Author - Nick Jeffrey

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Hungary and Thirsty

I was looking for a dessert wine for those post-repast feasts that are so common during the holiday season, and my favourite wine expert at my local bottle...

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Make Merry With Sherry

As the holiday season approaches, I have been bulking up the contents of the wine cellar in anticipation of visits with fully vaccinated family and friends...

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Black Friday Lager

The typical mobs of crazed bargain hunters did not swarm the shopping malls this year for Black Friday, with the pandemic forcing them to move to online...

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Alberta Distillers

In the squandered days of my callow youth, our world-class rye and barley crops were used mainly as cattle feed, with nary a thought given to craft beer or...

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Time For Tempranillo

I was so looking forward to communal tippling with friends as the fourth wave fizzles out, only for Alberta to be hit with its first nasty winter storm. ...

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A Bridge Too Fahr

With all the doom and gloom in the news these days, I was delighted to receive a little ray of sunshine from one of my favourite Alberta breweries. ...

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A Bridge Too Fahr

With all the doom and gloom in the news these days, I was delighted to receive a little ray of sunshine from one of my favourite Alberta breweries. ...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

It’s All Greek To Me

With the fourth wave winding down, I celebrated by emerging from the safety of my wine cellar with a bottle of Greek wine to enjoy with Greek take-out for...

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Keep Calm and Carignan

As the fourth wave of the pandemic begins to subside, I am cautiously optimistic about emerging from the safety of my wine cellar, where I have remained...

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Sipping Sardinia

The first snowfall of the season over Thanksgiving weekend may have signaled the end of my socially distanced outdoor fourth wave boozing with friends, so I...


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