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Denizen Gifts Paired With Superior Sips

By Jeannie Dubois, Certified Pommelier and Sommelier

Winter (I know! I started with that word!) swept in with some gusto this year in our lovely enclave in the north, and snow, ice, and wind were all duly visited upon us. However, a softer, gentler, holiday vision of said hibernal shift, redolent with twinkling lights and dancing flakes, is nearly here.

Places to go? People to see? This approaching festive season we have so many reasons to be grateful and to gather as we may, to celebrate together and to suffer through the cold in community once again.

Whether you are gifting a good host or placing a thoughtful gift under the boughs, here is a short list of some top-shelf made-inOntario drinks and handcrafted local gifts to pair together to spoil someone on the nice list.

For the apple of your eye: Thornbury Limited Edition Craft Sparkling Cider

$9.95 for 750 ml The classy cork and cage bottle makes you feel like you’re opening the champagne of apples.

Pair with: Lovely Body Orchard scented products such as silk shampoo bars, satin body butter, cold process soap, or sugar scrub, all locally made. They’ll make you feel like cider is definitely the new Chanel.

Find at: Lovely Body Products 266 Red River Road

For the camp coffee lover: Vodkow Cream

$29.95 for 750 ml This nifty new product is a fresh spin on cream with a kick, using milk sugar to create a glutenand lactose-free spirit.

Pair with: Roots to Harvest enamel camp mug ($15 from each mug goes to the local food fund) and throw in the (tea) towel too. Or add some delicious freshly made Growing Up Granola.

Find at: Roots CFC 450 Fort William Road

Have a truly lovely holiday season, Thunder Bay!

For the red wine knockout: Creekside Red Tractor Cabernet/Merlot 2020

$17.95 for 750 ml This absurdly stubby bottle is as quaint and charming as the winter warming blend of Merlot, Cab Franc and Cab Sauv that fills it.

Pair with: Nanny’s Knits, made by none other than Chef Andrew Stone’s lovely mom. They’re the perfect foil for our winter woes, keeping fingers and toes (and ears and noses) cosy in colourful, chunky knit cowls, scarfs, mitts, etc. so that your extremities will be ready for that waiting glass of red wine.

Find at: Daytona’s 965A Cobalt Crescent

For the craft beer cultist: Indie Ale House Marco Polo Italian Style Pilsner

$3.45 for 473 ml Move over Germany! This killer crisp, fresh, and floral new take on pilsner is next level and made by an epic on point and kitschy Toronto brewery.

Pair with: A box of delicious treats from Dolce Coffee House. It will hit all the right notes for a EuroPils sweet pairing. For the most flavourful effect, pick a rainbow of melt-in-your-mouth macarons with nuances of all the ripe and mellow hop tones in the beer.

Find at: Dolce Coffee House 345 Kingsway Avenue

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