Vintage Canada: The complete reference to Canadian wines

by Tony Aspler

Canadian wineries have now proven in international competition that they can consistently rival the best wineries in the world. And Canadians are supporting them, buying more Canadian wine than ever before. Responding to the explosive growth in the number and range of Canadian wineries, Tony Aspler now updates his highly popular Vintage Canada, adding more than 40 new Canadian wineries and even more insights into this ever-burgeoning wine industry.
Praised by critics, peers and readers alike, Aspler shares his vast knowledge of Canadian viticulture in this his most comprehensive volume on the subject to date. With profiles Canadian wineries from one end of the country to the other, and tasting notes highlighting the best wine each produces, this book is an invaluable reference for all wine lovers. Vintage Canada sparkles with Aspler’s entertaining, easy to read style and his logical, quickly referenced organization of material.
One of Canada’s most widely read wine writers and perhaps our best known wine expert, Tony Aspler is editor of Winetidings magazine and long-time wine columnist for the Toronto Star. As a consultant and wine judge, he travels extensively to vineyards and wine fairs throughout the world. He is a member of the North American Advisory Board of the Institute of Masters of Wine and lives in Toronto.

225 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

Tony Aspler has been writing about wine for more than 30 years, and today he is the most widely respected wine writer in Canada. He was the wine columnist for The Toronto Star for 21 years and has authored 14 books on wine and food, including The Wine Lover's Companion, The Wine Lover Cooks, Travels With My Corkscrew, Vintage Canada and The Wine Atlas of Canada. Tony's latest book, with chef Gurth Pretty, is The Definitive Canadian Wine & Cheese Cookbook.

Tony is an accomplished wine educator and lecturer. He averages 40–50 personal appearances a year at seminars and lectures.

Tony is the creator of the annual Ontario Wine Awards competition, an honorary governor of Cuvée and a director of the Independent Wine Education Guild. He is also a director of The Canadian Wine Library and a founding member of the Wine Writers Circle. At the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival 2000, Tony was presented with the "Royal Bank Business Citizen of the Year" Award. In 2007, Tony was made a Member of the Order of Canada for "his contributions as a leading authority on Canadian wines who has been key to the development of the Canadian wine industry."

Tony writes for a number of international wine magazines, including Wine Spectator, Wine Business International, Tidings, Post City Magazines, Lexpert, Fine Wine & Liquor (China), www.decanter.com and www.appellationamerica.com. He is the Canadian contributor to Tom Stevenson's annual Wine Report. You can hear Tony on 680News – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – talking about wine.

Tony also writes fiction. He is the author of nine novels. His latest series is a collection of wine murder mysteries featuring the itinerant wine writer/detective Ezra Brant: Blood Is Thicker Than Beaujolais, The Beast of Barbaresco and Death On The Douro (published by Warwick Publishing). He is currently working on Nightmare In Napa Valley.

In February 2001, Tony co-founded a charitable foundation with Arlene Willis. Grapes for Humanity raises money through the wine community for the victims of landmines and children with disabilities (www.grapesforhumanity.com).

Series:
* Wine Lover's Mysteries