Les Trois Mousquetaires Imp Porter Btl
$13.99
This Baltic Porter pours black with shades of brown. Thick and creamy tan head with moderate retention. Aroma is black cherry, wood, coffee, ash and plums. Taste is less coffee-heavy than aroma suggests, but a bit more chocolatey and smokey. Baltic Porters are typically strong, sweet and bottom-fermented. They lack the powerful roast of an imperial stout, but have an intense malt character.
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
$6.59
Nothing refreshes more than this naturally cloudy weissbeer with its wonderfully rich yeasty taste. Goes well with light meals, which are not too strongly flavoured, veal sausage in particular. Founded nearly 1000 years ago as a Benedictine monastery brewery, then becoming the Royal Bavarian State Brewery. The world's oldest existing brewery, it is located in Freising. A unique combination of tradition, custom, and modern science, gives the brewery its incomparable identity and permits it to brew beers of the highest quality. Class, not mass, a description of their corporate philosophy.
Andreola Bolle Spumante Extra Dry
$24.99
A fantastic dry sparkling wine from Italy's Andreola Orsola. Located in Col San Martino, a hamlet in the province of Treviso situated in the hills of the production zone for Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, this crisp sipper is made from 100% Glera, an ancient grape used in the production of Prosecco. Serve slightly chilled; it makes a wonderful aperitif and will pair with a variety of simple appetizers, including smoked salmon, shrimp and scallops.
Aperol
$32.99
Aperol is an immensely popular Italian aperitif produced in Padua. Its ingredients are, among others, bitter orange, gentian, rhubarb, and cinchona. Although it looks, tastes, and smells much like Campari, it has a higher sugar content and is lower in alcohol. Serve 2 parts Aperol to 3 parts Prosecco. A splash of soda and a sliver of lemon. Bellissimo!
Costanti Brunello Di Montalcino
$179.99
Conti Costanti makes a deep, dark, rich, cellar-worthy style of Brunello di Montalcino that is aged in Slavonian Oak casks 500 litres in size as well as 3000-litre vats. They are is consistently given high scores by critics and consumers alike, vintage after vintage. The Costanti Estate vineyards reside 300 to 400 metres above sea level and cover a dozen hectares planted mostly with Sangiovese/Brunello, along with a small amount of more recently planted Merlot and Cabernet.
Consider pairing with steak, grilled Portabello mushrooms, a rich mushroom risotto, or spaghetti with giant meatballs in tomato sauce.
Dieu Du Ciel Solstice Barley Wine 4 pk
$18.29
This noble winter beer is brown in colour with flaming red highlights. Its taste is delicately sweet and liquor-like with a hint of burnt caramel coming from the malt and a prolonged boiling time. It is a very bitter beer with aromas of hops and alcohol, and flavours reminiscent of red fruit brought by the English-type yeast used to ferment it. The aftertaste is accentuated by the wonderful flavour of hops. Solstice d'Hiver is brewed only once a year, and is then aged for 4 to 5 months before being sold. This aging process is necessary to achieve an ideal equilibrium between the sharp bitterness and the other flavours in the beer.
Mongozo Gluten Free Pilsner
$5.09
This pilsner is a fair-trade, organic and gluten-free lager with an alcohol content of 5%, the first Fairtrade lager in the world. It has a mild, slightly bitter flavour of hops and is easy to drink. It is brewed using only high grade organic barley malt, organic hops and Fairtrade certified organic rice.
Tantalus Riesling
$46.99
This Riesling shines like pale morning sunlight in the glass - so inviting, so "Tantalus-ing." A gem from the Okanagan that could give a traditional German Riesling a run for its money. Aromas of lime zest and guava accented by nuances of ripe melon and gala apple. Nicely balanced with flavors of citrus and a clean, zesty grapefruit undertone. A lingering finish and a gorgeous way to whet your appetite!
El Dorado Spiced Rum
$29.99
"This exotic spirit carries the style, quality and provenance you would expect from the El Dorado brand," according to the El Dorado and Demerara Distillers team. "Its unique blend of aged Demerara rums and natural spices - cinnamon and vanilla with hints of citrus - delivers a genuine Caribbean flavour with a smooth taste and rich aroma. Sip it straight with ice, or use it to create either warmingly rich or deliciously refreshing cocktails."