Author - Nick Jeffrey

Nick Jeffrey

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Big On Burgundy

When wine snobs get together to talk about wine, there are always a few regions that need no introduction. Places like Bordeaux, Côtes du Rhone, or Burgundy...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Seasonal Cheers and Beers

Your intrepid liquor reporter loves this time of year. No, gentle reader, it’s not that I’m partial to the snow, treacherous roads, and cold...

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Sour On Sweet

If there is one thing that was repeated ad nauseum to novice wine drinkers, it is that a good wine will be dry. In the halcyon days of my squandered youth...

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Fight For Your White To Party

Your intrepid liquor reporter makes no secret of his love for the red Bordeaux blends, but we should not forget all the fine white wines that are out there. In...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

The Blind(man) Leading the Blind

Your globetrotting liquor reporter had to make a business trip to Deadmonton last week, home of our provincial capital, and the recently repatriated Wayne...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Man On A Mission

Your intrepid liquor reporter made his annual pilgrimage to the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia last month, on a tasting tour of the area wineries during...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

The Blind(man) Leading the Blind

Your globetrotting liquor reporter had to make a business trip to Deadmonton last week, home of our provincial capital, and the recently repatriated Wayne...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Malty Mega Mergers

We live in interesting times, gentle reader. Like many of you, my first foray into the world of boozing was a frosty bottle of Molson Canadian, that iconic...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

#99 Whisky & Wine

Those readers who were not living under a rock in the 80s and 90s will remember Wayne Gretzky, aka Number 99, aka The Great One, aka the greatest hockey player...

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Liquor vs. Liqueur

Your intrepid liquor reporter was thumbing through his page-a-day calendar last week, and realized in the nick of time that October 16 was National Liqueur...


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