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ATLANTIC CANADA WINE SYMPOSIUM: May 27-29, 2012, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Have you signed up yet? This symposium will be the most impressive gathering of wine minds ever in Atlantic Canada.
They range from growers and winemakers to researchers, marketing and tasting professionals. There are sessions for those interested in all facets of the industry.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE (but there are more!):
- Sandra Oldfield, Winemaker, Owner, Tinhorn Creek WInery, BC
- Ezra Cipes, Founder, Summerhill Pyramid Winery, BC
- Frank Deiter, Master Distiller, Okanagan Spirits, BC
- Morgen McLaughlin, President and CEO, Finger Lakes Wine Region
- Matthew Speck, Vice President, Viticulture, Henry of Pelham, Ontario
- Ann Sperling, Wine Industry Consultant
- Bill Redelmeier, Owner, Southbrook Vineyards, Ontario
- Sigrid Gertsen-Briand, Technical Representative, Lallamand (yeast) North America
- Dr. Kevin Ker, Independent Viticultural and IPM Research, Brock University
- Wayne Wilcox, Cornell University Grape Pathology Program
- Mark Chien, Professor, Penn State Wine Grape Extension Education
- Joe Pilliteri, Owner, Lakeview Vineyard Equipment Inc.
- Harry Hertscheg, Executive Director, Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival
To see all the bios and speakers, , as well as registration info, go here:
http://atlanticwinesymposium.ca/speakers/
Read my story on it here
The rise of traditional method sparkling wine in Nova Scotia
My latest East Coast It Note is up at Wine Access, about developments in Nova Scotia’s sparkling wine industry. Read it here.
RE: my Good Drink column in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal:
For those of you who subscribe to the online version of the Brunswick News papers, you can now read my Friday Good Drink column there. Ask at the TelegraphJournal.com for details on how to subscribe. If you go to the site and search “Pinhey” you will find my articles. Because of this “paywall” I cannot post links to my column here or anywhere.
While I’m proud to have been the provincial booze columnist for over 10 years now, I wish I could post links so that people outside the province could see my columns without having to pay for a subscription they have no interest in…
From time to time I will post certain articles here on my site. You can see a recent article about my NZ trip here.
SHIFT SOMMELIER on CBC Radio
Be sure to listen to my weekly Shift Sommelier spot at 5:20 pm AST on CBC Shift, Paul Castle’s Radio 1 “drive home” show in New Brunswick, 91.3 FM Saint John, 99.5 FM Fredericton, 106.1 FM Moncton, and online via http://www.cbc.ca/shift/columnists/sommelier/
Check out my annual Drink’n'Music Column for 2011, featuring my top 10 albums of the year matched with drinks.
Here is an article I wrote recently about Glenora Single Malt Whisky from Cape Breton.
The results of the 2011 Atlantic Canada Wine Awards were very positive for New Brunswick. Read my story about it here.
Check out Palate Press for my recent article about Minnesota grapes being used successfully in New Brunswick.
This past August in Halifax I judged the Wine Access 2011 Canadian Wine Awards. Full results are announced in the current issue of Wine Access here.
For an article on the experience, check this out!
I was also a judge at the 2011 International Value Wine Awards, brought to you by Wine Access. For results click here.
2011 All Canadian Wine Championships I was proud to judge again this year! Results can be found here: canadianwinetrail.com
CAPS SENSORY EVALUATION MODULE: The following class is hopefully going to be offered starting early 2012. The course curriculum is currently under revision to mesh with CAPS in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. There will definitely be a clas in Halifax. New Brunswick will depend on the interest level. Please contact me if you are interested in Wine Education in Saint John:
Here is an article about my pilgrimage to Burgundy
The famed Hill of Corton
New Brunswick CAPS Sommelier Courses We are hoping to teach the Old World and Beer & Spirits modules starting in 2012 in Saint John or Fredericton, New Brunswick. Eligible students should contact me if you are planning to attend. The plan is to teach weekly, Monday nights, in 4 hour blocks. The total course length is 80 hours. For more information on Sommelier activities in Atlantic Canada, go to the CAPSAC site.
TAPS Magazine, Canada’s beer magazine, is now available digitally online as a subscription. The latest issue is out now. Click the cover for subscription info.
I’m a Beer Writer for TAPS, Canada’s Beer Magazine, and I sometimes judge at the Canadian Brewing Awards, tapsmedia.ca, canadianbrewingawards.com
I am also a beverage columnist for The Coast, Halifax’s weekly, thecoast.ca