LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2019

PRESENTS OF MIND

For wine aficionados Innovation is happening all over the wine world today, where wine meets whisky, rum and even coffee in holiday must-haves.

19 Crimes The Uprising RedWine LCBO 633438, $18.95 Australia’s 19th-century

rum rebellion inspired the partial rum-barrel-ageing of this spicy, cherry and brown sugar‑touched blend.

Wayne GretzkyWhisky Oak Aged Red VQA VINTAGES 617738, $19.95 This winery-distillery ages Red Cask Whisky ( LCBO 472332, $39.95) in its own wine barrels, and its Bordeaux-style blend in its whisky barrels, for vanilla and smoke notes.

The Grinder Pinotage LCBO 572107, $14.00 In South Africa, the plum and cherry tones of its native red varietal get the “coffee wine” treatment, gaining spicy roast- ed flavours through clever winemaking and barrel-ageing.

Easy LCBO gifting Use a gorgeous holiday keepsake box to present one or two of these premium wine gifts, or perhaps package with glassware. Buy in-store, $8.95

Jacob’s Creek Double Barrel Chardonnay LCBO 633453, $20.00

The next level of the Califor- nia bourbon-barrel-wine trend: Chardonnay is partly fer- mented in whiskey barrels and aged in wine barrels, gaining creamy tropical fruit notes.

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HOLIDAY 2019 FOOD & DRINK