Your globetrotting liquor reporter is penning this week’s column from a hip and happening boutique hotel in midtown Manhattan. After flying into NYC for...
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Spring into Spring
Your intrepid liquor reporter is hopeful that the warmer days of spring have finally arrived, and that Mother Nature is not planning to cruelly unleash the...
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Alexander Keith Hops To It
Faithful readers of this column may recall that North America is experiencing a decade-long surge in the popularity of craft beer, as the unwashed masses throw...
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English Spirits
The Right Honourable Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady herself, shuffled off this mortal coil last week. Readers in the audience that were of school...
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California Dreamin’
Your globetrotting liquor reporter took a quick trip to California last month, and naturally, my thoughts turned quickly to booze. Flying into San Francisco, I...
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Vats In The Vatican
The eyes of the world were on Vatican City last month, as the big muckety-mucks of the Catholic Church elected a new pope. Your intrepid liquor reporter...
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Beware the Ales of March
The month of March always gets your humble narrator pining away for a Märzenbier. For those in the audience that do not speak German, that translates directly...
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Bock This Town
Do you have March 19 marked in your calendar? Your friendly liquor reporter certainly does. The more devout readers in the audience may recognize March 19 as...
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Grapes of Spain
When we think of old world wines, it is the holy trifecta of France, Italy, and Spain that usually come to mind. France and Italy seem to get the most hype on...
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We Moan For Amarone
Your humble narrator was at one of those snooty wine tasting events recently, and had a rare opportunity to sample an Amarone. For those not in the know...