I got an email from one of my favourite local PR girls, telling me to Go to Hell. My first thought was “uh, no, YOU go to hell!” and then I realized that a) she’s far too sweet to ever tell me that, and b) she was inviting me to a launch of the new […]
I’m back from my whirlwind trip of the south (or the upper south as some referred to it as) with 100’s of pictures and more knowledge about the making of bourbon than I ever thought I’d need to know. Overall, it’s a pretty interesting process, and soon you’ll know all about it too!
While I’m getting […]
I’m sitting in my gorgeous room at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, on the absolutely comfortable, completely squishy bed, drying off from a serious downpour! It didn’t ever cross my mind that I would have to bring an umbrella to Whistler, the land of skiing and snowboarding!
Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Image source: Fairmont
I got into the Village in […]
Take a look at this baby. Now you can pour like the pros.
“A sleek blend of form and function, the Skybar(tm) Wine Preservation & Optimization System as designed by Altitude, Inc. is the first home accessory to chill, pour and preserve multiple bottles of wine from a single system. “
What does that […]
Tis the season for Bordeaux, the beautifully complex wine that collectors vie to get a single bottleof. In fact, a bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite became the most expensive wine ever in 1985 when it sold for $210,000 at Christie’s.
The reason for this? Bordeaux completely embraces the concept of terroir: the idea that wines taste […]
I’m always a sucker for a gala, so when Open Road Audi invited me to preview their 2009 cars last Thursday via a wine tasting, I was in.
What I wasn’t expecting was the full-on Hollywood star treatment that I and the other 500+ guests received: 14 different courses of a tasing meal with wines to […]
Like music, wine is made in an almost limitless variety of styles to suit every meal, mood or occasion. Within any given bottle you might find an uplifting sparkling wine; a fresh and racy white; a lusty red, or a luscious dessert wine. The problem is, however, that because so many people are limited […]
A few months ago, when Gary was in Seattle, I had the pleasure of getting a precious 45 minutes with him, in which we sipped, slurped and critiqued wine, and talked about some of things his book touches on, but that the other reporters he talks to haven’t asked him about.
See, I didn’t want […]
The classic cocktails, you know, the ones from the 50’s and earlier, are making a comeback in today’s lounges and bars, and Dubonnet is one of those classic ingredients.
Dubonnet, like Absinthe, is one of those liquids developed in the mid-1800’s (1846 to be exact) to help make quinine more palatable for the soldiers battling […]
I’m a full-on spirits girl. I love my hard alcohol.
Don’t get me wrong, I like wine too, but I really KNOW spirits. Now that Drinks After Dark is my own world, I need to start being schooled more about wine. I’m learning. Quite seriously, actually.
In the process of my education, I found […]
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