The Travelling Sommelier

The Travelling Sommelier: Winery visits and tastings are dropping

Hometown News - December 8, 2025

Rising fees highlight changes in winery visits and tastings Recent articles in several trade publications point to the same trend. The wine industry is facing...

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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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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