Tag - Food & Drink

Your humble narrator generally has no trouble selecting a Spanish wine on the shelves of my local booze merchant. My usual strategy is to just keep going until...

Your globetrotting liquor reporter spent a few days in Montreal last week, also known as the traditional home of Spruce Beer. For those not familiar with this...

The whisky fans in the audience may already be aware of a momentous occasion that ticking by on the calendar this year. Yes, gentle reader, the famed Laphroaig...

Your globetrotting liquor reporter went on one of those newfangled Internet dates with a salty-tongued Newfie lass, who had retained her unique accent despite...

Your intrepid liquor reporter was browsing the shelves at my friendly neighbourhood booze merchant, when I came across a six-pack of Saison from...

There was a momentous occasion in beer culture a few weeks back, and your humble narrator certainly made the most of it. Yes gentle reader, August 6 was the...

Beer goes way back. Further back than the summer of love. Further back than the roaring 20s. In fact, there is evidence of beer production in ancient pottery...

Summer is a time of garden parties, wedding dinners, graduations, and other special occasions that call for sparkling wines. For casual boozers, the only...

Hollywood has the Oscars. Music has the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The computer industry has the Consumer Electronics Show. Even those saucy late-night pay...

Other than the history nerds in the audience, few people remember the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. For that matter, few people remember the short-lived Kingdom...