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Atlantic Canada Restaurants with ASAP Sommeliers

Armview Restaurant and Lounge - No real website yet, but this takes you to where you can learn something and see the menu.
Bell Buoy - Baddeck, NS - New higher end restaurant in the sailing capital of the Bras D'Or
Bish - Halifax - On Halifax's Waterfront in Bishops Landing
Blomidon Inn - Wolfville - Wine Spectator award winning wine list maintained by ASAP member Mike Laceby
Brewbakers - Fredericton - Award wnning wine list at this Fredericton Restaurant, employing ASAP members.
Da Maurizio - Halifax - Fine Dining, Northern Italian Style. One of the best places to eat in the city.
Delta Barrington Stone Street Café - Halifax - Another excellent hotel restaurant with a chef/sommelier.
Digby Pines Resort - Digby - Fine dining - French Cuisine, with a talented chef/sommelier
FID Inventive Cuisine - Halifax - Small, original, and inventive. For the culinary minded.
Five Fishermen - Halifax - Famous seafood restaurant in downtown Halifax. Employes several ASAP members.
Fleur de Sel - Lunenburg - Fine Dining in Lunenburg.
Gabrieau's - Antigonish - Mark and Karen Gabrieau run this great little bistro in the university town of Antigonish. Both are ASAP members.
Gio Restaurant - Prince George Hotel - Halifax Dining - Fine dining excellence in Halifax's downtown. In The Prince George Hotel, but with a separate identity, and entrance.
Grannan's Hospitality Group - Saint John - A series of restaurants and pubs in Saint John with varying styles.
Happinez Wine Bar, Saint John - Wonderful little wine bar with approximately 25 wines by the glass, downstairs from a nice Thai restaurant in downtown Saint John.
janes on the common - Halifax - A small unpretentious bistro in Halifax, right on the Common. Good food, inexpensive wines by the glass.
Lane's Privateer Inn - Liverpool, NS - ASAP member Susan Lane is the third generation operator of this fine old inn on the south shore.
Le Caveau - Grand Pré, Nova Scotia - Beautiful Restaurant at Domaine de Grand Pré Winery
Little Fish - Halifax - Casual dining - Seafood, downstairs from Five Fishermen
Little Louis' Oyster Bar - Moncton - One of those places you can't believe exists until you walk in. Great seafood in Moncton, great wine list.
Maison Tait (The Tait House) Shediac, NB - Fine dining and beautiful historic inn. The chef is a member of CAPS/ASAP
Mezza Restaurant, Halifax - Lebanese Cuisine, with some fine wines.
Morris East - Halifax - Chic Pizza Joint - wood fired oven.
Nectar Social Dining, Dartmouth - The newest addition to Dartmouth's growing food scene.
Off Broadway, and The Murphys Group of Restaurants - Charlottetown, PEI - Fine Dining in a cosy setting, plus a group of different restaurants in Charlottetown PEI, including a brew pub.
Opa! Greek Taverna - Argule St., Bayers Lake and Dartmouth Crossing locations.
Opera Bistro, Saint John - New upscale Bistro in Saint John, as featured on "opening Soon" on the Food Network.
Park Place Hotel - Ramada Plaza, Burnside - Not just another hotel in an industrial park.
Rouge Restoclub - Moncton - Hip restobar in downtown Moncton
Saege Bistro - Halifax - Modern bistro in Halifax, next to the Public Gardens. One of the more interesting and varied wine lists in Atlantic Canada. In Ann Hardy's "Where to Eat in Canada". Two ASAP members on staff.
Sims Corner Steakhouse and Oyster Bar - Charlottetown - New steakhouse from the Murphy's Group
Trattoria Della Nonna - Lunenburg - High quality Italian Cuisine, in Lunenburg
Vivaldi's - Saint John/Rothesay - Italian and Lebanese Restaurant just outside of Saint John
White Point Beach Lodge - Old style Lodge and Cabins on the ocean near Liverpool.

Blogs, small sites, neat wine sites

Nat Decants FREE Newsletter - Nat Decants FREE Newsletter: Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean, recently named the World's Best Drink Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. There are no ads and all e-mail addresses are kept confidential. To sign up, visit www.nataliemaclean.com.
Drinx - Aliant.net Wine/Food Column - Craig Pinhey, ASAP Member and Instructor, write on Atlantic Canada Wine and Food issues in this on line column.
oenoLogic - Maintained by Thor Iverson, one of the more acerbic wine writers in the US. If you want to know about Alsace, he is your guy. Some wonderful writing on ethics.
Robin Garr's Winelover's Page - One of the best on the web. A great forum too.
The Compleat Winegeek - The best tasting notes, often embedded in a story of confusion, debauchery, and overall hatred for modern "Parkerized" wine.
The Frugal Oenophile - A nice site, with several interesting and useful downloads available. Source of the wine/cheese matching chart available for download form this site with the forms/tasting sheets.
Tony Aspler - The Wine Guy - Probably Canada's foremost wine writer.

