After a long winter of lockdowns, summer is a time of garden parties, wedding dinners, graduations, and other special occasions that call for sparkling wines...
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Alley-Oop
Just a few weeks before the pandemic hit Alberta in March of 2020, the fourth-oldest brewer in our fair province changed hands. This was shortly after...
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Day For Chardonnay
After a long winter spent in hermitlike isolation, I have been making up for lost time by accepting all invitations for in-person patio tipples with the crowd...
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Bottle Shock
This month marks the 46th anniversary of the famed Judgement of Paris, when a group of bell-bottom wearing winemakers from Bordeaux held a blind tasting of...
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Moscato Mania
With spring officially having sprung, I have finally taken the winter tires off the car, so any mid-May blizzards will be entirely my fault. After a...
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Drawing a Blanc
In this brief lull between lockdowns, as the days grow longer and the sun shines brightly, patio season is upon us, and I eagerly hosted the regular crowd for...
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Vivá Vermouth
While restocking the basement liquor supply in preparation for a potential quarantine during the sixth wave, I found that I was entirely out of Vermouth...
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Viva Viognier
Worried about being stuck in isolation during the growing sixth wave, I made a trip to the No Frills on Rainbow Road to stock up the wine cellar, where I...
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Men Are From Marz-en
As the month of March gave way to the warmer days of April, I enjoyed the last few cans of Märzenbier that I was hoarding in the cellar. For those in the...
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Tannat I Celebrate My Love For Vino
With global supply chains in chaos, and the impending sixth wave soon to ramp up, I decided to stock up the dwindling stores in my windowless wine cellar, for...
