This week I was in Halifax for the Great Canadian Kitchen Party (a fundraiser for Nova Scotia athletes, and the local…
I’ve written quite a lot over the past three decades about the wave of small breweries opening across Canada. It…
Walk through any grocery store and eventually you’ll find yourself in the “specialty drinks” aisle. Among the malt sodas and…
Climate change and recent consumer trends pose a double challenge to vine growers. First, global warming raises the alcohol level…
THEY SAY THAT, along with nostalgia for foods like meatloaf and fondue, we’re in the midst of a fruitcake revival:…
If you don’t already know about the VQA (that’s the Vintners Quality Alliance), perhaps you should take a moment to…
Back when VQA was developed in the 1980s as an appellation system, intended for Canada, discussions eventually broke down in…
Many of us long time lovers of good beer remember the failed early modern breweries in the Maritimes, one of…