Tasting Together invites you to explore Canada's food and drink scene. Join André Proulx and Miroki Tong in meeting some of the country's best chefs, mixologists and restauranteurs. Along the way, you’ll learn about pairing food and beverages, the history of some of the city’s classic dishes and trends that you’ll start to see on menus around the city.
André Proulx, aka @andrewinereview is the co-founder of the 80x wine company, creating high-quality small batch wines. He also loves food so much he married a chef! Miroki Tong, aka @9ouncesplease, has tasted her way all around the world and is eager to prove that that wine can be paired with almost any dish, from wagyu to hákarl!
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Tasting Together invites you to explore Canada's food and drink scene. Join André Proulx and Miroki Tong in meeting some of the country's best chefs, mixologists and restauranteurs. Along the way, you’ll learn about pairing food and beverages, the history of some of the city’s classic dishes and trends that you’ll start to see on menus around the city.
André Proulx, aka @andrewinereview is the co-founder of the 80x wine company, creating high-quality small batch wines. He also loves food so much he married a chef! Miroki Tong, aka @9ouncesplease, has tasted her way all around the world and is eager to prove that that wine can be paired with almost any dish, from wagyu to hákarl!
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The most terrifying Halloween wine story is shared this episode - that of pairing candy with wine. Has anyone who has written about it actually tried and enjoyed it? Miroki and Andre want to know. Miroki would much rather be pairing wine with her catches from her crabbing adventures out in British Columbia. Learn how to sustainably catch crabs, fish and forage mushrooms. If procuring your own food isn’t for you, Miroki also shares her top spots to visit while visiting the greater Vancouver area. Be sure to add them to your next trip out west!
Miroki’s Vancouver hits:
Bodega on Main - www.bodegaonmain.ca/
La Grotta del Formaggio - www.lagrottadelformaggio.com/
Fanny Bay Oyster Bar - www.fannybayoysters.com
Motonobu Udon - motonobuudon.ca
Brentwood Mall - theamazingbrentwood.com
Fishing license in BC: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/recreational-freshwater-fishing-licence#whatlicence
Fishing license in Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/page/fishing-licence-canadian-residents
Mushroom foraging in BC:
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Andre has been lamenting about summer being over, and clearly the deities heard - how has the spectacularly warm fall been affecting grape harvest for wine? Speaking of harvest season, there's lots of festivities happening, from Oktoberfest in Kitchener to the upcoming Thanksgiving holidays. Discover an array of family and adult activities at the second largest Oktoberfest in the world next to Munich, learn why anything pairs with turkey and why a really old, sweet Gewurztraminer is the perfect accompaniment to the spices of a pumpkin or apple pie.
More about Kitchener-Waterloo's Oktoberfest: https://www.oktoberfest.ca/
Pick up some last minute Thanksgiving goodies in Hamilton: https://chatonhamilton.com/
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Where's the best places to eat? The latest Michelin guide for Toronto has been released - check out the list of new restaurants, and some of Miroki and Andre's shoutouts.
Wanna win an all inclusive wedding worth $211,000? Miroki's incredible wedding planner, Trevor Frankfort is hosting a competition for one lucky couple. Enter by Fri. Sept. 26: https://trevents.ca/bestweddingever2
Hopefully André doesn’t jinx what is looking like a stellar vintage in Niagara - Harvest is underway and while there is less fruit to go around the quality looks great. He sat down with Corey Mio to talk about the vineyard that he and his wife Lena manage.
You can check out Corey’s wines here - https://drinkcollab.ca/pages/sempre-mio
Vieni can be found here - https://vieni.ca/
16 Mile can be found here - https://16milecellar.com/
Big Head can be found here - https://bigheadwines.ca/
Summer may now be officially over, but Miroki is thrilled to be celebrating one of her favourite Asian holidays, the Mid Autumn Festival on Oct. 6th. She's getting a head start on indulging in her favourite treat, a mooncake with traditional lotus filling and salted egg yolk. Order yours now from the family run bakery Wai Tack Kee: https://waitackkee.com
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Listen to last year's interview with Trevor: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-going-to-help-miroki-plan-her-wedding/id1709147642?i=1000650642416
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Last November, André visited the north of Portugal in the search of great, food friendly wine. Vinho Verde - is a region that he visited in 2017 - and it made an impact on him. He felt the need to return. While this was recorded Miroki was planning her own trip to Portugal. Vinho Verde is on so many wine lists in the North - is this region really an underdog? André thinks so - but Miroki isn't convinced.
