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Egan's Irish
Irish whiskey (yes, with an “e”, just as the Americans do with Bourbon), is experiencing something of a renaissance. Often, it is an...
Irish Oak, Beautiful Spice
The Glendalough Pot Still Irish Whiskey.
We have Irish monks to thank, to begin with. In pursuit of knowledge about the parfumerie processes, they travelled...
Saint Kevin Approved
The Glendalough distillery in Ireland is situated on lands once occupied and protected by Saint Kevin. That was back around 700 AD. These days...
A New Legend is Born
Heaven’s Door Whiskey
Let’s start a new urban legend, although it is based on a Western movie. James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, director Sam Peckinpaugh, and...
A Very Fine House
A. de Fussigny reaches 200 years and counting.
The first barrels for export went out the front gates in 1814. A. de Fussigny still ships...
True artisanal expression
It was 1890. The Dias family patriarch planted his first
coffee beans, built a plantation high in the hills in Brazil’s Mogiana Valley,
based on sustainable...
Old Stogies
On my last trip to Montreal, last February, I was not surprised to find snow on the ground and a not so welcoming minus...
One Pot Only
Stranded on a desert island, if you only had one pot , or pan, to
cook in, what would it be? We asked some experts,...
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One Pot Only
Stranded on a desert island, if you only had one pot , or pan, to
cook in, what would it be? We asked some experts,...
Sparkle All the Way
That fabulous time of year when we all celebrate and are festive more than any other time of year is once again upon us. ...
My Aim is True
At the Allison Inn and Spa, they hit the bullseye.
Nestled almost coyly into the low
rolling hills at the northern tip of Oregon's willamette Valley...
My Name is Graspa
The Bottega Alexander
Frugal times, frugal means. Inventiveness. Ecology even. We could learn a few lessons form the birth of eau du vie, marc, grappa,...
Irish Oak, Beautiful Spice
The Glendalough Pot Still Irish Whiskey.
We have Irish monks to thank, to begin with. In pursuit of knowledge about the parfumerie processes, they travelled...
Supreme Single Malts
The relationship between oak casks and single malt Scotch whiskies is more mysterious than Abelard and Heloise. Volumes have been written, over the centuries,...
