All posts by Nick Jeffrey
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Stout Season
The month of March supposedly contains the first day of spring, but you would never know it from the weather outside. This is the time...
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Gose Riders in the Sky
What a time to be alive. I recall the bleak days when Alberta craft breweries could be counted on the fingers of one hand, when...
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Prince of Pinot
Faithful readers will recall that my favourite Canadian wine region is the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, prized for its big and bold red wines,...
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Rockin’ Rioja
February is Rioja month in Alberta. Yes, the whole month. If living in a world where a wine region can claim their own month is...
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Do the DEW
Saint Patrick’s Day is only a month away, which means the time to start preparing is now! Rather than suffer through another crowded pub filled...
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New Beer For The New Year
The first month of the year is generally a write-off, with bleak and miserable weather, credit card bills from the holiday season finally arriving and...
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Cabin Fever
The holiday season is now but a dim and fading memory, as the bleak months of January and February lie stretched out before us, mocking...
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Etruscan Excellence
We owe a lot to the ancient Etruscan civilization, a wealthy and powerful nation-state that existed from 900BCE to 100BCE. The Etruscans were eventually assimilated...
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Spirits of Japan
Japan is home to one of the ancient civilizations of the world, and like any of the great empires of history, has a long relationship...
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Patagonia Pinot
While browsing the aisles of my local bottle shop last week, I came across an unfamiliar selection of Pinot Noir from Argentina. Experienced boozers in...
