The Baroness worked at the Toronto art gallery today. We met with Sally and Alex Doulis for dinner after work. They are a fascinating couple who have sailed the world and know International wine, food, and places one must visit. Alex is a best-selling author on offshore investing, banking and income protection. Alex is a sought after advisor on how to structure people's money affairs to maximize return and protection of those assets from the taxman. We met at Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar on Church Street in Toronto. PREVIOUS REFERENCE TO THE WINE BAR HERE.

The restaurant's wine list, under the careful direction of Jamie Drummond, is superb. There are only wonderful wines here!  The food was a mouth-watering selection of tapas.  The seafood themed appetizers were wonderful. The small portions are brimming with flavor and finesse and are to be savored slowly.

The wine was a Blisss Giallo Maremma Sangiovese- Tuscany. This is a new “Super Tuscan.” Maremma is 15 K from Brunello and shares the same quality and soils. Blisss is a new winery, having produced wine for others in the past. The wine has an elegant bouquet of red fruit such as cherries, and long persistence. It's bold, big, smooth and has great body and supple tannins. Although the wine list was extensive, we wanted to match a wine to the mood and the people we were with, so we did the BYOB thing and brought this bottle from home. It's available from the Wine Baron for $198 per case. Contact him here to order.

We walked the Doulises home in the warm summer night. Memories of conversation about world travel, sailing the Mediterranean, and great dining experiences fresh in mind. Hilde and I determined that we want to be more like the Doulises. We hope we can spend more time with them - it'll be an inspiration.