Food and Wine

Eric Rochefort's Site - Eric is a Cordon Bleu trained Chef and CAPS Atlantic Sommelier. This site has a great collection of his "food art" photos.
King Estates Great Wine Recipes - Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris matching recipes from this great Oregon winery.

Fun and Games

Berry Brothers and Rudd Wine Trivia - Wine Trivia from oneof the UK's big Wine Merchants
France Terroir Game - Be a French winemaker.... or not.
Funtrivia - Wine Questions - Some are lame, some are weirdly difficult.... How many wineries are there in Washington State, anyway?
Uncork - Oz Wine Trivia/Facts - Good info, in a Q&A format

International Wine Sites

Appellation America - Great Site for North American Wine Information Owned and Run right here in Nova Scotia, employing several ASAP Members
Jancis Robinson - Jeff's favourite wine writer. Not Robert Parker's though.
Sue Courtney's New Zealand Wine Site - The best site for New Zealand Wine Information
The Wine Diva - BC Based wine writer - some fun stuff

Local Organizations

BrewNosers Homebrewing and Beer Appreciation Club - Halifax's long standing beer club.
German Wine Society, Nova Scotia - German Wine Society website in Halifax - active group
New Brunswick Liquor Corporation - New Brunswick's Government Monopoly
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation - Nova Scotia's Government Monopoly
PEI Liquor Control Commission - PEI's Government liquor monopoly.
Society for American Wines - Halifax Chapter - Local Chapter, host annual California Wine Fair, plus other wine related events.
Winery Association of Nova Scotia - Wine Industry Association for NS

Local Wineries and Breweries

Bear River Vineyards - New, small boutique winery in Bear River
Blomidon Estate Winery - Nova Scotia's newest winery, now locally owned.
Domaine de Grand Pre - Nova Scotia Winery in the Annapolis Valley
Garrison Brewing Company, Halifax - Micro-brewery in Halifax located in the Seawall near Pier 21.
Gaspereau Vineyards - Jost's Annapolis Valley Winery
Jost Vineyards and Winery - Nova Scotia Winery in Malagash
Lunenburg County Winery - Predominantly a Tree Fruit and Berry Winery, also making Baco Noir and Muscat wines.
L'Acadie Vineyards - A winery on the way?
Petite Riviere Vineyards - South Shore Winery
Propeller Brewing Company, Halifax - Excellent micro-brewery in downtown Halifax
Pumphouse Brewery, Moncton - Moncton's microbrewery, making great beer where very little flowed before. Also a good place to eat in Moncton.
St.-Famille Wines - Near Windsor in the Annapolis Valley

Other Sommelier Associations

Association de la Sommellerie Internationale - The International Accrediting Body which we are associated with, as the CAPS Atlantic Chapter
Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers - The association we are now associated with as Atlantic Canada Chapter.
National Capital Sommelier Guild - Ottawa's Sommelier Guild - very active series of wine related events, good representation of members from high end trained sommeliers to serious enthusiasts, to people who just love wine.

Wine Related Businesses

Bishops Cellar - Private Wine Store on the Halifax Waterfront in Bishop's Landing
Craig Pinhey, Wine Writer, Educator - ASAP member and instructor, in Saint John New Brunswick
Cristall and Luckett Wine Store - Wine store run by Todd Cristall as part of the Pete's Frootique setup in Sunnyside Mall, bedford, NS
Liquid Boutique - Bartending supply store - very nice - wine glasses, decanters etc. CAPS members get discount of 10% on non-special sale items, and not on large appliance..
Mainbrace International - Halifax based wine, beer and spirits importer and agent.
Premier Wine and Spirits - Private wine store in City Centre Atlantic off Dresden Row
The Cookhouse - Halifax based store with extensive cooking and kitchen gear. Great supported of CAPS, with tasting/training room in rear.
Vin•Art Wine Store - Private wine store in the Lacewood Drive, just east of the 101 up by the Home Depot
Wine Online - Internet wine sales to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick