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How Memoir Can Be Deeply Satisfying and Scary? CTV News Ottawa

  What is the book about? How did you come up with the title? Who is the book dedicated to? Why write this book? Inspiration Why write this book now? Do you feel more exposed for having written this memoir? You’re a wine professional in the public eye, and you write about your own issues with drinking too much. This is a deeply personal, revealing memoir. Was it difficult to write with such openness and vulnerability? Although this isn’t a self-help book, you do share tips on how you moderated your own alcohol consumption. Share a few of those with us […]

How Does Some Wine Marketing Encourage Women to Overdrink? CTV News Ottawa

While this book deals with serious issues, there’s lots of humour. How do you strike a balance between the two? Has anything really changed in the time since the events in this book took place? Can you share an example of how sexism is embedded in wine tasting notes? Throughout your memoir, you describe the slick marketing that encourages women to drink too much. Can you elaborate on this? Why include stories of women behind wine labels? Are there book launch events coming up? I’ll be doing a book launch at the Cordon Bleu in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 31st. That’s […]

How Wine Industry Professionals Cope with Overdrinking – CHCH Morning Live

                                In her hot, new memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much, Natalie MacLean writes about resurrecting her life and career in the glamourous but sexist wine industry. Indigo has named it one of the “Most Anticipated Books of the Season.” Natalie joins me to chat about her memoir.   Welcome Natalie.   So what is the book about?   Why the witch theme?   Why write this book?   Why write this book now?   […]

How Labels on Wine and People Can be Misleading – CTV News Montreal

Most of us live our lives, as we believe things to be. We label, we judge, we make assumptions about ourselves and others. Sometimes we’re right. Often, we are wrong. We know Natalie MacLean. She joins us often to give us advice on wine, and I call her our resident bon vivant. But from a woman who makes her living studying wine labels, she will be the first to tell you that when it comes to labels. It’s complicated. Her latest book is called, Wine Witch on Fire. Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking too Much. How […]

What Will Readers Learn from Wine Witch on Fire? CTV’s Morning Show

    Annette and I chat about the memoir on CTV’s Morning Show.   In her new memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much, Natalie MacLean writes about resurrecting her life and career in the glamourous but sexist wine industry. Indigo has named it one of the “Most Anticipated Books of the Season.” Natalie joins us now to chat about her memoir. Welcome Natalie. So what is the book about?   Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much starts with my shock when […]

Best Wine & Food Pairing Tips + California Wines with Chuck Cramer

Introduction Which California wine should be at the top of your must-try list? Which simple tips can you use to identify successful food and wine pairings? What should you know before starting a podcast? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I’m chatting with Chuck Cramer, host of On The Road With Mr CA Wine. You can find the wines we discussed here.   Join me on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube Live Video Join the live-stream video of this conversation on Wednesday at 7 pm Eastern on Instagram Live Video, Facebook Live Video or YouTube Live Video. I’ll be jumping […]

Social Media Ablaze with Support for Wine Witch on Fire

                                        The support for Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much on social media has been incredible. The ten-year wait was worth it… My heart is full! Thank you everyone!                                                                                       […]

Get Signed Copies of Wine Witch on Fire in These Bookstores

Get yourself one of the signed copies of Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much in this bookstore now before they are gone!     Indigo Innes 2025 Mer-Bleue Rd. Orleans, ON (613) 837-4316         Indigo Barrhaven RioCan Marketplace 125 RioCan Avenue, Unit #N1 Nepean, ON (613) 843- 0045         Coles Billings Bridge 2269 Riverside Dr, Unit #33 Ottawa ON (613) 731-2444           You can get your copy of Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking […]

Wine Witch on Fire Calls Out Sexist Wine Marketing on CTV’s The Social

Our next guest as The Social’s resident wine expert but today she’s here in a different capacity, as an author! Her deeply personal memoir “Wine Witch on Fire” is about divorce, defamation, and drinking too much. Please join us in welcoming Natalie MacLean back to the show! Nat, we want to start with a toast to say congratulations on the book! We’ve all got a little bubbly, mine is non-alcoholic, so let’s do a cheers to you!   Thank you so much, it’s great to be here!   “Wine Witch on Fire” feels like such a fitting title for your […]

Best LCBO Wine Reviews: Vintages Ratings May 13, 2023

  You can access the wines that I reviewed as a text wine list with my complete tasting notes, scores, food matches. If you are a Paid Member, you can add my wine picks to your custom shopping list with one click and access that list on your smartphone to find the stock for each wine in your closest LCBO store. You can also see my wine reviews for April 29th. These are just some of the benefits of supporting out wine community as a Paid Member. Inventory stock numbers are usually posted online a day or two before the release based on the LCBO doing so. Curious about […]