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Where to Drink: Hong Kong

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

The city glitters with elevated hotel bars (like The Aubrey at the Mandarin-Oriental), innovative drinking…

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  • pairings

Perfect Pairs: Whisky + Charcuterie

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 5, 2024September 9, 2024

Put down the wine glass! It turns out that whisky/whiskey pairs great with meat, cheese…

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  • cocktails

Pumpkin Spice Cocktails

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 5, 2024September 9, 2024

Yup, I leaned into fall’s most love/hated trend in the Autumn Food & Drink, with…

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  • spirits

Deliciously Bitter Truths

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 4, 2024March 12, 2025

Aperitivo, digestivo, amaro … palates and cocktails are turning more bitter, and here’s what to…

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  • beer

Getting Autumn-Cozy

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on September 4, 2024September 9, 2024

My fall article in BC Liquor Stores TASTE magazine finds cozy, spicy flavours in British…

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  • cocktails

Where to Drink: Las Vegas

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on July 21, 2024

Start and the Fontainbleau and head north, y’all, to locals-only bars beyond the Strip —…

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  • beer

2024 DOTS (Drinks of the Summer)

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on July 3, 2024July 21, 2024

What are the hot spirits and cocktails, wines and beers — the ultimate drinks of…

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  • cocktails

Mobile Bars, Freewheelin’ Drinks

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on July 3, 2024July 21, 2024

My feature in the Summer Food & Drink rounds up the hot summer trend of…

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  • spirited people

Inclusive Vodka

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 21, 2024September 9, 2024

I made some new Squirrel Friendz, with the founders of Canada’s first 2SLGBTQIA+ vodka brand.…

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  • spirits

A Japanese Whisky Pilgrimmage: Nikka

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 14, 2024September 9, 2024

On the 90th anniversary of the founding of Nikka Whisky by Masataka Taketsuru, I retraced…

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  • cocktails

New Generation NOLA

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on June 1, 2024June 10, 2024

My New Orleans culinary and drinks hotspots (like the Four Seasons New Orleans Chandelier Bar)…

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  • spirits

Where to Drink: Louisville

  • by Charlene Rooke
  • Posted on May 29, 2024June 10, 2024

My drinking safari for the Alchemist of global cocktail capitals continues with a foray through…

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