As we work towards a more sustainable future, it’s important as chefs or owners to play a part in educating consumers, and educating ourselves. Customers may be unfamiliar with the term ‘biodynamic wine’,...
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Kickstarting our lives every morning, coffee has surpassed water as the most consumed beverage in this country, according to a 2018 study by the Coffee Association of Canada, with roughly three-quarters of adult...
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Do you want the IPA again?” The bartender asked me. I was at an upscale brewpub in Ontario. “Yes please,” I said, handing her my empty glass. She took it, expertly inverted it...
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The popularity of plant-based diets is on the rise. But most consumers and restaurant industry workers don’t realize that many wines aren’t suitable for those following vegan lifestyles. On a crisp fall evening...
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Yes. They’re real sisters. The Beer Sisters Tara and Crystal Luxmore are two of four in fact (they have two more on the bench if needed). The Beer Sisters and I sit down...
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Like many of us, Eric Brass at one time treated tequila as a “close your eyes, plug your nose and hope for the best” experience. But that all changed after he went to...
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I wrote my first wine list for as much beer as I could drink. It was a great deal, and good beer too. The list was for the Alibi Room, the mecca for...
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Tables abroad are increasingly being set with Canadian wines, in an industry that has been growing since European grape varieties were first planted here in the seventies. In the last five years alone,...
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“Canadian whisky is the most innovative, most creative, most adaptable style of whisky today.” – Don Livermore, J.P. Wiser’s On the southern shores of the Detroit River sits a 150-year-old red-brick building with...
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It’s a mild summer afternoon in Calgary, and the patio of a trendy 17th Ave bar is packed with patrons eager to soak in the first of summer’s sunshine, with the requisite pints...
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