Winemaker Jost turns attention to beer | The Chronicle Herald

Call it a lateral career move.


After spending his entire working life in the wine industry, Hans Christian Jost is leaving the business his father founded to open a Tatamagouche microbrewery.

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Winemaker Jost turns attention to beer | The Chronicle Herald

Alexander Keith's New Cascade Hop Ale

Uncle Ron asked a couple of members to meet at The Celtic Corner in Dartmouth, NS to try out the New Alexander Keith's Cascade Hop Ale ... bottom line is we'll try it again and again...

Check out The Real Wine Guy as he has a great pic and a few notes....

It’s a ZAYA Hat Trick

The latest arrival brought more than a smile to Uncle Ron…. It warmed him…. He wants to thank the crew at Bauer Wine and Spirit’s on Newbury St. in Boston for the special order and the mules who cradled it back to the Dartmouth campus….

Check out the Uncle Ron’s Scores page where you will see that Zaya was #5 in 2012, 4th in 2010, and #1 in 2009. According to the ZAYA website: Zaya Gran Reserva's proprietary recipe is hand blended with 3-5 rums aged in oak barrels for no less than 12 years Creating a truly alluring and sophisticated rum that is sure to elevate everything. Let’s see what the RUM DOOD has to say and what Chip’s thoughts are on the Rum Howler Blog.

Newfoundland Seafood and Rum

Academy members had a great evening recently in Boston at an event featuring Newfoundland Seafood. Check out the Video to hear and see Executive Chefs Roary MacPherson (Sheraton, St. John’s) and Andrew Hodge (Holiday Inn St. John’s) talk about their featured dish that night and a preferred rum drink. ... Check out the Video link for what was being served up......

Checking out Tequlia for Uncle Ron at Bauer's Wine and Spirits in Boston.

Bauer Wine and Spirits in Boston is a great friend of Uncle Ron.... Every year we drop in and they look after us..... this year they were able to procure ZAYA for Uncle Ron's Night . While we were there the proprietor shared some opinions on Tequlia ... let 's try posting a video for the first time... Bauer Wine and Spirits know their !@#$..... check out the video................

WOOD: Report outlines exciting future for N.S. wine industry | The Chronicle Herald

WOOD: Report outlines exciting future for N.S. wine industry | The Chronicle Herald

The Winery Association of Nova Scotia has just released an economic impact study that concludes that the wine industry contributes close to $200 million to the provincial economy.


The report, commissioned by the Canadian Vintners Association, together with the wine industry associations of Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, was written by Frank, Rimmerman and Co., a California-based company which runs an authoritative wine industry consulting practice.

Uncle Ron invites you to click on the link to get Sean Wood's story from the Chronicle Herald.