Learn more about Vinho Verde - https://www.winesofportugal.com/en/discover/wine-regions/vinho-verde/
Wineries visited -
Anselmo Mendes - https://www.anselmomendes.pt represented by Terroir Wine Imports - https://www.terroirwineimports.com/
Vino Aphros - https://aphros-wine.com/ represented by Le Sommelier - https://www.lesommelier.com/
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Miroki and André spent a whirlwind weekend at the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration. Miroki proposed that before we showed up - we should ask people 'What is the future of Chardonnay?' Such a broad question had so much to unpack. As the podcast unfurled, it became apparent that there is so much more to talk about that goes much further than just Chardonnay, from where the wine market is headed, different generations of drinkers, emerging regions, to the impact of climate change.
They spoke with :
Clive Pursehouse the US Editor at Decanter - https://www.decanter.com/author/clivepursehouse-2/
Richard Charnock, Executive Winemaker at Joie Farm - https://joiefarm.com/people/team/
Jimmy Smith from Beare Green Winery (and Wine with Jimmy) - https://www.bearegreenwinery.com/
Ron Giesbrecht from Wending Home Winery - https://wendinghome.ca/
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Miroki and André return from a much needed break to discuss a few things that have popped up in the news ...
First - Miroki is in the final hours of a Kickstarter for her day job - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockpapercynic/dnd-party-game
Second - We learned that André and Miroki are human garbage dumps when it comes to what they will eat - https://www.idrlabs.com/food-disgust/test.php
Lastly - Everyone is trying to figure out what is broken in the wine industry - did this article making the rounds shed any light on anything? - https://www.marketingwine.com/2025/08/06/the-enshittification-of-the-wine-industry/
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Miroki had the chance to catch the recent Weird Al show at the Budweiser stage - and she had some thoughts on the hospitality offered.
Miroki and André finally catch up on the same continent - and they go through what they are looking forward to about i4C. You can still grab a last minute ticket by visiting https://www.coolchardonnay.org
Last André shares a memory of his time spent with the late Nicolas Potel of Domaine Roche de Bellene who recently passed away - We offer condolences to the Potel family - and to everyone mourning this loss.
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Miroki is still on the road - but André has been busy doing work for i4C - which is coming up quickly.
Take a listen to the first episode of the Cool Sip -
Jeff Moote has been a long time attendee at i4C. First as a volunteer and paid guest - this year he will be joining the event as a producer. Jeff has been making outstanding wines under his Divergence label for a few years now - and the word is getting out. André Proulx sits down with Jeff to discuss his favourite memories from i4C - and what he's looking forward to this year.
You can learn more about Divergence Wines here - https://divergencewines.ca/
You can get your tickets to meet Jeff here - https://coolchardonnay.org/
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André catches up with Chef Edgar Trudeau who will be representing Canada at the Clos Vougeot in October where he will be attempting to make the worlds best Oeufs en Meurette.
Miroki has some thoughts on food she has experienced in Portugal and Greece.
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André is back in Canada - Miroki is still in Europe - she has some thoughts on what it was like to travel by train from Paris to Barcelona. What's the best way to pack a suitcase when bringing wine and food home from your travels? And sadly, someone lost a bottle of wine to breakage in their luggage.
Restaurants mentioned
https://www.tasquinhadalinda.com/
https://taverne-paillette.com/
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Miroki and her husband Eric joined André and his family (Anja and Spencer) on their trip to Champagne. Earlier this year we had a chat with Alina and Kyle about bringing a toddler with them to France - and it eased André's nerves. While there were definitely some challenges ... It has been a good trip. Consider this episode a teaser of what's to come after some great food and wine was consumed in Epernay and Reims.
