Your intrepid liquor reporter has recently returned from a trip to the Maritimes, and made sure to sample the local hooch. The biggest surprise was Prince...
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Oktoberfest Oom-pah
Your intrepid liquor reporter has been in a rigorous training regimen to prepare himself for Oktoberfest for the last several weeks, which mainly consists of...
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Hoppy Days Are Here Again
September is a very special time of year, and I’m not referring to the little munchkins going back to school, or the Labour Day Classic. No, gentle...
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Shall We Chablis?
Your intrepid liquor reporter recently returned from a European vacation, a few days of which were spent in Paris, drinking wine and eating cheese in the...
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Corsican Wines
The Mediterranean island of Corsica has a rich and storied history of wine production, dating back for millennia. Like many in North America, your intrepid...
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Beer Yeast
Beer nerds are only too happy to tell that the Reinheitsgebot is celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Those of you who do not Sprechen Sie Deutcsh are...
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International Beer Day
If your humble narrator could ever marry a specific day of the year, that day would be the first Friday in August, also known as International Beer Day. Yes...
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Sipping on Sémillon
With the dog days of summer upon us, your intrepid liquor reporter has been swapping out room temperature red wines for chilled whites at garden parties...
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Fruity Beers
Your intrepid liquor reporter usually eschews gimmicks like an orange twist in his beer, but the recent heat wave has left me gasping for refreshment, and...
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Portuguese Wines
The face of Portuguese wines has been changing over the past decade, with fortified Port wines falling out of favour in world markets, leaving the winemakers...