Canada is abuzz with Will and Kate’s impending visit.  Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s a stimulating exercise to consider how you might encapsulate “the Canadian experience” in 9 days of travel and activities.
In last Saturday’s Globe & Mail, Beppi Crosariol presents his alternate (and more spirituous) Canadian tour for the royal couple.
I’d start them [...]

We are inching our way across this vast country and happy to report that Victoria Gin has now flooded the SAQ!  Find yourself a bottle here.

Anna and Phil were in Montréal for an intimate launch last week at Restaurant Jane on Notre Dame.  We were delighted to launch at Jane – a place that shares [...]

The International Indian Film Academy Awards are coming to Toronto this month and the Fairmont Royal York will be welcoming international delegates, fans, and cinema royalty in style.
Among other treats, and as featured in the Hindustan Times(!), their Library Bar will be shaking up a Raj Kapoor in celebration.

Raj Kapoor
2 oz Victoria Gin
1 oz dry [...]

We had an outstanding time at the Island Chefs’ Collaborative Food Fest last Sunday.  Three Cheers for local food, farms, and firewater!

… and Family:  Valerie, Bryan & Anna at The ICC Food Fest
We spent the afternoon muddling ourselves delirious with a mountain of beautiful cucumbers from Sun Wing.  As requested, here is the recipe so [...]

In case you haven’t made it out to our Distillery, here’s a small taste our small-scale bottling/labelling operation.

Here we fill the bottles, cap them, and use a heat shrink to seal them up, one by one.

We have our labels printed on a roll that fits into our little labelling machine.  We turn that hand crank [...]