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 Tony Aspler
is a
leading Canadian authority on wine. He has been writing about wine for 26
years and is the author and co author of a
number of wine related books including wine primers, cookbooks and wine murder mysteries.
Tony is the creator of The
Ontario Wine Awards and co-founded a charitable foundation, Grapes for
Humanity, to raise money
through the wine community for the victims of landmines.
 Michael
Broadbent is
a UK based Master of Wine.
He is one of the most experienced lecturers and writers on wine in the
world today and has to his credit an outstanding combination of qualifications,
international honours and awards.
He is perhaps best known, internationally, as a wine auctioneer.
He started with Christies in 1966 and pioneered wine auctions all over
the world.
He has been President of The International Wine and Food Society,
Chairman of The Institute of Masters of Wine, Master of the Worshipful Company
of Distillers and Chairman of The Wine & Spirit Trades' Benevolent Society.
He is part of a three member panel who advise British Airways on the wine
they should serve on their flights.
The other panel members are Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson.
 Oz
Clarke is one of the world's leading wine experts.
He
is the author of several best selling wine books, appears regularly on the BBC's
Food and Drink program and writes for the Daily Telegraph. He has won all the major wine writing education awards in the UK
and USA and has been the keynote speaker at several major wine conferences.
 Beppi
Crosariol is the
wine columnist for the Globe & Mail. He is a long standing feature
writer for a variety of publications and has written extensively on technology
issues. Currently, he has a regular column in the Globe and Mail dealing
with Professions. His column appears in the Style section of the Globe on Saturdays.
 Edward Finstein
a.k.a the Wine Doctor is a Toronto based wine consultant who has written
articles for many Canadian publications, acted as a judge in many competitions,
lectured at trade shows and has taught both beginner
and expert classes at George Brown College. He also can arrange
private tastings for both corporate and personal functions and provides
appraisal services on request. His book "Ask the Wine Doctor"
won an award at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2003.
 Hugh
Johnson is probably the
world's best known wine author. His books, The World
Atlas of Wine, first published in 1971 (and now co-published with Jancis
Robinson) and The Wine Companion, first published
1983, deserve a place in every oenophile’s collection. He has written
for countless wine publications and has won many awards for his writing in the
UK, USA and France. He has appeared in several TV series and is much in
demand as a guest speaker. Visit Mitchell
Beazley to see a complete listing of his books or Amazon.com
for North American availability.
 David
Lawrason is a leading
Canadian authority on wine and has written for
wine publications
for over twenty years. Between 1986 and 1999, he was the wine columnist for the Globe
and Mail, and he currently authors a wine evaluation column for Toronto
Life. He has run wine education programs for the
public since 1987 (see Global Wine
Tour for current offerings) and has taught in-depth sommelier courses at George Brown and
Humber colleges. He founded Wine Access,
one of Canada's premier wine magazines, and also initiated a complementary monthly email subscription service which previews and rates
the wines in the LCBO's monthly Vintages release. In
2001, he launched the Canadian Wine Awards presented by Air Canada.
 Robert M. Parker Jr
is commonly
regarded as the USA's leading wine authority. His ratings are extremely
influential and are quoted world wide. He has a practical and hard headed
approach to his subject, and is particularly famous for
demystifying the "sometimes genteel and snobbish" world of wine for the American
public. He has received innumerable awards for his writing, and his books on the wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy and the Rhone Valley are regarded
as classics. His newsletter, The Wine
Advocate, comes out six times a year.
 Jancis Robinson
is
another UK based Master of Wine. She is an extremely
prolific author and is often referred to as the first lady of wine. Her book,
The Oxford Companion to Wine, has been described as the greatest wine book ever
published. Recently, she teamed up with Hugh Johnson, the doyen of English
wine writers, to publish the 5th edition of his classic World Atlas of Wine.
She has received many awards for her writing and in 1999
received Decanter magazine's award as the (wo)man of the year. She and her
husband have their own production company and have developed a variety of TV
productions on wine and other subjects.
John Szabo is Canada's first Master Sommelier, earning the title from the Court
of Master Sommeliers in 2004. John offers a full range of wine consulting
services for restaurants, wineries and consumers. He judges at wine
competitions across the globe and is currently a columnist for Vines
Magazine. His home base is The
Centre for Vine Affairs, where he offers courses and themed tastings for
consumers. He also is actively involved in staff training courses for the
hospitality industry and works with organizations such as the Canadian
Association of Professional Sommeliers, George Brown School of Hospitality and
Niagara College.
Margaret Swaine
is based in Toronto and is a nationally published wine, spirits, food and travel
writer. She is a regular
contributor to Toronto Life, Chatelaine,
Winetidings and Food and Drink Magazine. She
is a founder and first president of the Wine Writers Circle of
Canada, and a
long-time member of the Society of Wine Educators. She has also served as
an expert witness in several wine disputes, and participated as a wine judge in
global competitions such as at Vinitaly in Verona.
 Steve
Thurlow's major focus is organizing Santé,
Toronto's annual international wine festival, where he is responsible for the
wine content and also for organizing winery participation, and education events.
Steve is also the Education Director for the Independent Wine Educational Guild.
He has partnered for several years with David Lawrason in the provision of high
quality wine educational sessions in Toronto. Refer to Global
Wine Tour for details.
Steve established his own wine agency
in 1993 and when it was incorporated into Corby Distilleries in 1999, he became
Director of Wine for Canada until April 2001.
Upon leaving Corby, Steve established his wine education and
communication business, Wine for Life. The
company is involved in the training and education of hotel and restaurant wine
staff and wine agency personnel.
 Michael Vaughan
is an
experienced wine consultant based in Toronto. With
more than two decades of journalism, teaching and wine tasting experience, he is
an internationally-accredited wine judge and was a founding director of the
Society of Wine Educators. His columns have appeared in more than two dozen
publications including Toronto Life Magazine. He is currently the wine
columnist for the National Post. His column appears every Saturday in the
Toronto section. He provides ratings on Vintage releases in his monthly
Vintage Assessments newsletter.
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