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A Barrel of Fun

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 17, 2019March 22, 2020

Private-cask whisky sales are a “futures” investment in B.C.’s small-batch distillers. Here’s how and why…

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  • wine

Canada's First 100-Point Table Wine

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 13, 2019March 22, 2020

How the Okanagan’s CheckMate Artisanal Winery bottled the perfect chardonnay.

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  • cocktails

The New Ice Age

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 3, 2019March 22, 2020

Oversize cubes, spheres, sticks, flakes and pebbles: It’s not just frozen water anymore—artisanal ice is…

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The New Faces of Canadian Whisky

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on April 30, 2019March 22, 2020

From a Bearface success to a doctor of distilling, here are the people and brands…

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  • travel

Sherry, Shopping and Tapas: An Insider’s Guide to Spain

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 12, 2019May 1, 2020

For The Globe and Mail travel section, a member of the renowned Osborne sherry, wine…

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Natural Selection

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on March 1, 2019March 22, 2020

Organically farmed, low-intervention wines are good for the land and for consumers. But do natural…

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Dine and Learn with the Talking Trees Tour

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on February 15, 2019May 1, 2020

I took a day-trip with First Nations-owned Talaysay Tours to explore the indigenous plants of…

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The Macallan 72: Better With Age

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on February 2, 2019March 22, 2020

An extremely rare WWII-era Scotch goes for sale in B.C. selling for $74,000.

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  • cocktails

Bitter is Better

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on January 11, 2019March 22, 2020

Cocktail bitters are a bartender’s salt and pepper. Here’s our guide to B.C.’s best brands…

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  • wine

Winter Whites

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on December 1, 2018March 22, 2020

White wines have a much-deserved place alongside hearty roasted, braised and spicy winter foods.

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  • spirits

A B.C.-only Maker's Mark

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on December 1, 2018March 22, 2020

B.C. is one of the first markets to get a Maker’s Mark Private Select custom…

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It All Comes Out in the Wash

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 26, 2018March 22, 2020

Meet some of B.C.’s brewery-distillery hybrids, and find out what their challenges and advantages are.

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