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The Kingsway/Islington Wine Tasters’ group were hosted by Ruth Warren and Pat and Murray Wood in the month of October. As usual we sampled two red and two white wines. South Eastern Australia, Jacob’s Creek – Cabernet / Sauvignon 2022 The most popular of the afternoon was Jacob’s Creek Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon This medium-bodied blend boasts flavours ofContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #57”

In August, the Probus Walking Club visited the Toronto Islands.  Taking the ferry from the Jack Layton Ferry terminal at Queen’s Quay and Bay Street, we sailed to Hanlan’s Point to begin our adventure. I chose to start the walk at Hanlan’s Point because I figured that many day camps would be going to CentreContinueContinue reading “September Walk 2025”

In late Spring, the walking club took a stroll through downtown Toronto. We started at Bay and Bloor and headed south on Bay St. From the intersection we had a good view of the troubled condo tower “One” that has been taken over by a new company after the original ran out of funds. ContinuingContinueContinue reading “August 2025 Walk”

By James Rayner A recent walk on May 8th, took us through the classy neighbourhoods of Moore Park and Rosedale. We travelled to the St. Clair subway station and walked east along St. Clair to Inglewood Drive.  On the way, we passed over the great bridge on St. Clair that crosses the picturesquely named MudContinueContinue reading “May 2025 Walk”

By Jennifer Roberts On Thursday, May 1 the wine tasting group met with Jennifer Roberts being the host to sample and discuss some interesting wines.  The two most popular were both white Rieslings from Germany. More than half of the group would buy either of these wines. Germany (Pfalz), Sankt Annaberg, 355 NN Riesling, 2022 TheContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #53”

The Probus Walking Club held its first outing on March 26th.  We walked through the area of Toronto known as The Annex, an area of the city stretching from Avenue Road to Bathurst Street, and from Bloor Street to the CP railway line just above Dupont Street.  The area was a prosperous neighbourhood that wasContinueContinue reading “April 2025 Walk”

The April Wine Tasting meeting was held at the home of Ruth Warren and was co-hosted by Ruth and Murray and Pat Wood. We were pleased to have all four members who are on our waitlist in attendance for this session. We like to extend an invitation to people on the wait list when some ofContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #52”

The Wine Tasting club held its March 2025 monthly meeting at the home of Joan and James Rayner.  The hosts are regular readers of The Wine column in the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star, written by Carolyn Evans Hammond (CEH).  One particular column was titled Six Wonderful Steals under $15.00. We decided to tryContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #51”

After taking a break in January, the February 2025 Wine Tasting meeting was on Thursday, February 6th at Mary Mulligan’s apartment with all 14 members attending. The two most popular wines tried were the Bask Vineyard’s Pinot Grigio from Niagara, Ontario and Tom Gore’s Cabernet Sauvignon from California. Niagara, Ontario, Bask Vineyard, Pinot Grigio This isContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #50”

Summary of ‘The Maidens’ written by Alex Michaelides, by Darlene Leaver: The novel The Maidens is written by Alex Michaelides born in Cyprus. This novel is a murder mystery of 333 pages set in London, England, Cambridge and Greece. There are eight college students known as The Maidens, a secret society of female students, who areContinueContinue reading “The Page Turners #29”