Author - Nick Jeffrey

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...

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...

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...

I have recently returned from a vacation in the Italian countryside, where I enjoyed the food and wine with great gusto. In between visits to museums filled...

The Tuscany region of Italy has been producing wine for thousands of years, and is famous the world over for its big and bold reds. The Tuscany wine region is...

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...

Always looking for the opportunity to enjoy a night out with my regular posse of drinking companions, I gathered them all together last week, for the 3rd...

The history of booze is murky at best, with different tipples discovered independently in different parts of the ancient world. Beer and mead are perhaps the...

The world of wine is mourning the loss of Harry McWatters, the larger-than-life godfather of BC wine, who passed away last month after more than 50 years in...