As the dog days of summer turn slowly to autumn, I poked around in the dusty corners of the wine cellar to find a bottle to observe the changing of the seasons...
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Hooray For Cabernet
While stocking up the wine cellar for a garden party, the friendly proprietor at my local bottle shop reminded me that the 15th annual International Cabernet...
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Pining For Pinot
While perusing the aisles of my local bottle shop, I came across one of those brand ambassadors pouring samples of Pinot Noir wines from the Okanagan Valley of...
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East vs West
India Pale Ale, or IPA for short, has been the most popular craft beer style for many years. IPA was originally designed as a cranked up version of the English...
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Shiraz-amatazz
I had out-of-town friends visiting last week, so as one does, I took them to that besotted bacchanalia known as the Calgary Stampede, and after braving the...
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All About Albariño
July certainly came in with a bang, with the double whammy of water shortages in Calgary and Chestermere, plus our now-annual heat dome scorching much of...
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Rosé All Day
Traditions are important, even very recent traditions that are totally not a flimsy excuse to meet up with my regular tippling posse for some good times on the...
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Shall We Chablis?
have recently returned from a European vacation, a few days of which were spent in Paris, drinking wine and eating cheese in the delightful sidewalk cafés...
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You and Me and Pinot Gris
In all of my years as a tippler, Chardonnay has always been the default selection for novice white wine drinkers, with its unassuming flavour and...
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Bock And Roll All Night
Despite a blustery first week with rain and snow across Alberta, May is turning out alright, so I spent the weekend sitting out on the sunny patio, partaking...