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Wine in Corner Stores! Loblaws Boycott! The Norm is NOT okay!

Season 1, Ep. 19

There's been a lot of food and wine news going on!


Doug Ford recently announced that come hell or high water booze will be in corner stores! is this a win for the industry?

May is over - what did the Loblaws boycott accomplish?

Norman Hardie has been making appearances at a variety of wine events - what's up with that?


Additional Reading and Listening:

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/845-commons-against-the-wind/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-winemaker-norman-hardie-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/

https://www.beanfield.com/


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You can follow André at instagram @andrewinereview


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