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The Summer Cocktail—Fraperol Spritz
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Our City Tonight: Spotlight on Books, Wine, Cocktails
By Jim Gordon
Published 12:05 PDT, Fri September 1, 2023
Last Updated: 12:05 PDT, Fri September 1, 2023
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The Summer Read
Here With You: A Memoir of Love, Family and Addiction
by Kathy Wagner
As we near the end of another summer, we offer a touching memoir about a family coping with addiction, trauma and loss. Vancouver author, Kathy Wagner, tells us of her young son, Tristan, who became addicted to drugs by the age of fifteen, started his recovery six years later, but relapsed and died of a fentanyl overdosed. There was also another daughter suffering with her own addictions, and Wagner herself and the deep grief she could not escape. This is an honest, emotional read that would certainly help anyone dealing with addiction in their own family.
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The Summer Cocktail—Fraperol Spritz
As we continue our spotlight on cocktails for the summer season, we offer up a frozen twist on the legendary and very popular “Aperol Spritz” which originated in Italy. The Cactus Club Café’s “Fraperol Spritz” is a delicious mixture of aperol, vinho verde, seville orange, and cane sugar, a perfect summer drink to enjoy while lounging on a patio. Look for the Cactus Club Café in the Richmond Centre.
The Summer Wine—Poplar Grove Syrah 2019
It is always a sense of great pride when one of BC’s wines receives recognition. Over the last year, awards have been handed out to Poplar Grove, which was founded in 1993, and is one of the five original wineries located on the Naramata Bench, overlooking Penticton. Their Syrah 2019 took home the GOLD medal at the 2023 Wine Align National Wine Awards of Canada (our country’s largest wine awards).They won GOLD at the 2022 Los Angeles International Wine Competition and in the U.K., GOLD at the 2022 Drink Business Global Syrah Masters. A big congratulations to Tony and Barb Holler (who purchased the winery in 2007) and their four sons for creating a superb red wine program, including this delicious Syrah.
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