LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2024

Inside Scoop The latest bits, bites and sips to keep you in the know. BY ERIC VELLEND

Night Harvest Martini

DRINK OF THE SEASON

Beyond being one of the finest dessert wines on the planet, icewine is a brilliant cocktail in gredient. In our Night Harvest Martini (p. 142), its saccharine sweetness is balanced by vodka, but the neutral spirit also allows the wine’s autum nal flavours of honey and ripe pears to shine. Garnished with a pair of juicy grapes, it’s a won derful way to start any fall feast. So why the name? Since icewine grapes must be picked at -8ºC or lower, harvest generally happens at night, when temperatures are coldest.

Buy this glass online at LCBO.com. See p. 28.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DARREN KEMPER; FOOD STYLING BY CHRISTOPHER ST. ONGE; PROP STYLING BY CATHERINE MacFADYEN

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