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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...
The Season
Many would argue that any season is cocktail season. Fair enough. But the festive holiday season, which sends out the past year and ushers...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
