Author - Nick Jeffrey

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Drawing a Blanc

As more of my peer group receives their second vaccinations, I am growing increasingly optimistic that Alberta will avoid the dreaded fourth wave of COVID, so...

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Viva Verdejo

As I pen this column, I am celebrating the two-week anniversary of my 2nd COVID jab, meaning I am now at maximum immunity. As my peer group hits the same...

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No Gin Would Be a Sin

As increased vaccination levels have dragged Alberta out of the third wave of the pandemic, I have finally emerged from isolation in my windowless wine cellar...

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Pretty Groovy Pinot Gris

As increasing levels of vaccination across our fair province have been putting serious dents in our daily COVID infections, we might just be seeing the light...

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Hail Caesar

Too many nights spent holed up in my windowless wine cellar while waiting out the pandemic has led to some bleary-eyed mornings, so I whipped up some hair of...

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Rauch and Roll

Despite increasing levels of vaccinations, the third wave of the pandemic continues to rock Alberta, which has remained the COVID hotspot of North America for...

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Bock And A Hard Place

As the third wave of the pandemic continues to rock Alberta, we are enjoying the dubious honour of being the COVID hotspot of North America for the third week...

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YOLO Bordeaux

As Alberta continues to reach new heights in the third wave of the pandemic, I have remained cloistered away in the dusty solitude of my wine cellar, emerging...

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Mad About Marselan

As the third wave of the pandemic becomes increasingly apocalyptic, I have remained isolated like a crazed hermit, emerging wild-eyed and unshaven from my cave...

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Malbec Marathon

I have spent the early days of the third wave of the pandemic cloistered in my wine cellar like a medieval monk, surviving on fermented grains and grapes...


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