Gifts, Already Sorted.

One proper bottle of bubbles, boxed. For the promotion, the engagement, the new place.

• Sparkling Cremant De Bourgogne Rose Lugny $35.86

Three BC craft beers in three different styles, so there is something for every mood.

• Hoppy Main Street Brewing - Oceana Hazy Ipa 4pk $20.49
• Crisp Ile Sauvage Brewing Company - Herbst Fest Lager $20.49
• Something different Storm Brewing - Black Plague Stout Tall Can $21.51

A red and a white from British Columbia, picked to pour at dinner. The easy thank-you for a host.

• BC red Le Vieux Pin - Artakama Cabernet Franc $40.99
• BC white Road 13 - Honest John's Crispy White 2024 $25.61

A full bottle from one of BC's craft gin distillers, boxed. The gin-and-tonic upgrade they will not buy for themselves.

• BC gin Empress - 1908 Indigo Gin $61.49

Port, icewine or Sauternes for the end of the night. A dessert wine is the gift people rarely buy themselves.

• Dessert wine Graham - 20 Year Old Tawny $86.09

Two wines made with nothing added and nothing taken away: natural, skin-contact or pet-nat. For the friend who orders the weird one.

• Natural wine Marini - Mersel Elevate $61.49
• Natural wine Orofino - Red Bridge Red $35.86

Everything for the stirred classic in equal parts: gin, sweet vermouth and a bitter Italian aperitivo. Add an orange.

• Gin Sipsmith London Dry Gin $51.24
• Sweet vermouth Esquimalt - Sweet Rosso Vermouth $30.74
• Bitter Campari $35.86

A mezcal and a tequila side by side. Smoke and earth against bright agave, for sipping or for a better margarita.

• Mezcal Dos Hombres Espadin Mezcal $110.69
• Tequila El Tequileno - Blanco $48.16

One serious bottle from The Cellar, our researched and critic-scored shelf. For the milestone that deserves it.

• From The Cellar Delord - Bas Armagnac 25 Ans $180.39

Two single malts from opposite ends of the flavour map: one smoky, one sweet and unpeated. The best way to learn what you like.

• Smoky malt Laphroaig 10 Year Old $87.11
• Unpeated malt Nikka - Miyagikyo Single Malt $102.49