Author - Nick Jeffrey

The province of Alberta is blessed with world-class malting barley and pure glacial water, so it should be no surprise that our local beer is the envy of the...

Your intrepid liquor reporter attended the annual Beerfest bacchanalia in Calgary last weekend, which always seems to turn into a mashup of Animal House and...

The world of wine has been all abuzz for the past week, following the worst spring frosts to hit the Burgundy and Loire Valley regions of France since 1982...

In honor of Malbec World Day, your intrepid liquor reporter has been making it his mission to drink only Malbec wines for the entire month of April. Yes...

Your intrepid liquor reporter was binge-watching the final season of Downton Abbey over the weekend, and noticed that the only type of wine that the Lords and...

Your intrepid liquor reporter was spelunking through the dark and dusty corners of the wine cellar recently, and came across a bottle of Grenache that I had...

Your intrepid liquor reporter was feeling particularly pious this past March 19. No, gentle reader, not because that is the traditional feast day of Saint...

This is a very special month in the world of beer. April 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot, also known as the Bavarian Beer Purity Law of...

It’s getting harder and harder for honest and hardworking boozers like your intrepid liquor reporter to catch a break. First was the chilling news of the...

As we lumber towards another Saint Patrick’s Day, your humble narrator contemplates all things Irish. Having drank my fill of green beer back in the...