The hottest new trend in beer since IPA; sour beer is taking over! You’d almost think it is a brand new thing that’s just hit the beer scene in the last couple years, but would you believe that sour beer has been a thing almost has long as beer itself? The style is making a huge […]
A: The short answer to this question is: taste more wine. The longer answer is a bit more complicated and depends, ultimately, on your personal preferences. If you want to keep things informal: -Investigate wine. Listen to wine podcasts, read books and connect with wine professionals you trust in person or on social media. -Practice […]
Quebec not only has one of the oldest brewing scenes in Canada, they also have one of the best. Quebec has always had a very robust and creative beer culture. Brewers don’t tend to rely on any one country for inspiration, like you may find elsewhere. If I had to generalize for a moment though, […]
Years before I worked for Bishop’s Cellar, I wandered into the shop on the Halifax waterfront one sunny Autumn day. I had just come back from a vacation in Italy and I was looking for a wine that I’d had at a wine bar in Florence. I could not remember the name of the wine […]
We’re thrilled to welcome fresh new wines from Austria’s Weingut Sepp Moser to our shop this June! The Moser family is one of Austria’s viticultural dynasties. Sepp Moser founded today’s estate in 1987 with vineyards in the Austrian wine-growing areas Kremstal and Neusiedlersee. He ambitiously dedicated himself to creating exquisite wines full of character from best sites. […]
Pet-What? You’ve likely noticed a lot of talk about Pet-Nat lately and you may be wondering- What is it? What does it mean? And, how is Lucas going to relate it to beer? Well, let’s dive in. Pet Nat is short for Pétillant Naturel, and it’s actually a lot older than most wine styles- including Champagne! There […]
Burgundy and Bordeaux, Chardonnay and Merlot. What’s in a name? Wines are either named after the region where they come from, the grape variety used to produce the wine, or are given a made up name. Here’s how it all works. By Growing Region Traditionally “old world” wine producing regions like France, Italy and Spain, […]
Fundamentally, there is only one thing that makes a whisky/whiskey* a scotch: it’s made in Scotland. *You may have noticed that some people spell it whisky and others whiskey and this, too, mostly comes down to geography. In Scotland, Canada, India, and Japan it is generally known as ‘whisky’ while in Ireland and America it […]
