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Jason MacPhee

Wine Category Manager

With over 20 years of experience as a wine merchant in Halifax, Jason joined Bishop’s Cellar back in 2013. Working within our product team and splitting time between our shop and warehouse offices, Jason’s extensive experience helps select and source the wonderful wines we carry on our shelves everyday. Working hard to make shopping for wine less complicated and intimidating for customers of all knowledge levels, you can catch Jason pouring wine and helping customers find what they’re looking for on most Saturdays down at our Lower Water St. store.

Favourite grape or wine region? 

Syrah/Carmenere blends from Chile. Currently in love with Lambrusco Salamino, though.

Are you a dog or cat person? Or maybe neither. Maybe you have birds or turtles or an ant farm?

Dogs – all of the dogs.

What song would you pick for karaoke?

Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band. Or Yeah! by Usher.

Jason MacPhee's Picks

🎄🎅 🎬 Christmas Movie Pairings


Christmas Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Tomato Wheels is a Lambrusco brand founded by Canadian Indigenous entrepreneur Moirae Choquette. Made with 85% Salamino and 15% Malbo Gentile, it’s got wild blueberry and blackberry on the nose, tart fruit on the palate, a soft bubble, and a hint of chocolate and tannin for balance. 

Guaranteed Clark Griswold wouldn’t have flipped out over a one-year Lambrusco-of-the-Month Club subscription. Honestly, that’s basically what you get from my Staff Picks. This month? Tomato Wheels and Dry Turkey. I mean… does it even get better than that?!” Really, does it?

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