Author - Nick Jeffrey

Today is a good day to be a Canadian boozer, and especially exciting for those of us in the prairie provinces. Yes, gentle reader, amid much pomp and fanfare...

Faithful readers may recall your intrepid liquor reporter’s long appreciation of both beer and the fairer sex. As you can imagine, last month’s...

Wine labels can be a source of confusion for the average boozer. The snooty old-world countries like France put the name of the village or wine region where...

Yankee Hillbillies have their Bourbon Whiskey. Kilt-wearing bagpipers have their Scotch Whisky. Even the Godzilla-fearing denizens of Tokyo have their own...

The Okanagan Valley of British Columbia is known far and wide as one of Canada’s premiere wine growing regions, second in volume only to the Niagara...

Back in the days of my callow youth, when mullets and boy-bands roamed the earth with impunity, your humble narrator was a wide-eyed newcomer to the world of...

Your humble narrator generally has no trouble selecting a Spanish wine on the shelves of my local booze merchant. My usual strategy is to just keep going until...

Your globetrotting liquor reporter spent a few days in Montreal last week, also known as the traditional home of Spruce Beer. For those not familiar with this...

The whisky fans in the audience may already be aware of a momentous occasion that ticking by on the calendar this year. Yes, gentle reader, the famed Laphroaig...

Your globetrotting liquor reporter went on one of those newfangled Internet dates with a salty-tongued Newfie lass, who had retained her unique accent despite...