Adrian Bryksa

Adrian Bryksa

Contributions:
66
Website:
http://adrianbryksa.ca/
Bio:
With a fire in his veins and a pen in his hand, his burning desire is to have you read what he writes. Always relevant and never compromising, his poignant observations and astute questions strive to answer the mythical query "What makes life taste good?"

Articles by Adrian Bryksa:

Black Cloud Altostratus

by Adrian Bryksa

The situation was like a ‘Black Cloud’ hanging over their heads. Sensing an opportunity, the duo decided to buy back the remaining inventory and brand it themselves. With that, Black Cloud was born.

Summer Party Naval Styles at Seven RestoLounge

by Adrian Bryksa

Oysters, like wine are affected by terroir and these Miyagi’s flavor profiles ranged with one showing a cleaner, almost tropical profile and the other being more salty, marine driven. As I was devouring the seemingly endless plates put in front of us, I sipped on a glass of fine sauvignon blanc.

Château Fonbadet

by Adrian Bryksa

From a vintage perspective, 2003 was a great yet challenging in Bordeaux with intense heat arriving in August. Take 40 + degree Celsius temperatures and combine with a lack of cooling rain and one of the potential outcomes is roasted, thick skinned grapes contributing to flabby wine.

Terre da vino Barolo Poderi Scaronne D.O.C.G.

by Adrian Bryksa

I recently spotted a lonely bottle of 2005 Amon-Ra for a bargain basement price that I left on the shelf. When I went back to buy it, it was gone and I swore that I would never leave another deal like that on the table.

Le Volte

by Adrian Bryksa

Le Volte holds distinction as it is aged in the same oak barriques that previously housed previous vintages of their flagship Ornellaia and Masseto blends.

O Restaurant & Lounge revisited

by Adrian Bryksa

Calgary has a diverse set of urban communities, most of which have the ubiquitous strip mall watering hole. In the South West community of Marda Loop, a reinvention of this paradigm has been established.

Adamas Pinot Noir

by Adrian Bryksa

Burgundy: there are few words in the world of wine that can mean so much. Often setting an oenophilles heart aflutter, its wines are esoteric, complicated and more often than not, misunderstood.

Willow Bridge Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon

by Adrian Bryksa

It has been a while since I have covered a white wine; I suppose the changing of the season has had me thinking more red than white. However, that’s not to say that a vino blanco can’t be enjoyable as fall sets in.

Rocky Mountain Food and Wine Festival 2009

by Adrian Bryksa

For the first few years, we saw it through the eyes of guests and we kept coming for the wide assortment of beers, spirits and wine. We enjoyed the wide swath of restaurants and retails showing off their samples of delectable nosh.

Château Latour – Martillac

by Adrian Bryksa

If you cellar wine, one of the great pleasures is to pluck out a wine that you have been holding and enjoy it – preferably with friends.

St. Supéry Élu

by Adrian Bryksa

I decided to check out the selection of wines at a corner market near where I was staying. Amongst the Bud Light Lime and other various malt beverages, I came upon a small but modest wine section.

Rosemount Estate Show Reserve Shiraz

by Adrian Bryksa

For this months review, I thought it was time to visit my cellar again. When I buy wine to cellar, I usually purchase it with an event in mind. It is a on the rare occasion that pull something out of the cellar to drink on my own and that’s what happened here.

Narkoojee Cabernet Sauvignon

by Adrian Bryksa

Narkoojee is a family run vineyard located in the relatively obscure Central Gippsland sub-region, which for those familiar with Australia is about 2.5 hours south east of Melbourne.

Airlie Maréchal Foch

by Adrian Bryksa

The varietal is an interesting one as it is a hybrid grape that may produce wines of tremendous breadth from light, Beaujolais stylized examples to rich, full bodied wines.

Hillside Estate Pinotage

by Adrian Bryksa

This wine rates in my top 10 Canadian wines, and I would seek it out at if you are interested in giving it a try.

Corte Giara Ripasso Valpolicella Superiore

by Adrian Bryksa

It is also the reason that Ripasso wines are often referred to as ‘Baby Amarone’ since that secondary fermentation takes place on the same lees used to make Amarone.