DAENNA VAN MULLIGEN Daenna Van Mulligen is a Vancouver- based wine journalist, but is typically found in the world’s vineyards. She is also a wine judge, accredited sommelier and international speaker. Daenna is publisher of the long-
FIVE ALIVE 1½ oz (45 ml) Altos Blanco Tequila ½ oz (15 ml) Aperol ¾ oz (22 ml) Mandarin Sherbet * 1/4 oz (7.5 ml) passion fruit purée ½ oz (15 ml) fresh lime juice 2 dashes Saline ** 1 dash Ricard Pastis de Marseille 45 1 lemon and 1 lime wheel, for garnish Rim a rocks glass halfway with salt. In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients, shake hard and strain into prepared glass. Add ice and garnish with lemon and lime wheel. * To make Mandarin Sherbet, add 1 cup (250 ml) mandarin rinds (about 20 mandarins) to a zip-top plastic bag and cover rinds completely with 2 cups (500 ml) sugar. Set aside and allow to sit overnight. Blend flesh of mandarins to a pulp and strain through a mesh strainer. Discard pulp, add juice to prepared rind sugar and stir to dissolve. Strain out rinds. Transfer to a clean bottle, allow to cool and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. ** To make Saline, add 2 tsp (10 ml) kosher or sea salt to 7 tbsp (100 ml) water; stir to dissolve. B ritish Columbia native Kelsey Ramage was born in Fernie and raised in Salmon Arm—at age 18 she moved to Toronto to study fashion marketing. While at school, Ramage worked in a nightclub, which launched a career that has spanned the world. From pop-up bar concepts and international cocktail creations to designing her own glass collection, Ramage is proving to be a driving force in a new era of the drinks industry. WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO VANCOUVER? After living in Toronto, I needed to reset. I started bartending at the [now closed] Oakwood restaurant in Vancouver and became the general manager. While I was there, I became a sommelier and simultaneously decided I needed to dive running websites WineDiva.ca and WineScores.ca. She has been published in numerous local and internationally distributed publications and is a regular contributor to Vines Magazine and, more recently, Montecristo Magazine . Follow her @thewinediva.
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