About Sandbank Homes & Prince Edward County

This article was published in The Toronto Star on July 11th, 2007. Can a hot dog be worth a two-hour drive? Yes, if the hot dog is an all-beef beauty served at Buddha Dog in Picton, the unofficial capital of this County. The County – a jagged peninsula jutting into Lake Ontario south of Belleville… Read more »

This article was published in The Globe and Mail on July 15th, 2006. As I approached the summit, one final hurdle lay ahead. It wasn’t the steep, crumbling slope under my feet. Nor was it the blazing midday sun. No – as I climbed the dune in Eastern Ontario’s Sandbanks Provincial Park, my greatest challenge… Read more »

This article was published in The Globe and Mail on June 21st, 2008. It was a typical summer day in Toronto. Pavements sizzled and the air was thick with humidity and murmurs of weekend escapes to the cottage. As the city melted, my husband and I were sitting in an air-conditioned Lincoln Town Car with… Read more »

This article was published in The Globe and Mail on June 14th, 2008. I’m thinking that Sir John A. Macdonald, who launched his law and political career in Picton, Ont., (some would say his drinking career too) would be proud of the food, wine and farming culture exploding in the surrounding countryside of Prince Edward… Read more »

This article was published in The Toronto Star on May 17th, 2010. While I do not have space to extol the virtues of all 25 wineries in the still-emerging Prince Edward County (eight new ones are opening this summer alone), let me share a few of my favourite spots, based on quality of wine. Sure,… Read more »

This article was published in The Globe and Mail on February 16th, 2010. The windmill is the first clue. The eight solar panels on the roof are another. A visitor to Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. in Prince Edward County, Ont., quickly realizes this is no ordinary dairy. Fifth Town, which produces handmade goat and… Read more »

This article was published in The Globe and Mail on July 24th, 2009. Even whipping wind and ominous clouds threatening to burst didn’t keep eager visitors away from Prince Edward County winery tasting rooms on a recent Saturday. At Waupoos Winery, Huff Estates and the County Cider Company, staff juggled an onslaught of visitors impervious… Read more »

This article was published in The Globe and Mail on January 29th, 2010. I feel obliged to tell you about a fine new wine from Prince Edward County. It’s called 3630 Chardonnay 2007 and it’s from the Barnyard Wine Co., a new family venture. I feel obliged but frustrated, because you can’t buy it. It’s… Read more »