The wine snobs of the world are constantly rambling on about exactly how many months their favourite wine spent in oak barrels, usually while carefully...
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Mad For Muscat
The holiday season is now upon us, which brings many social events, complete with far too much eating of sweets, and countless celebratory glasses of wine. As...
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Stout Season
The first Thursday in November marked the 8th annual International Stout Day, a tribute to the darkest of the dark beers. Apparently, the first Thursday of...
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Millenial Megabrews
Never has a generation been so derided as the Millenials. Not only are they the first generation in history to be worse off than their parents, they are...
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Z Is For Zweigelt
I made my annual pilgrimage to the Okanagan Valley of BC a few weeks ago, bringing home a few cases of wine to restock the dwindling reserves in my cellar...
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G & T for You and Me
Always looking for a reason for a night out, I put on my finest duds to celebrate the tenth annual Gin & Tonic Day last week. Ahhh… the old G & T. ...
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Rock on Rosé
October is a big month for indulging, with not one, but two separate holidays that revolve around eating and drinking with family and friends. Halloween is...
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Pumpkin Pints
This is a strange month in the world of beer. It started out with Oktoberfest, that Bavarian bacchanalia still going strong after more than two centuries, and...
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You Too Can U-Brew
Alberta has finally joined the ranks of the u-brew provinces. A few amendments were tacked onto Bill 6 at the end of last year, one of which legalized u-brew...
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Guzzling Grenache
Flipping through my page-a-day calendar last month, I was reminded that the third Friday of September is International Grenache Day, so I took the rest of the...
