Category - Columnists

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Marvelous Mezcal

Well-seasoned tipplers may have noticed that as globalization has accelerated over the past few decades, both local and international booze peddlers are upping...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Yo-ho-ho and a Bottle of Rum

Those of you listening to the radio on September 19 may have been confused by all the Arrrr’s and Avast’s being tossed around by the announcers. Yes, gentle...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Gallopin’ Garganega

As our summer season turns to autumn, and family vacation season slowly winds down, I find myself recently returned to Alberta from a European vacation, where...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Fight For Your White To Party

At the height of last week’s heatwave, I met up with the usual suspects in my tippling posse to cool down by observing the tenth annual National White Wine Day...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Sipping Santorini

The Greek empire of antiquity helped to spread viticulture across the known world, to the neighbouring Romans, and as far away as Persia. Winemaking in Greece...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Tea for Two (to Brew)

Faithful readers may recall me waxing poetic about the Reinheitsgebot, also known as the Bavarian Beer Purity Law of 1516, which decreed water, barley, and...

Arts Columnists Features - Elaine and Don Cassidy

The Bird Seed Thief

My partner in birding, Elaine takes an annual adventure to one of Canada’s favourite islands to visit family and friends. Elaine recently returned from a three...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Cava-lier Attitude

The first week of July was pretty damp and miserable, but when the sun finally burned off all the cloud cover, I made a beeline to the nearest patio brunch...


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