Trump elected President of the U.S. People talk about a “post-truth” era, and shake their heads. And yet, many of...
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A Winter of Indoor Cycle Training
I’m heading off to the Malibu GranFondo soon, which will be my first significant outdoor ride of the year. 151km followed by a time trial—my first ever—may sound like starting off the year with a bang:...
View ArticleThree Tracks: 2016
Three tracks that defined my year in 2016 (I’m late again this year): David Bowie, “Lazarus” A brilliant swan song. “This way or no way / You know I’ll be free / Just like that bluebird / Now, ain’t...
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Yukon-Alaska September 2017
A random encounter, an invitation, a whim, a ticket. Excepting great circle flights I’d never been north of Prince Rupert, which seemed to be the waterlogged, depressing and depressed end of the road....
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How I Dramatically Improved My Fondo Performance in Just a Year
In September 2016 I rode my first Whistler GranFondo. I’d only participated in one other fondo before this, the Fraser Valley, in July; in that event, I had struggled in the last 30km or so. The Valley...
View ArticleThree Tracks: 2017
Three tracks that defined my year in 2017. Big Thief, “Shark Smile” Ah, the sound of this track makes me move, makes me tear up. This is my music. “And she said woo, baby, take me. And I said woo,...
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