Former NHL forward turned broadcaster Jim Fox has been around the world in pursuit of the best wine. Here are his Top 5 wine destinations:
- Wine Tour on bike on the outskirts of Beaune, Burgundy, France
- Barrel tasting at Roberto Voerzio Winery, La Morra, Barolo, Piedmonte, Italy
- Tasting Class and barrel tasting at Chateau Lynch Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France)
- Dinner and tasting at Savier Vineyards, just southeast of Calistoga, California, at sunset looking back over Napa Valley
- Anywhere in Tuscany, Italy followed by a glass of wine in the Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Florida Panthers defenseman Willie Mitchell, formerly of the Vancouver Canucks, recommends Hawksworth restaurant in downtown Vancouver, located inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia. "Kind of a west coast with a little bit of a French twist to it – a lot of depth to it," he says. "A lot of meat and a little bit of texture. … The scallops are outstanding – anything for that matter."
JP
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Where will ‘Lou’ land?
Author: Bruce Mason
Roberto Luongo is the epitome of unpredictable.
Sometimes he’ll post a shutout (Game 5 of 2011 Cup Finals), then follow with a three-goal, first-period horror show (Game 6 of 2011 Cup Finals).
Sometimes he’ll get stoked for overtime – then miss the opening minutes because nature is calling.
Sometimes he’ll say, “I always want to put the team ahead of me,” when, in actuality, he’s minutes away from requesting a trade, which happened in April when Los Angeles terminated his Vancouver Canucks’ playoff run.
So we might not know how Roberto Luongo’s future will unfold. We do know this: When “Luongo” and “request” are mentioned in the same sentence, silly things happen.
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Tags: Blackhawks, Canucks, Chicago, Florida, Lightning, Maple Leafs, Panthers, Roberto Luongo, tampa bay, Toronto, Vancouver | 
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MVP Giroux leads first-half NHL Awards
Author: J.P. Hoornstra
Flyers center Claude Giroux is the first-half MVP | photo by Dan Hickling
It is January 6 and several NHL teams have played their 41st game of the 82-game regular season. The Calgary Flames even jumped the gun Thursday and became the first NHL team to play 42 – ironic, considering they are among the oldest teams in the league. (Slow down, Jarome Iginla, and bask in what remains of your Hall of Fame career!)
For our purposes, we will call this the halfway point – an opportune time to take stock of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Having voted in the last four postseason awards, I can attest that teams and players seem to rise and fall on a whim; for example, last year’s Hart Trophy winner, Corey Perry, wasn’t even in the conversation until he started playing like an elite player in January. There is no hardware at stake here.
So we’ll reserve the proper nomenclature on these awards for June. But if ballots were cast today …
Posted in NHL confidential |
Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Brian Elliott, Claude Giroux, Dale Tallon, Florida, Henrik Lundqvist, John Tortorella, Panthers, Shea Weber |
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Kevin Dineen nose best
Author: Dan Hickling
It was often said that Kevin Dineen had a nose for the net.
Dineen backed up the assertion, goal by goal, 355 times over a distinguished two-decade NHL career.
And while there were a few tap-ins, and a few more empty netters to pad the count, most of those hundreds of tallies involved equal parts skill and will.
It was said too that Dineen had a nose for trouble. For further proof, I would direct you to the 2,229 PIMs he racked up as a Whaler, Flyer, Hurricane, Senator, and Blue Jacket.
You wanna guess how he amassed that much box time?
Not for diving, that’s for sure.
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Tags: AHL, Florida, Hockey, Kevin Dineen, Nathan Gerbe, NHL, Panthers, Portland Pirates, Tim Kennedy |
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