Casale Del Bosco Brunello
$74.79
This Brunello is produced by Sivio Nardi, one of the leading lights in Montalcino. This is really fine on the palate with wonderfully integrated tannins that give tension and focus. It’s medium-bodied with lovely berry, cherry, cedar and spice. Peaches and flower stems, too. Creamy texture. Extremely long and vivid. Structured, but showing beautiful drinkability with wonderful balance and form.
96 points, James Suckling
Meyer Chardonnay
$25.49
Meyer is one of BC’s top wineries, focusing on small premium Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Each wine reflects the single vineyard of its origin, the soil, the meso-climate, the aspect and the people that hand tend the vines. All wines are Hand-harvested and hand-crafted, with great attention to detail and minimal winemaking intervention. Meyer Family Vineyards wines are produced from two main vineyards, the 1.62-hectare “Old Main Road” vineyard on the Naramata Bench and the 6.9-hectare “McLean Creek Road” vineyard in Okanagan Falls. The McLean Creek spends 11 months in French oak (22% new). Easily one of the best Chardonnays produced in Canada.
Baron Micaela Amontillado
$46.74
Bodegas Baron Micaela has a range of four Amontillados; this is the youngest (around 4-5 years of age), together with the Pino Viejo (same age). There’s also an older Amontillado Xixarito (15 years) and Amontillado Soluqua (30+ years).
As an Amontillado, it ages under floe during the first few years. After that, it is fortified again, eliminating the flor and provoking a period of oxidative ageing. It should be great with jamón ibérico, grilled asparagus or anything with mushrooms.
Kuheiji Ka No Chi
$61.19
From the producer
"Crop / Yamada Nishiki Rice Polish 40%
Acidity and sweetness
This sake invites you to focus on the balance of acids and residual sugars. One notch less polished, rice so much to express itself more in a suavity specific to Yamada.
It will nevertheless be necessary to wait a minimum of a year for the sugars to concentrate and release the potential of this sake.
From then on and for at least five years at each tasting, the mouth will evolve, sometimes declining on pear and melon from the Andes, more and more ripe.
With white fish or crab meat, the fusion is complete.
Kuheiji Besuatsurae
$73.94
Kuheiji Kamoshibito - Eau du Desir
$44.19
OMC Mortlach 14 Year Canasta Sherry
$216.99
This Mortlach comes from a single cask care of Hunter Laing's Old Malt Cask whisky range. The Mortlach single malt was originally distilled in July 2010. It was then matured for 14 years in a Canasta Sherry Butt at 50%.
OMC Auchroisk 16 Year
$219.99
Auchroisk: The easily pronounceable distillery name that is on everybody's lips! No? Anyhow, this bottling comes to us from Hunter Laing's Old Malt Cask line. This single cask Awthrusk - I mean Auchroisk - was distilled in February 2007 and matured in a refill Hogshead (ref. HL21158). The resulting 16 year old Single Malt Scotch has been bottled at 50%.
According to the label, this Auchroisk was bottled "TO COMMEMORATE THE LAUNCH OF THE ARDNAHOE SINGLE MALT". Huzzah!
Hermit Silent Blossom Golden Ale
$4.89
From the Brewery,
"Silent Blossom Golden Ale
ABV: 5.0 % | 100% Canadian Malts
A gentle nod to tradition with a bold contemporary twist, Silent Blossom is Hermit’s tribute to quiet elegance. Brewed exclusively with 100% Canadian malts, this Golden Ale offers a clean, balanced body with a smooth malt backbone that lets the delicate floral notes of osmanthus blossom on the palate.
Expect subtle hops aromas, layered with a whisper of sweet, tea-like fragrance from the osmanthus flower. Light-bodied and refreshingly crisp, it’s a beer that lingers like a soft memory—perfect for slow afternoons, meaningful conversations, and mindful sips.: