Margaret Swaine

Margaret Swaine
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Margaret Swaine has toured the globe many times over as a travel journalist, wine and restaurant critic and feature writer. She is the National Post’s wine reviewer, pens the weekly food travel column “Forks & the Road” for that newspaper, the bi-monthly “Global Gourmet” column for www.travelindustrytoday.com and the monthly spa column “Paradise Home & Away” for Best Health magazine.

She is a principal critic and partner with WineAlign and writes their monthly blog on spirits. She also writes for Canadian Foodservice Hospitality (Pouring for Profits), Ensemble Travel, NUVO, Air Canada Vacations, WestJet UP!, Chic, Hello! Canada, My Ontario, Baltic Outlook, Arrival and other magazines. Past credits include over two decades as the wine and drink columnist for both Toronto Life and Chatelaine magazines, restaurant columnist for Toronto Life and the Toronto restaurant critic for Gault Millau’s website gayot.com. She is a founder of the Wine Writers Circle of Canada and the Travel Media Association of Canada.

Twitter: globaltaster

www.margaretswaine.com

Latest Reviews (641 in total)

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Tomatin 18 Year Old Highland Single Malt Bottle Tomatin 18 Year Old Highland Single Malt
Scotland, World
435859
Review added: April 06, 2016
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$169.90 None
(0)G
Tomatin 14 Year Old Port Wood Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottle Tomatin 14 Year Old Port Wood Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Scotland, World
435834
Review added: April 06, 2016
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$110.20 None
(0)G
Tomatin 12 Year Old Highland Single Malt Bottle Tomatin 12 Year Old Highland Single Malt
Scotland, World
364349
Review added: April 06, 2016
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$56.95 None
(0)V
Tomatin Legacy Highland Single Malt Bottle Tomatin Legacy Highland Single Malt
Scotland, World
395723
Review added: April 06, 2016
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$59.95 None
(0)G
Ardbeg 10 Ans Islay Scotch Single Malt Bottle Ardbeg 10 Ans Islay Scotch Single Malt
Scotland, World
560474
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$99.95 Buy-from-vso
Jura Brooklyn, Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottle Jura Brooklyn, Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Scotland, World
417899
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$79.95 None
(0)G
Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve, Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottle Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve, Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Scotland, World
410043
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$74.95 High
(1000+)G
J.P. Wiser’s Double Still Rye Bottle J.P. Wiser’s Double Still Rye
Canada
428292
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$26.70 None
(0)G
J.P. Wiser’s Hopped Bottle J.P. Wiser’s Hopped
Canada
409508
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$26.70 None
(0)G
Highland Park Dark Origin Bottle Highland Park Dark Origin
Scotland, World
417931
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$100.20 None
(0)V
Gooderham And Worts Four Grain Canadian Whisky Bottle Gooderham And Worts Four Grain Canadian Whisky
Canada
428417
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$42.45 High
(665)G
Glenfiddich 1963 The Original Single Malt Bottle Glenfiddich 1963 The Original Single Malt
Scotland, World

