Your intrepid liquor reporter has been noticing a lot of manufactured booze-related holidays pop up on the calendar over the past few years. Sure, there are...
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Marvelous Mezcal
Faithful readers may have noticed that Canada is undergoing a rapid fancy-fication of the available booze. Yes, gentle reader, gone are the days of the same...
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Time To Chill Out
If there is one thing that is drilled into wine drinkers in their formative boozing years, it is that white wine is served chilled, and red wine is not. Your...
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International IPA Day
There was a momentus occasion in beer culture last month, and your humble narrator certainly made the most of it. Yes gentle reader, August 1 was the third...
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Pints and Half Pints
What does Winnipeg mean to you? Yes, gentle reader, this week’s column comes with an embedded quiz. The geography majors in the audience are always quick...
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Ontario Wines
Your globetrotting liquor columnist has just returned from a weekend in Onterrible, and made time in his busy schedule to visit a dozen wineries to bring you...
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Barmy for Barbaresco
Your intrepid liquor reporter was trying to impress a special lady of recent acquaintance, so a night on the town in was called for, culminating in a stop at...
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Crazy About Chianti
Your humble narrator was out with friends last week, and we were looking for a nice meal out while sharing a few bottles of wine. It’s hard to go wrong...
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BBQ and Beer
Your intrepid liquor reporter munched on a lot of BBQ beef buns and slow-roasted pulled pork sandwiches during the many Stampede lunches I attended in early...
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Going Dutch
There is more to The Netherlands than windmills and little Dutch boys sticking their fingers into dikes. Yes, gentle reader, I am speaking of Dutch beer, which...