Australian Wine Appreciation Society

By: Anthony Gismondi

Wine Clubs

Australian Wine Appreciation Society The AWAS held its first tasting in 1983 making the 2003 season its 20th anniversary.

Australian Wine Appreciation Society

The AWAS held its first tasting in 1983 making the 2003 season its 20th anniversary. The Society boasts over 200 members who regularly attend tastings organized from September to June. A tasting or wine dinner is held each month and the club also helps to organize the annual January Australia Day Wine Fair. Annual fees are $45.00 per year and that gives members priority seating at monthly tastings especially at regular sellouts such as the Wine & Cheese, or the season-ending Barbie. The Society currently cellars over 800 wines and uses membership fees to replenish wines tasted throughout the year. For more info link to www.awasvancouver.com.

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his YouTube Channel.