Review added: December 01, 2015
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$109.99 None
(0)
Ninety 20 Year Old Whisky Bottle Ninety 20 Year Old Whisky
Canada
355644
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$40.85 None
(0)G
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Bottle Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
Canada
434092
Review added: December 01, 2015
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$37.95 High
(1000+)V
Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port 2012 Bottle Fonseca Guimaraens Vintage Port 2012
Douro, Portugal
123695
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$81.00 None
(0)V
Warre's Lbv Bottle Aged Port 2003, Unfiltered, Dop Bottle Warre's Lbv Bottle Aged Port 2003, Unfiltered, Dop
Douro, Portugal
434936
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$34.95 None
(0)V
Taylor Fladgate Fine White Port, Dop, Portugal Bottle Taylor Fladgate Fine White Port, Dop, Portugal
Douro, Portugal
69856
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$15.95 None
(0)V
Varnelli Secco Speciale Anice, Marche, Italy (700ml) Bottle Varnelli Secco Speciale Anice, Marche, Italy (700ml)
Marche, Italy
431163
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$34.75 None
(0)V
Zoladkowa Gorzka Flavoured Vodka (Grass) Bottle Zoladkowa Gorzka Flavoured Vodka (Grass)
World
547679
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$32.70 High
(841)V
Rendle's Original Gin Bottle Rendle's Original Gin
California, Usa
398859
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$29.95 None
(0)G
Dillon's The White Rye Bottle Dillon's The White Rye
Ontario, Canada
337600
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$38.10 None
(0)G
White Owl Whisky Ginger Lime Bottle White Owl Whisky Ginger Lime
Canada
407320
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$29.95 None
(0)G
Don Julio Blanco, Téquila Bottle Don Julio Blanco, Téquila
Mexico, World
173542
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$89.95 High
(1000+)V
1800 Silver, Téquila Bottle 1800 Silver, Téquila
Mexico, World
227678
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$44.45 High
(1000+)V
1800 Reposado Tequila Bottle 1800 Reposado Tequila
Mexico, World
398479
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$45.45 High
(1000+)G
Casamigos Tequila Reposado Bottle Casamigos Tequila Reposado
Mexico, World
388694
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$92.95 High
(1000+)G
Casamigos Tequila Blanco Bottle Casamigos Tequila Blanco
Mexico, World
386789
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$84.95 High
(1000+)G
Maestro Dobel Diamante Tequila Bottle Maestro Dobel Diamante Tequila
Mexico, World
401307
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$69.95 High
(1000+)G
Espolón Tequila Reposado Bottle Espolón Tequila Reposado
Mexico, World
324855
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$47.95 High
(1000+)G
Cabo Wabo Reposado Tequila Bottle Cabo Wabo Reposado Tequila
Mexico, World
551416
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$84.95 High
(739)V
Varnelli Sibilla Amaro, Marche, Italy (700ml) Bottle Varnelli Sibilla Amaro, Marche, Italy (700ml)
Marche, Italy
431155
Review added: November 02, 2015
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$39.75 None
(0)V
Chic Choc Spiced Rum Bottle Chic Choc Spiced Rum
Quebec, Canada
402867
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$27.20 None
(0)G
Frangelico Bottle Frangelico
Italy
169441
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$32.95 High
(1000+)V
Luxardo Amaretto Di Saschira Bottle Luxardo Amaretto Di Saschira
Veneto, Italy
215988
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$33.95 High
(1000+)G
Luxardo Sambuca Dei Cesari Bottle Luxardo Sambuca Dei Cesari
Italy
40196
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$29.95 High
(1000+)G
Luigi Francoli Grappa Del Piemonte Nebbiolo Bottle Luigi Francoli Grappa Del Piemonte Nebbiolo
Piedmont, Italy
384917
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$12.90 None
(0)G
Nonino Grappa Bottle Nonino Grappa
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
947069
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$48.35 High
(564)V
El Dorado Blanc 3 Ans, Guyana Bottle El Dorado Blanc 3 Ans, Guyana
World
402859
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$29.50 None
(0)V
New Grove Old Tradition 5 Year Old Rum, Mauritius Islands Bottle New Grove Old Tradition 5 Year Old Rum, Mauritius Islands
World
403410
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$44.95 None
(0)G
Skipper Rum Finest Old Demerara Navy Dark Rum, Guyana Bottle Skipper Rum Finest Old Demerara Navy Dark Rum, Guyana
World
403162
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$29.95 None
(0)G
St Lucia Chairman's Reserve Bottle St Lucia Chairman's Reserve
World
519132
Review added: August 06, 2015
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$43.85 None
(0)V
Capel Premium Pisco Bottle Capel Premium Pisco
Chile
377333
Review added: August 05, 2015
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$25.95 None
(0)V
Miguel Torres Chile Pisco El Gobernador (700ml) Bottle Miguel Torres Chile Pisco El Gobernador (700ml)
Chile
363978
Review added: August 05, 2015
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$48.40 High
(1000+)V
Macchu Pisco, Peru Bottle Macchu Pisco, Peru
World
524413
Review added: August 05, 2015
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$34.25 None
(0)V
Leblon Cachaca Bottle Leblon Cachaca
Brazil, World
307488
Review added: August 05, 2015
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$32.95 None
(0)G
Pitu Cachaca Bottle Pitu Cachaca
Brazil, World
600833
Review added: August 05, 2015
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$31.85 High
(1000+)G
Death's Door Gin, Wisconsin Bottle Death's Door Gin, Wisconsin
Usa
399634
Review added: July 06, 2015
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$36.25 None
(0)G
Yaletown Gin (375ml) Bottle Yaletown Gin (375ml)
British Columbia, Canada

Review added: July 06, 2015
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$22.99 None
(0)
Dillon's Unfiltered Gin 22 Bottle Dillon's Unfiltered Gin 22
Ontario, Canada
358556
Review added: July 06, 2015
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$42.95 High
(1000+)V
Broker's Bottle Broker's
England, World
605162
Review added: July 06, 2015
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$33.20 High
(1000+)V
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