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David Lawrason
Food & Drink
The LCBO’s best bottles of wine for $15 or less
Need a good bottle for this weekend that's not gonna break the bank? We've got you covered
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Taste your way through Portugal with these five white wines
Five excellent brancos to add to your LCBO shopping list
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Five before-dinner drinks to serve before a holiday feast
Meet the main meal's opening lineup
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There’s something so civilized about buying wine at your local farmers’ market. Grab one of these bottles for Thanksgiving (and pick up pie while you're at it)
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The Reign in Spain: five bottles of garnacha to get you through what’s left of winter
Grenache, or garnacha, is like the white T-shirt of the wine world: low-priced, beloved, and it goes with everything Garnacha is...
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A Bottle for All Reasons: because every holiday event goes better with wine
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Small-Batch Wonders: gorgeous red wines that won’t break the bank
This party season, skip the show-offy bottles for reds with a little more nuance (and a lot less sticker shock) As the holidays...
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Pretty in Pink: six quality rosés to bring to the barbecue
Rosés are the thing to drink this summer—they’re dry, refreshing and a great match for the ’cue Now that rosé is...
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Spring Wine: five cool French whites that only taste like they cost a fortune
Spring dishes beg to be paired with delicate, aromatic and refreshing whites, and these days I’m looking to Europe to find...
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From Riesling to Pinot Noir, here are five can’t-miss new wines from Australia
In the ’80s, Australia’s vintners created a wildly popular, new style of red wine with their plush, chest-warming shirazes...
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Shiraz-mataz: the LCBO’s best five syrahs under $20
The wine most likely to make you forget it’s February Syrah, a.k.a. shiraz, is my winter wine—a seductive red with fiery...
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Five biodynamic wines worth buying now
After years of trial and error by dedicated winemakers, biodynamic bottles are finally coming into their own Like organic...
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Best Wines: six top New Zealand vintages from the LCBO’s latest release
The LCBO’s latest batch of New Zealand wines includes plenty of top-notch sauvignon blancs, which account for 70 per cent of the...
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Nine Ontario sparkling wines that are twice as good as champagne for half the price
I will not be buying champagne for my New Year’s celebration. You can’t beat French bubbly for ostentatious luxury, but for...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: an impressive Italian blend at a great price
Zenato 2009 Rosso $11.25 | Veneto, Italy | The hills of Veneto in the vicinity of Verona are home to fresh, light valpolicella on...
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Nine wines to build an unbeatable cellar, chosen by our critic David Lawrason
I recently spent an evening with my cousin pouring over-the-hill wine down the sink, about 10 bottles in all. We tasted each one...
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The New Guard: the best of the bunch from the LCBO’s fall release
Fashion is fickle, even in wine. There are occasional stampedes toward trendy brands: Argentina’s Fuzion and Australia’s...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a rich Ontario baco noir from an especially fulsome vintage
Henry Of Pelham 2010 Reserve Baco Noir $24.95 | Ontario | For the next two weeks, the LCBO and Vintages are rolling out an Ontario...
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Gamay Days: David Lawrason picks nine of his favourite gamays, from France to Niagara
Gamay is often known as the grape that makes lowly beaujolais nouveau, the gassy juice that’s sold only weeks after the grapes...
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Casing Prince Edward County: five fabulous, under-the-radar wines
(Illustration of Lawrason: Jack Dylan)
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Nine vibrant, refreshing rieslings that make for perfect patio sippers
There’s nothing quite like the crack of a crisp riesling on a bright spring evening. That bolt of vibrant, citrusy...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a Niagara red from the region’s best vintage to celebrate Canada Day
Trius 2010 Red $21.95 | Niagara Peninsula | If you want to celebrate Canada Day with a homegrown wine, this Ontario red is the...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a sprightly, award-winning Niagara riesling
Vineland Estates 2009 St. Urban Riesling $19.95 | Niagara Escarpment | The Ontario Wine Awards were announced in...
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David Lawrason’s Weekly Wine Pick: a classy Austrian white
Bründlmayer 2010 Kamptaler Terrassen Grüner Veltliner $19.95 | Kamptal, Austria | While The Donald was cutting the ribbon...
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
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Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
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The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
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My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
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Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
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293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
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Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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For Sale: 75 Queen Street
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