“Start with fresh ingredients and quality spirits,” says Katrina Roberts as she mixes a simple syrup infused with fire-roasted plums into one of Morris East’s signature cocktails, the Nova Libre. Roberts, wine and beverage director at Morris East, has built her reputation on the use of fresh and fragrant ingredients, like spry sprigs of rosemary […]
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Autumn: A season of changing leaves, crisp breezes and fuzzy sweaters. It’s also harvest time, which means a cornucopia of flavours has arrived in time to create some tantalizing seasonal cocktails. You can’t just drink pumpkin spice lattes and apple cider all month, so why not try one of these unique recipes from some of […]
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Mix master
Jeffrey Van Horne brings an old-school touch of class to drinking in the city through his posts at The Bicycle Thief and Untitled Eats. by Melissa Buote With his Lindberg-era under-cut and Hercule Poirot-meets-handlebar moustache, rower-turned-bartender Jeffrey Van Horne looks like he fell out of a photo of the Paris Crew and into a lithograph […]
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Brothers of invention
Sage Mixology’s bottle within a bottle proves to be Dal students’ dream within a dream. by Michaela Cavanagh The enlightened student’s constant quandary: how to make alcohol consumption harder, better, faster, stronger. From shotgunning beers to alcohol enemas, it seems like young people have gone to the ends of the earth (or off the deep […]
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Tiny bubbles, big waves
When Jean-Benoit Deslauriers came to Benjamin Bridge winery in Wolfville from California in 2008, he had an interest in working with the owners, the McConnell-Gordon family, but he didn’t imagine he’d have a winemaker’s dream job. “It was hard to predict the extent to which I would be empowered to do whatever it takes to […]
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Let it flow
Thanks to some encouraging words from Nova Scotia’s finance minister and a major grassroots movement, Nova Scotia’s wines may soon be able to find a greater audience. by Craig Pinhey If you truly love Canadian wine, the recent comments by Nova Scotia’s finance minister Maureen MacDonald might have you chanting “free my grapes!” MacDonald indicated […]
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Wolfville’s wine magic
It’s a sunny, late-summer Sunday morning. The sky is as clear as a glass of L’Acadie Blanc, and I’m on my way to Wolfville to hop on a double-decker bus that will cart me through Nova Scotia wine country: the Wolfville Magic Winery Bus tour. Part of the Nova Scotia Fall Wines Festival, the Ambassatours […]
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Tough competition
Sommelier Véronique Rivest approaches the table and asks for the judges’ order. They respond with a request for a full tasting menu, with wines for each course, but they add an odd requirement: the wines must come from different countries, all of which have to have hosted the World Sommelier competition. It’s a bizarre request […]
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Five for fall
Avondale Sky Lavender: This is a fruity rosé that goes really well with chocolate. If the thought of lavender gives you any hesitation, don’t let it; you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the enticing aroma and finish. Petite Rivière Sur Lie: Somewhat of an acquired taste, Sur Lie is, in my opinion, the white wine equivalent […]
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Best bets for events
Before you take in Maritime Classic Cars’ annual Cruisin’ Quinpool (July 21, 7:30pm), stop in at Freeman’s Little New York (6092 Quinpool Road, 429-0241), where the bright green patio is a people watcher’s (and car lover’s) dream. It’s the summer of Johnny Depp at alFresco filmFesto (Halifax waterfront, July 27-August 24), but you’ll need to […]
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Irish C.R.E.A.M.
In 10 days I only saw one sunset, streaks of purple, gold and pink across the swell of the North Atlantic. The rest of my trip to Ireland was bathed in a soggy, glowing grey. Each day’s brightest light was from the nighttime streak of tour bus headlights careening around the Ring of Kerry. County […]
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Halifax’s top beer bars
The Henry House There’s no need to turn to Europe for a seriously tar-black brew on St. Patrick’s Day. Choose from The Henry House’s selection of darker beers, priced at $6.25 a pint: Indulge in the Montreal-based McAuslan’s St. Ambroise oatmeal stout, brewed from dark malts and roasted barley and packing a distinct mocha flavour. […]