Author - Nick Jeffrey

Nick Jeffrey

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Thai Me Up! Thai Me Down!

While doing his annual rounds of all the Xmas parties he can wrangle invitations to, your intrepid liquor reporter ended up at a fancy Thai restaurant with 50...

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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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Bewitching Beaujolais

Your humble narrator was chatting up a cute wine rep at a snooty wine tasting event last week, and she poured me a glass of Beaujolais. For those not in the...

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Sweet Wines

When asked, most people will say that they prefer dry wines to sweet wines, which helps explain why dry wines outsell their sweeter counterparts by a factor of...

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Radical Riesling

Your intrepid liquor reporter has been waiting for several years for the Riesling Revolution to begin, when that bold Germanic grape sweeps over all those...

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Quintessential Quails’ Gate

Your intrepid liquor reporter has a long-standing tradition of visiting the Okanagan Valley over the Thanksgiving long weekend, and this year was no exception...

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Corks or Screw Caps?

Old-school wine snobs will tell you that the only proper way to bottle wine is with a cork closure, and look down their noses at these newfangled screw cap...

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Gin and Juice

The world is experiencing a Gin renaissance, and the charge is being led by the small artisanal distilleries. Gin has a long and sordid history, starting with...

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Aging Wine

Some things just don’t improve as the years go by. Star Wars prequels and my waistline are two examples that immediately come to mind, but many others...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Gin and Juice

The world is experiencing a Gin renaissance, and the charge is being led by the small artisanal distilleries. Gin has a long and sordid history, starting with...


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