On the Rocks

Wish Food Director Andrea Stewart and I found ourselves on British soil the other evening after just a short cab ride. We were lucky enough to be invited to the Toronto home of the charming and amusing British Consul General, Nicholas Armour, who graciously played host to a media event to promote Whisky Live, an international touring whisky-tasting show.

We gabbed with distillers and spirit aficionados from home and abroad, and nosed about a dozen whiskies from Scotland and Canada. I confess to sipping a few times as well – OK, 12 times. A charming event, to be sure, co-hosted by Whisky magazine’s Damian Riley-Smith (now there’s a gig I wouldn’t mind one day). Visit whiskylive.com.
– Doug Wallace, deputy editor