Gold Winner Bishop’s Cellar Silver Winner Rockhead Wine + Beer Market Bronze Winner The Port by NSLC Comforting, warm and impeccably balanced is Bishop’s Cellar, the waterfront destination for wine lovers and spirited spirits fans looking for some potent potables sold with expert knowledge. The north end’s Rockhead Wine + Beer Market, meanwhile, has a […]
The Port
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Five wines for $15 and under
You don’t have to sacrifice taste for price if you know where to look. Sommelier Erin Horton of Bishop’s Cellar pulls five affordable and tasty wines for every budget. The good news is cheaper wines usually mean easy drinking and no “pencil-shaving aromas.” The bad news is you have every excuse to double fist bottles […]
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Just try me: local wines to drink this fall
Domaine de Grand Pré, Haskap Sparking Wine $23.75 Haskap, a berry native to our province, gives this wine just a hint of body and sweetness. Made in the traditional Champagne method, this is a wine versatile enough to span whatever fall feast you have up your sleeve. “This wine is about as Nova Scotian as […]
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Best Liquor / Wine Store
Gold Winner Bishop’s Cellar Silver Winner Premier Wine & Spirits Bronze Winner Port of Wines Once upon a time, specialty wine shops were seen as snobby, a domain where only the initiated were allowed. It’s places like Bishop’s Cellar, where staff are patient and enthusiastic to help even the most unschooled wine drinker, that have […]
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Cheers to your beers, Garrison
It’s been 15 years of great beers at Garrison. And to celebrate that, the Halifax brewery has added yet another rich brew to its resume. Today the 15th Anniversary Malt, Vanilla & Cocoa makes its way into the brewery and onto many a weekend shopping list. The perfect warming beer for the winter season, the […]
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Best Liquor / Wine Store
Gold Winner Bishop’s Cellar Silver Winner Port of Wines Bronze Winner Premier Wine and Spirits A great selection and stellar staff including three sommeliers set Bishop’s Cellar apart from your run-of-the-mill liquor stores. Don’t mistake this for elitism. Although the cellar is a bit of a connoisseur’s playground—often sourcing from smaller vineyards—retail manager Alanna McIntyre […]
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South shore seasonal pub tour
Growing up on the south shore and attending school in Halifax, it’s not surprising that this beer and pub lover developed a preference for certain pubs and towns within reasonable driving distance. I got involved with a crowd in university that did an annual “South Shore Drinking Tour,” in which we drove to a bar […]