The spirit of knowing

Soave, Valpolicella, Pinot Grigio, Prosecco, Amarone: Veneto bottles some of Italy’s most popular wines.

SAQ answers your questions

For spirit aficionados, whisky may well be the ultimate symbol of refinement. The cereal-based eau-de-vie is appreciated for its subtle taste and distinguished by its intricate distillation process.

Brandy, armagnac, whisky… fine spirits are popular these days. But what exactly are we talking about, and how best should we appreciate these products?

Does wine have to be kept in a cellar? The answer depends on how you plan to drink your wines. There’s an appropriate solution for every choice.

Discover how to prevent red wine from staining your lips and teeth!

What makes a wine good? It’s such a simple question, yet hard to answer simply... Here are a few thoughts toward a response.

Wine changes with age—that’s why it is often thought of as being alive. But does it always improve with age?

Organic, biodynamic, and more recently natural wines are far more than a trend; they are more popular than ever and we totally understand the increasing infatuation. Let’s look at why people are (happily) getting back to nature.

Domaine bergeville is a tiny vineyard that thinks big. Every wine it produces – white, rosé or red – is effervescent comparing favourably to cavas, crémants or any other european sparkler. The difference is that domaine bergeville cuvées are certified organic and genuinely québécois.

From four generations of an apple-growing dynasty in Rougemont, Michel Jodoin has taken the best of the apple and bottled it, at a time when cider was considered the bottom of the barrel. An interview with a cider maker who’s as visionary as he is ambitious.

A family affair in every sense of the word, the Vignoble du Marathonien has been earning praise and awards for more than 25 years.