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Author: Charlene Rooke

Charlene Rooke is a Canadian drinks journalist, consultant and educator as well as a travel, food, business and lifestyle writer. She is a WSET Spirits Educator Certified in Spirits (to Level 3) and WSET Certified in Wine, an SWE Certified Specialist of Spirits, an SMWS spirits educator and an artisan distiller trained at Moonshine University in Louisville, KY. She is the lead judge of the Canadian Artisan Spirits Competition and an expert on B.C. spirits who leads distillery tours and guides spirits tastings in B.C. A former editor at many Canadian publications and former creative lead at three content agencies, she is currently the Drinks Editor for Food & Drink, the in-store magazine of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
  • cocktails

Higher Standards: Top Shelf Cocktails

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

Choose a “call spirit” to create top-shelf drinks—using anything from a decadent Cognac liqueur to…

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  • spirits

The Well-Stocked Home Bar

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

I get asked all the time for recommended bottles on a well-stocked home bar. Here…

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  • pairings

Distilled Wisdom

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 14, 2022

This LCBO Food & Drink feature presents a craft distillery-inspired pairing dinner, that matches Ontario…

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  • spirits

The Spice is Right

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

White, rosé and red wines can all be spicy: spice may come from the grape…

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  • craft

Earth, Wind + Fire

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on August 19, 2022August 31, 2022

Baiju, the distilled spirit of China, is making inroads in North America—and here in British…

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  • wine

Warm Receptions

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 29, 2022August 31, 2022

Wine makes a terrific summer gift, not just for weddings but for showers, graduations, parties…

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  • pairings

Supersized!

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 29, 2022August 31, 2022

For this fun LCBO Food & Drink story I collaborated with Food Network Canada star…

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  • cocktails

Where to Drink: New York

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 15, 2022August 31, 2022

New York is not only home to North America’s Next Bar (here I am at…

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  • cocktails

Where to Drink: Mexico City

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 14, 2022August 31, 2022

Surging as a culinary and bar capital, CDMX has several of the World’s and North…

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  • cocktails

Where to Drink: Palm Springs

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 13, 2022August 31, 2022

I spent the winter in the Coachella Valley, and landed at a few watering holes…

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  • cocktails

Where to Drink: London

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 12, 2022October 20, 2022

As the Academy Chair, Canada West, I visited London to attend The World’s 50 Best…

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  • spirits

Rum + Tropical Flavours

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 19, 2022June 28, 2022

Rum harnesses the warm-weather spirit of Caribbean and tropical countries where it’s made. In this…

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