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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...
Courvoisier’s Bold Age Statement
Pierre Szersnovicz has spent his life making, bottling, and carrying the flag for Courvoisier cognac. He happily retired, but his previous title was Director...
At Hawksworth
At Hawksworth, fine dining in Vancouver is alive and very well. Since opening to virtually instant acclaim in 2011, Chef David Hawksworth and his...
Well-Travelled Whiskey
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...
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,...
The Nightingale
Known for its mellifluous and fulsome song, the nightingale appears in nature and, in multiple instances, in art, from Romantic poetry right on back...
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Well-Travelled Whiskey
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...
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,...
Mythical Creatures, Magical Bottles
Ardbeg Kelpie
Kelpies, according to agile Scottish lore, are shape-shifting water spirits that inhabit the small, inhospitable islands called skerries, that dot the Atlantic shores...
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. ...
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,...
Bearface One Eleven Oaxaca
What Andres Faustinelli does not know about whisky is almost not worth knowing. Over dinner at Per Se Social Corner, he regales the table...
