Your humble narrator recently explored his inner Scotsman. There was haggis. There was fine scotch. There were hairy legs poking out of a kilt. No, gentle...
Tag - Food & Drink
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Hop To It
Like most beer drinkers, your intrepid liquor reporter spends very little time thinking about hops. Much like oxygen, or your regular late-night booty call...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Lager Drivers Waltz Pleases Me Completely
In the beginning, man invented beer, and it was good. Sure, there were a few kinks they had to work out. The first two ingredients were grain and water. After...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Canadian Sparklers
Your humble narrator attended a New Year’s Eve party recently, and made sure to bring plenty of sparkling wine to ring in the new year. While everyone...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Abruzzo For You-zo
Few countries have as long and tangled history with wine as Italy, where the wine industry has been flourishing for close to four millennia. While small-scale...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Big On Burgundy
When wine snobs get together to talk about wine, there are always a few regions that need no introduction. Places like Bordeaux, CĂ´tes du Rhone, or Burgundy...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Sour On Sweet
If there is one thing that was repeated ad nauseum to novice wine drinkers, it is that a good wine will be dry. In the halcyon days of my squandered youth...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Fight For Your White To Party
Your intrepid liquor reporter makes no secret of his love for the red Bordeaux blends, but we should not forget all the fine white wines that are out there. In...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Man On A Mission
Your intrepid liquor reporter made his annual pilgrimage to the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia last month, on a tasting tour of the area wineries during...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
The Blind(man) Leading the Blind
Your globetrotting liquor reporter had to make a business trip to Deadmonton last week, home of our provincial capital, and the recently repatriated Wayne...