Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Rob Sanchez
Rob Sanchez is the kind of person who notices things. The blends and highlights of a well-painted miniature. The moment a skill toy stops being a trick and becomes a conversation with physics. He's spent a lifetime moving through music, sci-fi, comics, cannabis, BBQ and tabletop gaming with the same quiet conviction: that craft deserves witnesses, and that knowing what you love makes every choice a little sharper. That instinct became Connoisseurship Roadshow — a place to slow down and look closely at the people who make things worth looking at. A Certified Ganjier, BBQ Judge, Agile Coach, Dad, Miniature Gamer and Relentless Reader, Rob also hosts the Apt 113 podcast and writes for Fat Nugs Magazine and Beard Bros Media.
■ 6 Articles by Rob Sanchez
Hallways of Contrast: A Day Inside the AGO
What was supposed to be a quick stop at the Art Gallery of Ontario turned into almost two full hours of wandering — and we still could have easily spent another four. Every time we thought we were done, another hallway opened into something unbelievable.
Copperhead Distillery: The North in Every Sip
Less than twenty-four hours into Canada, Matt and I were already heading into the forests of northern Ontario looking for whiskey — and Copperhead Distillery in the Almaguin Highlands delivered everything the drive promised.
Hidden Histories and Towering Views: Inside Toronto's Iconic Fairmont Royal York
Coming from Las Vegas, I thought I had seen luxury. The Fairmont Royal York showed me something different — less spectacle, more substance. A behind-the-scenes tour through nearly a century of hidden rooms, royal suites, and stone guardians watching over the city.
Where There's Smoke, There's Flavor: A Stop at The Smokin' Birds BBQ
Two classically trained fine-dining chefs drove north to Muskoka and built a BBQ operation that passes every test — including the Kansas City Barbeque Society's.
Subtext Coffee Roasters: Pursuit of Clarity
At Subtext Coffee Roasters in the Junction Triangle, founder Alex Castellani is treating coffee the way serious winemakers treat grapes — as agriculture first, and everything else second.
Behind the Unmarked Door: The Story of Correnti Cigars
Hidden above Spadina Avenue, Frank Correnti Cigars is Canada's last handmade cigar factory — still rolling the same way it always has.