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January 26, 2010
Story Behind the Wine Label - New Bottle and Label Designs for Blasted Church
The Okanagan winery is sporting a redesigned eco-bottle and a new set of labels too.
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January 24, 2010
NewsFeed - Drink - NEWSFEED - Drink: January 2010
All the news you can drink in for January 2010. Updates Daily
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January 20, 2010
Beer - CAMRA Vancouver Acclaims the Best of Local Beer
The Vancouver chapter of the Campaign for Real Ale has announced the results of its annual members poll recognizing local and regional excellence in brewing and beer service.
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December 13, 2009
Spirits - Liquers - Osake Junmai Sparkling Sake
Incredibly versatile, The Osake Junmai Sparkling Sake would make a novel replacement for Champagne, Prosecco, or other sparkling wines at this season's parties.
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December 13, 2009
NewsFeed - Drink - News Feed - Drink for December 2009
All the news you can drink in for December 2009.
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December 03, 2009
CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL + VIDEO PARTY! - CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL + VIDEO PARTY
Come over and have drink! With help from our friends in the bar biz, we're throwing a cocktail and video party in this corner of the website. First up: Jay Jones' "Santa's Five o'Clock Shadow".
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December 03, 2009
Spirits - Liquers - Cocktail Classes at the Diamond
Now you can mix a drink as smooth as Don Draper. The Diamond at Maple Tree Square announces its first range of hands-on cocktail classes.
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November 30, 2009
Spirits - Liquers - Quick Pic: Sake with a Beer Chaser at Coast
Or is it beer with a sake chaser? With this upsy-daisy version it wasn't easy to know.
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November 27, 2009
Cocktails - Schramm "Old Tom" Gibson
Drink the Books Bartender Challenge: We asked David Wolowidnyk of West Restaurant to create a cocktail from a Pemberton potato vodka to match a recipe using Pemberton potatoes.
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November 25, 2009
Spirits - Liquers - Tales of Sake
Rumours and recommendations with a Japanese twist ...
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November 12, 2009
Drink News - Top Ten Reasons Why You Want to Attend Cornucopia This Weekend
At Cornucopia there is always something valuable to be learned .. and with the most knowledgeable experts to guide you. So get your priorities in order.
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November 06, 2009
Beer - Chambar Ale: Civilized Debauchery
The local pint: Chambar has created a signature brand beer to pair with its highly flavorful, and often spicy, Belgian- and North African-style food.
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October 27, 2009
Spirits - Liquers - The Glenlivet XXV
On October 31, Glenlivet will offer up its best spirits, both a whisky and the other kind.
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May 25, 2009
British Columbia Wines - Cassini Cellars - Pinot Noir 2007
Adrian Capeneata's new winery, Cassini Cellars, is currently offering some of the best value in the region.
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May 18, 2009
Cocktails - Her Majesty's Marmalade
Happy Birthday, Your Majesty. Queen Victoria never drank, but doubtless this cocktail would have amused.
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May 05, 2009
Cocktails - Agave Maria
Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honour of Mexico's special day, we toast with an appropriate cocktail, the tequila-based "Agave Maria", as designed for us by barman Jason Kelly.
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May 04, 2009
British Columbia Wines - Blasted Church - Mixed Blessing 2008
The latest bottle from Blasted Church Winery is "Mixed Blessings" - a combo of white varietals.
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April 30, 2009
British Columbia Wines - Road 13 Sparkling Chenin Blanc 2006 (Debut)
Only a handful of Okanagan wineries have attempted to produce sparkling wines. So we were eager to try this newcomer made from 100% Chenin Blanc grapes by winemaker Michael Bartier.
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April 21, 2009
Drink News - Naramata Brench Association Spring Poster 2009
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April 21, 2009
Drink News - A New Winery for Hester Creek
Of all the wineries undergoing a transformation in the Okanagan, few have matched the scale of Hester Creek Estate Winery.
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April 17, 2009
Drink News - Winemakers Round Table at the Banee
An interesting event at the Banee was the winemaker's roundtable discussion - an open forum between a group of mostly Vancouver-based wine media and several South Okanagan winemakers
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April 03, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - Licensed to Thrill: Germany's 007 Vintage
The fridge smart idea that the Portuguese stole from the Germans and Auric Goldfinger's connection to Riesling.
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April 01, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - In the Pink at the VPIWF
With the warm weather on the way ... it's time to think pink.
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March 28, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - Wine Festival Debut: Black Cloud
When we first heard that there was a new wine in the Okanagan named " Black Cloud " we assumed it was a romantic tribute to the dramatic, billowing black clouds that often sweep over the mountainsides in the early morning. But we were wrong.
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March 28, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - Nota Bene Hosts a Vertical Tasting
Hot ticket: The cult status Okanagan winery hosted a rare vertical tasting of their Black Hills wines (from 1999 to the yet-to-be-released 2007).
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March 26, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - Wine Festival Debut: Pink Elephant Sparkling Rose
Are you seeing pink elephants? Or have you just been drinking?
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March 25, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - A Letter from JoieFarm
JoieFarm says an off-the-record quote attributed to them in a Globe & Mail article was used out of context. In this letter they answer with their own cannon fire.
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March 24, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - Divas at the Met
Pink may be for girls, but in the wine world, so is red and white. The Wine Divas wear them well.
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March 23, 2009
VPI Wine Festival Log - CedarCreek Winemaker Dinner at Bishops
Started the week at the Wine Festival in the best possible way -- with Cedar Creek wines and dinner at Bishop's.
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January 02, 2009
Beer - Old Rasputin - Russian Imperial Stout
This year you’ve vowed to cut back on drinking, gluttony, womanizing and debauchery, but don’t start yet. Christmas isn’t over. At least not for the Russians, Ukrainians, Georgians and other members of the Orthodox Christian Church.
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December 08, 2008
Spirits - Liquers - Merridale Fruit Brandies
Just one year after mastering the intricacies of the operation’s new 200-litre hand-made copper still, Merridale Ciderworks released its first fruit brandies in November, just in time for a little Christmas cheer.
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October 27, 2008
Spirits - Liquers - Crystal Skull Vodka
Dan Aykroyd shilling for a brand of vodka bottled in a crystal skull and made by Newfies … gotta be another fine example of twisted Canuck humour, right?
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May 16, 2008
Spirits - Liquers - Victoria Gin
Fairmont's Empress Hotel in Victoria now stocks a gin they can identify with.
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