With the relaxation of pandemic restrictions last week, I have emerged from the solitude of my windowless wine cellar for a long-awaited evening of noshing and...
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Que Syrah Syrah
As we near the relaxation of pandemic restrictions in Alberta, my thoughts turn to in-person meetups with my regular tippling crowd, instead of the weekly Zoom...
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Blame It On Rio
While commiserating over missed vacations and travel during a Zoom call with my regular drinking companions, one person announced that they booked a trip to...
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Fun With Furmint
One of my regular drinking companions grew up in the former Eastern Bloc, coming of age in the final days of the Cold War, when booze from decadent capitalist...
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High Time for Haggis
I had high hopes for 2022, but they have already been dashed, thanks to the extra-contagious fifth wave. All my revelry has been solitary, locked away in...
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High Time for Haggis
I had high hopes for 2022, but they have already been dashed, thanks to the extra-contagious fifth wave. All my revelry has been solitary, locked away in...
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Happy Beer-thday
While I am happy to finally see the year 2021 in the rearview mirror, not much has changed in the early days of January. For the third year in a row, I spent...
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Top of the Chart-reuse
As the fourth wave fizzled out, I was looking forward to holiday tippling with friends and family, but the rapid onset of the fifth wave of the pandemic put an...
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Fugg-ettaboutit
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Fuggle hop varietal, perhaps the most quintessential strain of hops in British ales. Much like grape...
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Yay for Meunier
This is the month that December babies dread, with their birthdays overshadowed by the Xmas holiday, resulting in halfhearted combination birthday-Christmas...
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