Author - Nick Jeffrey

Never has a generation been so derided as the Millenials.  Not only are they the first generation in history to be worse off than their parents, they are...

I made my annual pilgrimage to the Okanagan Valley of BC a few weeks ago, bringing home a few cases of wine to restock the dwindling reserves in my cellar...

Always looking for a reason for a night out, I put on my finest duds to celebrate the tenth annual Gin & Tonic Day last week. Ahhh… the old G & T. ...

This is a strange month in the world of beer.  It started out with Oktoberfest, that Bavarian bacchanalia still going strong after more than two centuries, and...

Alberta has finally joined the ranks of the u-brew provinces.  A few amendments were tacked onto Bill 6 at the end of last year, one of which legalized u-brew...

Flipping through my page-a-day calendar last month, I was reminded that the third Friday of September is International Grenache Day, so I took the rest of the...

I have recently returned from a vacation in the Italian countryside, where I enjoyed the food and wine with great gusto. In between visits to museums filled...

The Tuscany region of Italy has been producing wine for thousands of years, and is famous the world over for its big and bold reds. The Tuscany wine region is...

India Pale Ale, or IPA for short, has been the most popular craft beer style for many years. IPA was originally designed as a cranked up version of the English...