Alex Bozikovic in The Globe — Canada's most ambitious new public building is a Montreal soccer stadium

I visit @SaucierPerrotte’s spectacular soccer stadium in Montreal: https://t.co/3cQzXvwhBr @globeandmail pic.twitter.com/BNVwC5KB6K

— Alex Bozikovic (@alexbozikovic) August 27, 2016

Read more: Canada's most ambitious new public building is a Montreal soccer stadium - The Globe and Mail

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Bharti Kher talks to OPEN magazine, India in depth about her art practice.

ROUSSILLON BLANC - CHAPOUTIER BILA HAUT

Made from three lesser known grape varietals, namely Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris and Macabeu, this crisp citrus blend shows dried peach and apricot notes on this special white wine. Try with rich shellfish. Côtes du Roussillon AOC Domaine de Bila-Haut Macabeo (Viura)

CHARTRON LA FLEUR - SCHRODER & SCHALER

Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc pale straw colour and delightful aromatics with hints of garrigue. http://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/626341

This summer I swam in a public place
And a reservoir to boot

At the latter I was informal
At the former I wore my suit.

— Frank Murphy (@FrankMurphy49) May 15, 2016

Okanagan Pinot Noirs vs Oregon's Willamette Valley

BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY - 

LOUIS LATOUR 

Wafting aromas of yellow plum lead to silky flavours of fresh cantaloupe and lemon layered with vanilla, cream and nuts. This classic regional wine is beautifully balanced, judiciously oaked and charming.

http://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/55533

End of summer cool climate whites — 

PINOT GRIGIO - MEZZACORONA http://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/312801

End of summer cool climate whites —  

RIESLING - SELBACH MOSEL
http://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/23242

Happy Birthday to me...

Acrobat Pinot Noir 2013 (Oregon) 

SCORE: 91 PRICE: $24.29 

Pinot noir rises to its greatest heights in Burgundy. Unfortunately, red Burgundy also tends to rise to great heights price-wise Fortunately, there are compelling examples of this light yet complex red grape from elsewhere, including Canada and New Zealand. 

This one’s from King Estate in Oregon, whose wine-maker, Kevin Sommelet, was born in Alsace and raised in Burgundy. Seductively supple in texture, it offers suggestions of cherry pie filling, caramel, and beetroot-like earthiness, finishing with lively acidity. — Beppi

Look what Bill brought back from France. From the winery and for Myra for her birthday. Minervois appellation that we also visited a few years ago. South of France 2012 Racine blend of grenache and syrah. This is why there's wine.

Standout Wines Christmas 2014

Robert Mondavi Fumé Blanc

Beppi in the Globe: "It was the late Robert Mondavi who in 1966 pioneered the name fumé blanc to distinguish his oak-fermented sauvignons from the more vegetal steel-fermented examples that were proving a tough sell to American palates. Many other fumés followed but this remains a standard bearer. Soft and smooth, it shows ripe peach joined by green melon, tangy herbs and floral overtones.

Arguably California’s most classic sauvignon blanc , this is an elegant white — light-medium-bodied and crisp with tropical fruit, melon and grapefruit and low on the the grape’s typically herbal notes. A mellow California take on the varietal — like Sancerre dressed in sunglasses and board shorts.

Tabali Reserva Pinot Noir Limari Valley Chile 2012

"The Limari valley looks to be the new hot source for Pinot Noir in Chile. This Tabali expression offers excellent varietal profile with good fruit and is excellent value for the money. We recommend salmon on the grill with this Pinot Noir. Enjoy.” 

— Stephen Schiedel, Portfolio Manager for Wines of Canada, USA and South America:

AMOUR 
(2012 GERMANY)

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Director: Michael HanekeWriter: Michael Haneke (screenplay)
Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert | See full cast and crew

Joan Miró's The Farm "an image of cardinal social virtue... the effect of looking down the wrong end of a telescope... an image of nostalgia... for the sights, smells and sounds of [a Catalan] childhood." —Robert Hughes, Barcelona “It has in it all that you feel about Spain when you are there and all that you feel when you are away and cannot go there. No one has been able to paint these two very opposite things.” —Ernest Hemingway who bought the painting from Miró in 1922.

A SEPARATION
JODAEIYE NADER AZ SIMIN
Iran 2011 Farsi

DIR Asghar Farhadi
SCR Asghar Farhadi
CAST Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi
Shahab Hosseini

Louis Martini Sonoma Cabernet 2009

Beppi in the Globe: "This is well-sculpted cabernet, with nothing out of place. The texture is polished, delivering flavours of cassis, cedar, tobacco and toasty oak. A light dusting of tannins provides structure and yields a satisfyingly dry finish. Ideal for steak or roast beef." 

There's one bottle of wine that is the introduction to what the fuss is about. "So that's what they mean when they say things like 'you can taste the dirt the grapes where grown in.'" It was a bottle of Martini Napa Cab camping in Monterey Bay summer mid-70s... This one was very nice with bar-b-que burgers at Luna Vista on Quadra Island.

Yecla Monastrell 2009. This Spanish red is derived from 100 percent Monastrell grapes sourced from older vines and aged in French oak barriques. It is a purple-hued red and offers up a nose of blackberry, pepper spice and blueberry. Ripe and fruit-forward with flavours of black cherry, chocolate and licorice, this wine is ideal for spicy dishes and Mediterranean seafood.

Beppi sez: 89 points 16 bucks: Too bracing and crisp to be called a crowd-pleaser (acid haters beware), this red will appeal to those with a taste for bone-dry, earthy Spanish bargains. Monastrell is the same as mourvèdre, a tannic grape that delivers astringent backbone. The wine is full-bodied, plummy and herbal.

Kissed by the Tuscan Sun

Monte Antico Toscana 2007. Beppi sez: 89 points, 15 bucks. Yes, one can still find affordable and positively delicious Tuscan reds from the superb 2006 vintage. This is made from 85-per-cent sangiovese, 10-per-cent cabernet sauvignon and 5-per-cent merlot. Unlike many such blends, though, it doesn’t let the French grapes obliterate sangiovese’s fragile cherry fruit and earthiness. The cab and merlot merely contribute a bit of oomph in the mid-palate as well as tannic structure. It is medium-bodied, with pure cherry, a touch of leather on the finish and dusty tannins that stimulated my chewing reflex. I love wines you can chew. Drink it now or keep it for two more years.

Meghan identified its pinot characteristics.