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A Winey Whiskey For The Rest Of Us: Glenmorangie Nectar dOr Highland Single Malt Whiskey Scotland

Posted on March 27, 2018 by waywardwine

Hi wine nerds! Don’t like Whiskey? Or want something more than your piddly 20% ABV Port? Well, you’re in luck. Scotland’s Glenmorangie, having perfected the 12 Year Single Malt, happens to work within Moët Hennesey’s empire.  With that extra bank, Glen could get bored and buy wine barrels to finish their spirits.  This ruffled Scottish feathers a few decades ago. But today, distilleries have another spice in their cupboard. Continue reading →

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Vancouver Visit to Stanley Park, Liberty Distillery, Fish and Chips, BC Liquor Store

Posted on January 25, 2015 by waywardwine

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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PEI.POTATOES.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #4

Posted on August 31, 2012 by waywardwine

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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