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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Tag Archives: gin
A Canadian Winery (and Distillery) Eh!? De Vine Vineyards Wine Review
Wayward Wine continues to ply the uncharted wines of Vancouver Island. It has been rough, but we found some decent Pinot Noir (read here). This marginal-in-the-best-of-times climate manages to counter its Northern latitude by bottling any warmth it can from the eastern straights with its western mountains. The best example: the Butchart Gardens utopia that traps tourists with its improbably lush gardens… Continue reading
Posted in Vancouver Island, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged british columbia, Canada, Canadian wine, distillery, gin, grapes, Grüner Veltliner, marechal Foch, pinot blanc, pinot noir, spirit, travel, Vancouver Island, vermouth, wine
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Vancouver Visit to Stanley Park, Liberty Distillery, Fish and Chips, BC Liquor Store
Wayward Wine continues to search for drinks-related fun in “No Fun City”: Vancouver, BC. Where better to start than downtown’s Signature BC Liquor Store? But even in this urban chic city center, this state-run store only offers the same old Okanagan brands (Wayne Gretzky wine…sigh). Prices all tend to the teens and above. Anything cheaper and “local” is Australian bottled in BC (yes, they have a section for it). Thanks to brutal taxes, shelf price for any wine from anywhere, is twice what is stateside. There’s a reason people buy wine pre-made in bulk from private home brew shops: Continue reading
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Tagged bc, british columbia, Canada, distillery, G&Ts, gin, Liberty Distillery, spirits, Stanley Park, Vancouver, Vodka, Whiskey, wine, Wisky
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PEI.POTATOES.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #4
My wife and I end our week in Montreal. Week two of our grand drinking tour begins. Our hosts kindly drop us and our luggage pile at the train station. After an hour of translating Québécois announcements into French and … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, coctail, gin, liquor, malt, Potatoes, prince Edward island, prince Edward island distillery, province, spirits, Whisky
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