The Travelling Sommelier

The Travelling Sommelier: Oktoberfest – Fall beers and ciders

Hometown News - October 30, 2025

Savour the season with a selection of fall beers and ciders from Ontario and beyond Now that the hot, humid days of summer are behind...

The Travelling Sommelier: Local brewers and distillers updates

Hometown News - October 2, 2025

It’s been a while, and I figured that you would like an update survey of some product highlights on the local scene. I put...

Food & Drink

The Travelling Sommelier: New England, Canada, Greenland and Iceland

Hometown News - September 26, 2024

BRIAN PRESTON In keeping with my title, The Travelling Sommelier, this month I will tell the saga of sailing for 3 weeks from Boston up...

Food & Drink

The Travelling Sommelier – Local breweries

Hometown News - August 30, 2024

BRIAN PRESTON Here we are in August already after a hot July when many of us still look to a brew as a thirst quencher....

Food & Drink

The Travelling Sommelier – Alcohol sales expand amid LCBO strike

Hometown News - July 22, 2024

BRIAN PRESTON Well it finally happened. The Ontario government is keeping an election promise to widen the availability of certain alcoholic beverages to various retail...

Food & Drink

The Travelling Sommelier: Summer wines and Alaskan brews

Hometown News - June 24, 2024

COLUMN BY BRIAN PRESTON This month we will explore summertime wine, Rosé in particular. LCBO is featuring this versatile and easy-drinking wine in their Vintages...

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The Travelling Sommelier: Non-alcoholic beers

Hometown News - February 14, 2024

Non-alcoholic beers have come a long way since I last wrote about them in 2017. Non-alcoholic beer (or NA beer, as it's sometimes called)...

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The Travelling Sommelier: Bridge Masters Brewing Company

Hometown News - January 26, 2024

COLUMN BY BRIAN PRESTON.The Travelling Sommelier, Portland, ON at 613-272-3129, brianpreston@hotmail.com This fall I discovered Bridge Masters Brewery in Perth at 29 Beckwith Street East after visiting...

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The Travelling Sommelier: KIN Vineyard

Hometown News - December 29, 2023

Brian Hamilton is a graduate of Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute, and was previously a winemaker at Malivoire, Southbrook Vineyard and Tawse...

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The Travelling Sommelier: The beers and wines of Collingwood

Hometown News - December 4, 2023

Consider this Part 2, as last month I wrote about Side Launch Brewery, one of what I consider to be the two top breweries...

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