FOR MARKET-WATCHING & TECH-SAVVY DADS Your dad doesn’t have to be an accountant or banker to be an ardent online market watcher or an avid follower of the daily financial news. Maybe he’s a beautiful nerd who adores a good spreadsheet or loves any dense batch of data that he can parse into meaningful chunks.
For money-savvy fathers who like to laugh all the way to the bank, the gift of choice is Laughing Stock wine. Tickertapes printed around the bottles show Canadian stock values at grape harvest. That makes each bottle a snapshot of the financial markets, plus BC terroir and winemaking expertise at a particular moment. These wines are “buy and hold”—totally cellar worthy.
Laughing Stock Portfolio $59.99 BC VQA 182477
THE PERFECT ADD-ON: A collectible Royal Canadian Mint coin, available from Canada Post.
With lush plum and vanilla notes from Merlot grapes, this prestigious Bordeaux-style red blend is a balanced investment, finishing with woodsy cedar and tobacco tones.
400 Conejos Mezcal $57.99 Mexico 77996
This mezcal is full of ripe complexity that includes smoky and vegetal notes plus juicy kiwi, citrus and pineapple.
FOR HEAT-SEEKING DADS He might wear tropical shirts or shorts year-round and be a raconteur of tall tales. This dad could also be a smoke- and-fire king who regularly stokes the grill or smoker to whip up a mean Taco Tuesday with carne asada or pulled pork. Delight him with a bottle that brings some smouldering savouriness, plus storytelling, to the table. In Mexico, beverages made from the agave plant (including tequila and its smoky sibling mezcal) have ancient ceremonial traditions. Aztec mythology holds that the offspring of agave goddess Mayahuel formed a huge colony of rabbits (conejos), little rascals that guarded people’s access to agave spirits. According to the legendary tale, mezcal sippers never know which of the mischievous spirits might inhabit them when they partake.
THE PERFECT ADD-ON: A bottle of hot sauce or a jar of fiery salsa.
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