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What is Icewine? Choosing A Wine For Dinner

Q: What exactly Is Icewine and why is it so expensive?
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Creating your at-home bar

Q: What are some tips on stocking my at-home bar?
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Sulfites in organic wines. Plus, how long can wine keep?

Q: Discuss the presence of sulfites in organic wines
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Types of whiskey... Red wine breathes?

Q: What are the mainstream types of whisk(e)y and what makes them distinctive?
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Beer and food pairing... Starting a cellar

Q: Certain wine and food pairings are better than others. Is this also true of beer?
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Tips on storing and serving Icewine

Q: How long can I keep an unopened bottle of Icewine?
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Wines for the 10-course Chinese meal

Q: I'm looking for a couple of suitable yet inexpensive wines to serve at my Chinese banquet.
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Shaken vs. Stirred... and What is "terroir"?

Q: Shaken vs. stirred (relating to martinis)
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Wine Festival Tasting Strategies

With one of the largest and most recognized international wine festivals in North America, Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, happening this week in Vancouver,
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Grafting Wine Vines

Q: What is grafting and why is it done?
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Wheat beer and the term "Neat"

Q: What is wheat beer? How is it different from other beers? Are there different styles of wheat beer?
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What is Meritage and gin?

Q: What is "Meritage" and what is it made from?
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Tequila Worms?

Q: What is the significance of the worm in tequila bottles.
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Choosing Stemware

Q: Is it necessary to use the proper glass stemware designated for the different type of wine? i.e.
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Types of Beer

Q: What are the different styles of beer? Can you suggest what food is best served with which style of beer?
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Oh, Tainted Wine...

Q: The other night, I had some wine that tasted "off"; it just didn't taste right. Someone mentioned that it was "corked" but how can I tell?
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Decoding the Sweetness Code

Q: When I shop for wines at BC Liquor Stores, I notice that there is a 'sweetness code' associated with each wine. What does this code mean and what does the number stand for?
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Tannins, Champagne and Bubbles!

Q: What are tannins and how are they described?
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