Author - Nick Jeffrey

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Pining For Pinot

As the nigh-inevitable fourth wave continues its inexorable approach, I gathered my double-vaxxed drinking companions with what we all hoped would not be our...

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International Beer Day

Well, this summer has been a bust.  Here we are staring down the barrel of the Labour Day weekend, back to school, and fall is just around the corner...

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Fight For Your White To Party

At the height of last week’s heatwave, I gathered with a handful of my double-vaxxed drinking companions to cool down by observing the 8th annual National...

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Stuck On Sicily

I have not yet worked up the courage for indoor restaurant dining, but I am regularly meeting my double-vaccinated friends on outdoor patios, such as the...

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Shiraz-amatazz

My regular boozing crew has been waiting with bated breath to see if the recent Calgary Stampede will be the harbinger of the dreaded fourth wave of the...

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All About Albariño

July has been a crazy month, with the so-called heat dome scorching much of western Canada with temperatures approaching 50˚C in parts of BC, and in the high...

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Rum Dinger

With the blistering temperatures of the heatwave now safely behind us, I reached out to the fully vaccinated members of my boozing posse last week to celebrate...

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Rosé All Day

With my immediate peer group now fully vaccinated, we all met up under a shaded patio during last week’s heatwave to celebrate the 4th annual International...

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Lovable Lambrusco

As more of my peer group receives their second vaccinations, I am growing increasingly optimistic that even the drunken bacchanalia of the Calgary Stampede...

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Drawing a Blanc

As more of my peer group receives their second vaccinations, I am growing increasingly optimistic that Alberta will avoid the dreaded fourth wave of COVID, so...