Wines and Spirits Volume 6: Spring Freshness

Our column continues this week as April comes to a close, with hopes for warmer weather. In Wines and Spirits Volume 6: Spring Freshness, we present a selection of refined wines, beers, and spirits, perfect for enjoying the season and celebrating spring with elegance.

The Selection for Wines and Spirits Volume 6: Spring Freshness

Enhance your tasting experience at home or with close friends, savoring each sip, exploring delicate notes, and enjoying the sophistication and charm that turn every moment into a refined celebration of spring.

Wines and Spirits Volume 6 — Spirits

NOROI DRY GIN with Québec Berries

This dry gin is crafted with a base of delicious ingredients including juniper berries, coriander, liquorice, orris root, lemon and bitter orange peel.

With a lovely translucent pink-tinged colour, the gin gets its hue from macerating organic haskap berries from Les Délices du Rapide and strawberries from Ferme Gadbois, both local Québec province farms located within 15 km of the NOROI distillery. This hyper-local blend offers a fruity taste, perfect for early summer, ideal in a gin and tonic with Fever-Tree Aromatic.

Available at SAQ

• SAQ Code: 14474119

Wines and Spirits Volume 6 — Beers

Éphémère Sea Buckthorn by Unibroue

To welcome the warm season, Unibroue introduces the new Éphémère Sea Buckthorn, showcasing the vibrant, local orange berries that lend the beer a beautifully balanced interplay of sweet and tart notes. Perfect for the first sun-drenched days of spring, this refreshing brew invites you to savour each sip, whether enjoyed on its own or alongside light, seasonal dishes.

Available in grocery stores

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Wines and Spirits Volume 6 — White wines

Bù Pinot Grigio by Jessica Harnois

Here is the newest addition to the Bü range wines by the great sommelier Mrs. Jessica Harnois! A versatile wine, perfect when the menu is unknown. Bursting with pear and green apple, white flower notes, and very mineral. Lightly sparkling by design, well-balanced. Excellent with salads, seafood, or a piece of Île-aux-Grues mild Cheddar.

Available in grocery stores

Wines and Spirits Volume 6 — Red wines

Beringer Founder’s Estate Pinot Noir

Superb Pinot Noir with a powerful cherry and vanilla nose, fresh on the palate with present and interesting tannins. Perfect pairing with a magnificent Québec red meat dish such as a Tomahawk or duck such as this recipe by chef Gregory Faye.

• Pinot Noir 100%

Available at SAQ

• SAQ Code: 903245

Spring Freshness

This edition celebrates patience, curiosity, and the beauty of simple moments. Enjoy a fruity gin, a local beer, or a versatile wine — the art of living like a gentleman and appreciating renewal in every sip.

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