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Blood Into Wine

Mar 12, 2010

Maynard James Kennan—frontman of 90s alt-metal band Tool—joined the ranks of singer-vintners like Madonna and Lil Jon with the founding of his Arizona winery Caduceus Cellars. The wines are earning strong reviews, to the surprise of those who gainsaid the terroir of the American Southwest desert. Learn all about the road to the first bottle of Nagual del Judith and much more from the gravelly singer (himself a descendent of Northern Italian winemakers) in the documentary Blood Into Wine, playing next week at the Rio. And try the wines for yourself.

Federico’s Supper Club

Italian | Commercial Drive

Commercial Drive Pub Crawl

One good drink deserves another. Turn a night out into a proper crawl with this East Side itinerary. Just don’t blame us in the morning

The Charlatan

15 shiny taps are front and centre at the Charlatan, where imported draft brews like Kilkenny, Grolsch, and Strongbow are revered by beer-savvy patrons Crowd Yuppier side of the Commercial Drive crowd; 30-something landlords Go for Burger and brew specials: any burger, any beer for $14 Hours 4 p.m.-midnight Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.-midnight Sat-Sun

Small Potatoes Urban Delivery

What started as a produce delivery service has become a veritable greengrocery empire, now serving Calgary and parts of the Pacific Northwest. The focus, however, is unchanged: organic produce and locally sourced products delivered fresh to your door by one-off order or regular schedule. The catalogue continues to expand. Newly added: gluten-free brown rice buns from Vancouver’s European Breads Bakery, organic cheeses from Quebec’s l’Ancêtre, and…what’s this? Frozen cheesecakes and lemon tart from Toronto’s “Queen of Cake,” Dufflet Rosenberg? Where do we sign?

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