All posts by Nick Jeffrey
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Zin Is In
As we barrel headlong into overwhelming our hard-working health care workers with record-breaking pandemic infections, I have been doing my part by staying safely isolated...
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I Care For Carménère
With this accursed pandemic now seeing more than twice the daily infections that locked down the province back in May, I fear that harsher restrictions...
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Temper Temper Tempranillo
With the pandemic getting worse every day, I have resigned myself to solo drinking at home, and keep things interesting with one of those wine-a-day...
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How Merlot Can You Go?
Thanks to this accursed pandemic, it has been nigh on 8 months now since I visited a wine bar for a night of enjoying different...
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Carignan My Wayward Son
My once-robust selection in the basement wine cellar has been dwindling rapidly during these COVID times, with at-home imbibing replacing those many bottles of wine...
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Canadian Beer Day
Last week was the 2nd annual Canadian Beer Day. Maybe this is not quite as auspicious a boozing event as Oktoberfest or Robbie Burns Day,...
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35 Years And Counting….
An auspicious anniversary passed us by last month, nearly unnoticed due to the doom and gloom in the news. That’s right gentle reader, this year...
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Common Crown
Exciting things happened a few weeks back at the Canadian Brewing Awards, which was held virtually this year due to the ongoing pandemic. For those...
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Drawing a Blanc
Summer is coming to an end, and fall is just around the corner. Darkness falls on our fair land earlier each day, and will soon...
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Fahr Fahr Away
Beer is a lot like tennis. The rising stars first need to win the provincial competitions in order to qualify for the national competitions, with...
