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...
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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 are on...
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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 calendars...
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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 wines with delightful little...
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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...
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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, but I am...
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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 marks...
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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 not...
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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 put an end to my pandemic...
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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 those...


