Wine for Tax Time: Which Wines to Return To?
At this time of the year, most of us need some liquid assets. So pairing the right wine with your tax return should not be taken at face value. As well as vinous savvy, you’ll also need financial...
View ArticleGetting Hammered: 9 Tips to Win at Wine Auctions
Sitting in the centre row of the auction room, I barely lift my forefinger for the 1945 Château Cheval Blanc. All bidders crane their necks to look at the mysterious woman who has just bid the price of...
View ArticleWine Prices: Is the Price Right?
I love CTV’s The Social, with its hybrid of old and new media: they do such a great job of integrating social, especially Twitter and Facebook, with their national television show. No wonder its...
View ArticleAirline Wine: Flights of Wine You Can Drink Without Reservations
Introduction If you want great wine these days you don’t have to fly thousands of miles to get it, you can sip it en route. But getting wine to taste delicious at 30,000 feet isn’t easy. If you’re...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: A Wine Writer’s Life
Introduction When I attend a social event that’s outside the wine industry and I’m asked about my job, I often joke that I drink for a living. After I clarify that I write about wine, I usually get...
View ArticleWine Industry Faces Digital Darwinism with Futurist Paul Mabray
Introduction How is the wine industry embracing the digital world? What role do influencers play in wine marketing? What can you do to increase engagement and build deeper connections with customers?...
View ArticleBecome a Better Wine Taster with Master Sommelier Elyse Lambert
Introduction What’s the one thing you can do when visiting wine regions to make it your best trip ever? How can yoga help you become a better wine taster? How do you calibrate your palate and why...
View ArticleHow is the Coronavirus Impacting Wineries and Wine Lovers?
Introduction Should you hold firm to plans for travelling to wine regions in the near future? How are winery visits being impacted by the threat of COVID-19? Can you still attend major wine events...
View ArticleThe Wine Bible’s Karen MacNeil on Women and Wine
Introduction How did The Wine Bible get its name? How was it unlike any wine book of its time? What was it like as a young woman trying to break into the male-dominated New York wine scene in the...
View ArticleLearn About Wine via Podcasts, Books, Influencers with Robert Vernick & Peter...
Introduction How are podcasts a great way to learn about wine? Which wine books can jumpstart your education about wine and further it as you get more knowledgeable? What’s behind the backlash against...
View ArticleLuxury Wine Marketing, Dom Pérignon, Must-Have Gadgets with Robert Vernick &...
Introduction What are the six key elements that define a luxury wine? What’ll surprise you about Dom Pérignon that makes it different from other luxury wines? Which two wine gadgets must you own as a...
View ArticleBottle of the Sexist: Marketing Wine to Women with Felicity Carter
Introduction What do fortune-telling and wine writing have in common? How does wine culture change when women are part of its founding? Should you believe the health claims about clean wines? Are they...
View ArticleRestaurant Wine Lists, Poutine, Niagara & Pairing Tips
Introduction What are my top tips for choosing a bottle from a long restaurant wine list? What are the best wines to pair with extremely rich dishes like poutine? What would surprise you about the...
View ArticleShould You Celebrate (and Drink) Beaujolais Nouveau Wines This Year?
Introduction What’s all the fuss about Beaujolais Nouveau on the third Thursday of every November? Should you stay up until midnight to taste the new release? How is Beaujolais Nouveau different from...
View ArticleDom Perignon, Chateau Montelena and Wine for Your Zodiac Sign
Introduction What’s it like to experience a piece of Dom Pérignon history? Has the legendary California Chardonnay Chateau Montelena 1973 Chardonnay held up in the years since the Judgement of Paris?...
View ArticleGirly Drinks with Mallory O’Meara on the History of Women and Alcohol
Introduction Did you know that the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra has her own, private wine club and that it was used against her to bring down her empire? Are you curious about the first people to make...
View ArticleCosmo’s Sex & the City, Champagne, Whisky Women in Mallory O’Meara’s Girly...
Introduction How did the Cosmopolitan become an iconic cocktail on the TV show Sex and the City? Did you know an illegal shipment of Champagne revolutionized the entire industry? Which women are...
View ArticleWine for Tax Time: Which Wines to Return To?
The deadline for taxes is coming up and that thought alone may drive you to drink. Here with her suggestions on which wines to pair with your return is Natalie MacLean, author of the new memoir, Wine...
View ArticleWine and Fashion Share Aspirational Marketing and Self-Identification with...
Introduction How will new technology affect the way you buy and learn about wine in the future? What does it take to launch a winery into the digital space? Which aspects of the fashion industry could...
View ArticleTechnology Will Transform Tasting Rooms of the Future with Jessica Kogan
Introduction How can wineries use technology to better connect with customers online? What can you expect from the tasting rooms of the future? What matters most when you taste wine? In this episode of...
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