Feb 7, 2024
Making great whisky is serious business.
Whisky takes time. You can create it and leave it in barrel “while your kids grow up and head off to college” kind of time.
For example, Paradigm Spirits -The Heritage Collection - Whisky of the Year in Canada spent 19 years in barrels. Then along came friends and partners...
Jan 27, 2024
“Friendship is like Whisky – the older the better”
Yes, my friends, it's our annual trek to Victoria’s inner harbour for the 18th annual Victoria Whisky Festival and the Canadian Whisky Awards.
It was the founder of the awards Davin de Kergomeaux who whispered in my ear wondering why I wasn’t attending or...
Jan 6, 2024
Winemaker Mike Grgich died Dec 13th 2023. He was 100 years old.
This is his story, as told to yours truly into a nasty microphone in the lobby of the Hotel Vancouver 2016.
He had just released...
Dec 30, 2022
My pal Jason Priestley and I have stepped into the world of wine. The difference is, we’re not consumers, we’re partners with winemaker Michael Mosny at Winemakers Cut in Oliver, BC.
Jason for several years had been an investor in Black Hills Winery, the maker of the iconic Nota Bene.
After the sale of Black Hills,...
Aug 20, 2022
Here’s what you might know about Chief Clarence...
CLARENCE LOUIE has been chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, in the south Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, for almost 40 years. In 2013, Maclean's named him one of the “Top 50 Canadians to Watch.” In 2003, Louie was chosen by the U.S. Department of State as one...