Bishop’s Cellar (1477 Lower Water Street) has opened a pop-up shop very nearby at 1475 Lower Water Street. The six-day boutique will run until this Wednesday (April 17), offering local and less-expensive wines while the store’s regular retail space undergoes renovations. The makeover has been in discussion for about a year and will create a […]
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Viva Flamenco gets down
Viva Flamenco stomps and swirls through the University Club tonight at 7-10pm. $30 buys your admission as well as a glass of Spanish red wine and tapas. This would be a romantic and impressive date. But not for me particularly, as I was once falsely accused of drinking a neighbour’s Spanish red wine on a […]
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Choice Nova Scotia white wines
Green Halifax asked Alanna McIntyre, sommelier at Bishop’s Cellar, to recommend five Nova Scotia white wines available at her store that will perfectly compliment your meal. “It’s a cool climate,” she says, explaining why Nova Scotia whites are so fine. “It’s a moderate amount of sun and heat, the variation of daytime and evening temperatures. […]
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Delicious discovery at the Savour Food and Wine Festival
A cork pops, the trigger pull on a liquid starter’s pistol, and the foodie event called Decadence begins with Fresita, a Chilean sparkling wine, glistening ruby-red in a gently fizzing orchestra of champagne flutes. On the Friday before Valentine’s Day, Decadence is the first of three keynote events at this month’s Savour Food & Wine […]
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Web to doorstep booze
We’re slowly, inexorably, moving towards a sensible system of buying wine, beer and spirits in Canada, where consumers can go online—or use a phone, if they are dinosaurs—and order a case from anywhere in the world to be delivered to their doorsteps. And why not? Why should booze be any different than books and music? […]
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Assembling a local picnic basket
Sunday August 30 is the Incredible Picnic, the province-wide celebration of local food. At the Halifax location, on the Garrison Grounds, onsite vendors will have samples, but the truly adventuresome will bring their own picnic baskets. You can’t, however, rely on imported picnic staples like watermelon. Fortunately, savvy Maritime entrepreneurs make eating locally easier. Starters […]
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Atlantic wine awards give plenty of coastal gold
Atlantic wine was put on a pedestal this past weekend when results were revealed for the first annual Atlantic Canada Wine Awards. Thirteen wineries walked away with awards and most winners, unsurprisingly, were from Nova Scotia. About two-thirds of the 119 wines entered in the Atlantic Canada Wine Awards won at least a bronze medal, […]
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Spring means riesling
Ask any Sommelier or winemaker in Nova Scotia what their favourite white wine is, and it’s a good bet they’ll say riesling. Some might say it’s their favourite wine, period. There’s something special about Germany’s most noble grape that elicits this response. Riesling has beautiful lime, lemon, apple and/or peach notes, plus pretty white flowers […]