All around the world, countries will celebrate Fair Trade Day on May 11. You may or may not know, Edmonton is a Fair Trade certified city! Read the quick fact sheet for a bit more info, and come in to the store on May 11 to sample Fair Trade wine.
Folks are preparing for their big Easter dinners. Edmonton is home to many traditions and cultures, and there is a whole world of celebratory food to mark Easter. with so much diversity, how does one go about choosing wine to accompany?
There's been quite a buzz about vegan friendly wines. Read the article to find out more, and to see how many wines we carry at Aligra that are vegan (and therefore vegetarian) friendly.
We had another full house of enthusiastic attendees: thanks for everyone for your excellent participation. For this year`s event, we travelled the globe, sampling malts from Scotland, England, Japan, and Canada! The distilling world is experiencing real growth, and we are the beneficiaries.
Another excellent evening. We sampled gins from around the world, including one from our own back yard in Nisku!
We had a great crew in attendance, among them some dedicated bee keepers! The dialogue was lively, and it was a treat to be with folks with such good knowledge.
We had a sold out crowd out to taste Bourbons paired with various cookies last week! It was a fun and engaged group of participants. After sampling through all 8 of the Bourbons, the Top 3 favourites were:
1 Evan Williams Single Barrel paired with Whippets and Shortbread,
2 Cyrus Noble Small Batch paired with anything chocolate,
3 Eagle Rare Single Barrel paired with chocolate chip cookies and shortbread.
As with everything in life, it's all a matter of taste! Please drop in and if you aren't sure which one to choose, we have some open for tasters to help you decide!
Ken Bracke our Somm has selected the following wines for the Wine 101 Class because they depict very truly the single varieties in each category.
Tasted some great rums! If you missed it check out the notes. If you would like to come to one of our tasting events, be sure to sign up here on the website Events page! See you next time!