Craig grew up in Nova Scotia. He has a BSc. in Math, B.Eng (Met), M.A.Sc., Env-Eng college diploma, and 12 years of Engineering experience in the Steel industry, but he threw that all away to be a booze writer. Those 12 years also introduced him to the developing cottage wine and microbrewing industry of Southern Ontario.

A top graduate of the International Sommelier Guild’s Sommelier diploma program in 2000, Craig writes about and teaches wine, beer, and spirits out of his home business "Frog's Pad" in Rothesay, NB. He has traveled extensively in Europe and North America, drinking and eating the good stuff.

Craig writes weekly columns for the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal - Provincial Edition (www.canadaeast.com) and [here] - New Brunswick's Urban Voice (www.herenb.com), and online bi-weekly for www.Aliant.net ("DrinX"). He also writes columns for Progress and East Coast Living magazines, amongst other publications.

His drinking philosophy is that people should treat wine and beer with equal respect, as food, and not too seriously. He also feels that overpriced "fine wine" should be "stolen" from the rich and famous and given back to ordinary people.