Looking to try something a bit different?! Wanting to will summer into an early arrival? Try this delicious cocktail!

St-Germain Cocktail

2 parts Brut Champagne or Dry Sparkling Wine
1 ½ parts St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
2 parts Club Soda

METHOD: Fill a tall Collins glass with ice. Add Champagne first, then St-Germain, then Club Soda. Stir completely. Garnish with a lemon twist, making sure to squeeze essential oils into the glass.

Enjoy the St-Germain cocktail in a fabulous single serve carafe at the following restaurants around the Lower Mainland & in Whistler!

Chill Winston – 3 Alexander Street, Vancouver (604) 288-9575 Twitter: @chillwinston
Provence Marinaside - 1177 Marinaside Crescent, Vancouver (604) 681-4144
Uli’s Restaurant - 15021 Marine Drive, White Rock (604) 538-9373 Twitter: @ulis_restaurant
Four Seasons Resort Whistler – Sidecut Restaurant - 4591 Blackcomb Way, Whistler (604) 935-3400 Twitter: @SIDECUTsteak
Bearfoot Bistro - 4121 Village Green Whistler, (604) 932-3433 Twitter: @TheBearfoot

Great Press!
May 2012 | Vancouver, BC

Bruichladdich: The Laddie Ten
+678771
$69.99 Available at BC Liquor Stores
www.bruichladdich.com
Twitter: @Bruichladdich

90 Points, Malt Advocate (Vol. 20 #4)
“Islay Single Malt of the Year”, Malt Advocate (Feb 2012)
“Best New Whisky of 2012”, 2012 Drammie Awards
“The Laddie Ten wins 3 Gold Stars” , iTQi (international Taste & Quality Institute) (April 2012)

Bruichladdich: The Botanist Gin
+130500
Twitter: @thebotanistgin

96 Points, The Globe and Mail - Beppi Crosariol (July 2011)

“The Bruichladdich distillery, one of the best whisky producers on the island, has just introduced The Botanist, Islay’s first gin... It’s made with nine of the classic gin flavourings, or “botanicals,” such as juniper, coriander seed and orange peel, as well as 22 native island plants. Weird and wonderfully named stuff that sounds like something out of Harry Potter – creeping thistle, lady’s bedstraw, tansy, mugwort and gorse. Some are leaves, some are flowers. They all add up to a complex, floral, fresh spirit.”

“…The Botanist (It even sounds like an Oscar nominee, no?) is vibrant, clean and fresh -- certainly not the sort of gin to be muddied with olives, vermouth or other additions. It's layered with so many hints of flavor, we can't quite decide where to start. The fruits of all that foraging, we imagine. That we've never actually tasted creeping thistle and gorse flowers might have something to do with it. This is, straight up, one excellent gin.”

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IN BC:
Everything Wine: www.everythingwine.ca
Marquis Wine Cellar: www.marquis-wines.com
Liberty Wine Merchants: www.libertywinemerchants.com

IN MANITOBA:
Banville & Jones Wine Company: www.banvilleandjones.com

Since its establishment in 1994 Free House Wine & Spirits has strived to maintain its initial goal on delivering to the hospitality trade – and ultimately to the consumer – the best quality products at the most affordable price. The passion for wine that prompted the founding partners, Ted Latimer and Don Bryant, to progress from retail to wholesale distribution has remained undiminished even as the Calgary-based agency expanded to serve all of Canada. Today the portfolio has grown in size and diversity to include some of the wine world’s most exclusive and interesting producers.