Listen to our episode with Alina and Kyle a.k.a @Travelmilove - https://embed.acast.com/6511c60bfcda220011a88b54/679812dfb6e07e5a2fe71d4b
We ate at
Canard Street - https://www.canard-street.fr/
Chez Colette - https://www.facebook.com/people/Chez-Colette/
Sacré Bistro - https://sacrebistro.fr/
We tasted at
Henri Giraud - https://champagne-giraud.com/ - imported by AbV - https://abvgroup.ca/
Champagne Gosset - https://www.champagne-gosset.com/ - imported by Le Sommelier - https://www.lesommelier.com/
Champagne de Vignerons - https://www.champagnedevignerons.fr/boutique-19-avenue-de-champagne/
Gaidoz-Forget - https://www.champagne-gaidoz-forget.com/en/ - imported by Les Grappes - https://www.lesgrappes.ca/
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Both Miroki and Andre are lovers of whisk(e)y, but how much do they know, outside of the fact that Scotch spells it “whisky”? Miroki had a chance to attend a UK tasting that featured drams from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Plus, she catches up with Foxes Bow co-founder, Tony Foote, to talk about how they are reinventing the image of Irish whiskey, and Jamie Johnson, Ambassador for Glenfiddich and Balvenie, to discuss why Scotch is such a household name globally and why women are STILL dealing with gatekeeping in the whisk(e)y world?
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Miroki and André catch up while Miroki is still on the road celebrating passover with her in-laws in Massachusetts. The Easter Bunny visited Spencer for the first time - with a large basket of chocolate. How are Americans coping with tariff's on the horizon - and 15$ eggs in the grocery stores...
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Miroki and André get caught up on some news of the day - and take a look at a couple of tastings they recently attended.
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Miroki recently visited Danico for her first One-Michelin star dining experience. André has been very critical of the Michelin Guide in Toronto ... Did Danico deliver the goods - or did Miroki leave disappointed?
https://www.danicotoronto.com/
https://guide.michelin.com/ca/en/ontario/toronto
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André and Miroki have been chatting about the concept of beer and terroir for quite some time on and off. So this week they set off on a mission to find brewmasters to help them dissect whether or not beer and terroir function in the same sentence. After all - You can import you ingredients - assemble it in any Canadian city - and say made in Canada on the can. They are joined by Mark Horsley of Barrel Heart Brewing - and Aaron Spinney of Merit Brewing - both located in Hamilton.
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David Adelsheim is the charismatic founder of his eponymous winery. He also makes amazing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Miroki and André sit down with David to get some stories about what it was like getting his winery started in the 70s - and where the Oregon wine industry is going.
You can learn more about Adelsheim Winery here - https://www.adelsheim.com/ and they are represented by Mark Anthony Wine and Spirits
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André visited the city of Porto last November. While he was on vacation - he took the time to visit a handful of Port Houses to learn everything he could. His visits included Taylor-Fladgate, Niepoort, and Ramos Pinto. André and Miroki dive into all things Port on this episode of Tasting Together - What's the difference between tawny and ruby ports? How is port made vs. regular still wines. Which Port house does André believe he is the reincarnation of the founder of?
*The show photo is of the 'Piano' from Ramos Pinto - which contains all the components available for the port blenders to make their wines.
Learn more about
Taylor-Fladgate - https://www.taylor.pt/us - represented by Sylvstre
Ramos Pinto - https://www.ramospinto.pt/en/ - represented by Select Wines
Niepoort - https://www.niepoort.pt/en/ - represented by Le Sommelier
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It's Lunar New Year! - Miroki opens up about what it's like to connect with her roots, and how important it is for her to celebrate. Is this going to be the catalyst that makes her fall in love with cooking?
André is planning a trip to Champagne - with a two year old - so what better way to plan his trip than to speak to a couple that did just that.
Miroki and André are joined by Alina and Kyle of https://www.instagram.com/travelmilove/ or https://www.tiktok.com/@travelmilove
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