Your globetrotting liquor reporter was recently on his annual tour of the Okanagan Valley, that heavenly little spot of Canadian wine country that is close...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Sweet Sipping Cider
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Hungry for Hungary
Hungary might not be the first country that comes to mind when you are thinking of wine, but it is well-regarded by the wine snobs of the world. The famous...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
New Beer For A New Year
Welcome, gentle reader, to the much-awaited first liquor column of the New Year. Let’s take a moment to reflect on the past year, and how the face of...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Creamy And Dreamy
This is the time of year that your intrepid liquor reporter ends up with a lot of booze and cream in his system. Perhaps it is the cold weather that makes me...
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...
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...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
The Federal Gas Tax Fund
Our Conservative Government has just completed the renewal of the agreements with the Provinces and Territories regarding the federal Gas Tax Fund and the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
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...
Columnists - Bruce McAllister
The growth of our community is visible everywhere
Last weekend I had the pleasure of joining our mayor, several council members and Chestermere residents to take part in the grand opening of the new No-Frills...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
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...