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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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  • travel

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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  • spirits

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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  • spirits

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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  • travel

Montreal’s Top Dining Neighbourhoods

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 6, 2018May 1, 2020

From cheap-chic neighbourhood wine bars to a Michelin-starred-chef boite, I went to all the best…

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  • travel

How Napa Got Its Groove Back

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on November 5, 2018May 1, 2020

A year after wildfires threatened California’s wine paradise, I attended Premiere Napa Valley for Sotheby’s…

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  • spirited people

Independent Spirit

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on October 22, 2018March 22, 2020

George Grant, sixth-generation family member at the Glenfarclas Scotch distillery, talks about family, tradition and…

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  • spirited people

The Distillery School

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on October 9, 2018March 22, 2020

A North Vancouver distillery school offers a course in bootstrapping a small business.

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  • spirits

A Chronicle of Canadian Whisky

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on October 2, 2018March 22, 2020

An advance sip of Canadian Club Chronicles 41, the second in a series of ultra-aged…

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