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“Never stop experimenting.” It's Peter Dillon's personal philosophy and it's at the heart of what they do at the newly opened Dillon's Small Batch Distillers in Beamsville.
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Forty Creek Distillery has deep roots in winemaking, with a passion for whisky. Recently I had the pleasure of doing a private tour of the distillery that included a tasting of the full product line.
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People are either storytellers or doers that inspire stories. If you're blessed with a skill, like a special gift in the kitchen, you don't often possess the talent to dazzle with your words as well. After all how fair would that be? But Vikram Vij is one of the few chefs that's as captivating [...]
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If there's two things guaranteed at Cuvée it's a great celebration and a few surprises. That tends to be the nature of an awards ceremony based on a blind tasting—there's a always a wine or two that jumps out and grabs your attention. Those are the wines that tend to be rewarded at Cuvée.
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You don't need to visit a local winery in autumn to learn that those in the wine industry are a hard working bunch. But with that work-hard mentality also comes a desire to celebrate and recognise accomplishments. The premier event for that is next week's 2012 Cuvée wine awards.
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Driving along York Road on the way to St. Davids it's hard to miss one of Niagara-on-the-Lake's newest wineries. The last finishing touches of stucco were completed on the four-level, 31,000 square foot C-shaped family-owned-and-operated winery late last year.
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The 2012 edition of the Niagara Icewine Festival begins with the popular and elegant gala. It's a night of fantastic food, VQA Icewine and table wine and a celebration of bringing the two together amongst great company.
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Ravine Vineyard is kind of like an old soul. Despite only being open a handful of years you get this underlying feeling that there's some deeper history there. When you do a little exploring you quickly find out that indeed the winery has an intrinsic connection to the land that reaches back to the [...]
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